Sulzburg | |
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![]() Town hall | |
Location of Sulzburg within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 47°50′25″N 7°42′33″E / 47.84028°N 7.70917°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Freiburg |
District | Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–29) | Dirk Blens[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 22.73 km2 (8.78 sq mi) |
Elevation | 337 m (1,106 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,781 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 79295 |
Dialling codes | 07634 |
Vehicle registration | FR |
Website | www.sulzburg.de |
Sulzburg is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the western slope of the Black Forest, 20 km southwest of Freiburg.
Sulzburg had a long tradition of continuous Jewish settlement since medieval times. Around 1850, almost one third of its population of around 1,200 was Jewish. Sulzburg's lovely, barrel-vaulted synagogue has been completely restored.[3] There exists an old Jewish cemetery near the town.
Notable people
- Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1594–1659), Markgraf of Baden-Durlach, 1622 to 1659
- Johann Daniel Schöpflin (1694–1771), professor of history, eloquence and the theory of law at the University of Strasbourg
- Gustav Weil (1808–1889), first orientalist, first Jewish professor in Germany.[4]
- Herman Kiefer (1825–1911), a physician, politician and US diplomat.[5]
- Ernst Leitz (1843-1920) founded the Ernst Leitz Optical Works in Wetzlar; father of Ernst Leitz II
- Erich Bloch (1925–2016), computer scientist and engineer, director of the US National Science Foundation
References
- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ "Die Synagoge in Sulzburg (Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald)".
- ^ New International Encyclopedia. Vol. XX. 1905. p. 408. .
- ^ Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. III. 1900. p. 533. .