Hornberg

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Hornberg
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°12′48″N 08°13′51″E / 48.21333°N 8.23083°E / 48.21333; 8.23083Coordinates: 48°12′48″N 08°13′51″E / 48.21333°N 8.23083°E / 48.21333; 8.23083
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.

Castle of Hornberg

Hornberg

Duravit

Sons and daughters of the town[]

•  [de] (born 1948), physician (head of the radiology department of the hospital Konstanz), theologian and writer
• 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

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• (in German) Information about and images

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