Hornberg
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Hornberg | |
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![]() Coat of arms | |
show Location of Hornberg within Ortenaukreis district | |
![]() ![]() Hornberg | |
Coordinates: 48°12′48″N 08°13′51″E / 48.21333°N 8.23083°ECoordinates: 48°12′48″N 08°13′51″E / 48.21333°N 8.23083°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Freiburg |
District | Ortenaukreis |
Government | |
• Mayor (2016–24) | Siegfried Scheffold[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 54.45 km2 (21.02 sq mi) |
Elevation | 384 m (1,260 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,292 |
• Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 78132 |
Dialling codes | 07833 |
Vehicle registration | OG |
Website | www.hornberg.de |
Hornberg is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, 35 km southeast of Offenburg, and 25 km northwest of Villingen-Schwenningen.
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Castle of Hornberg
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Hornberg
Sons and daughters of the town[]
- Konstanz), theologian and writer (born 1948), physician (head of the radiology department of the hospital
- Wilhelm Hausenstein (1882–1957), writer, art critic and cultural historian, journalist and diplomat
- Friedrich Jeckeln (1895–1946), Nazi SS officer and Police Leader executed for war crimes
- Thomas Schäuble (1948–2013), German politician (CDU), Director of the Baden State Brewery Rothaus, brother of Wolfgang Schäuble
Personalities who were active in Hornberg[]
- Rochus Misch (1917–2013), bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler; had a business for painters in Hornberg before the war
- Wolfgang Schäuble (born 1942), German politician (CDU), grew up in Hornberg
- Reinold of Urslingen (around 1364-1442), Knight, 1437 share ownership of the castle and city Hornberg
References[]
- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). June 2021.
External links[]
- (in German) Information about and images
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Categories:
- Towns in Baden-Württemberg
- Ortenaukreis
- Baden
- Freiburg region geography stubs