Sasbachwalden
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Sasbachwalden | |
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Location of Sasbachwalden within Ortenaukreis district | |
Coordinates: 48°37′06″N 08°07′38″E / 48.61833°N 8.12722°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Freiburg |
District | Ortenaukreis |
Government | |
• Mayor (2024–32) | Sonja Schuchter[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 18.13 km2 (7.00 sq mi) |
Elevation | 257 m (843 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,604 |
• Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 77887 |
Dialling codes | 07841 |
Vehicle registration | OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL |
Website | www.sasbachwalden.de |
Sasbachwalden is a Black Forest municipality in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany, popular with tourists. It is located on the western slopes of mountain Hornisgrinde in the Northern Black Forest and belongs to the district of Ortenau. More than 70% of the town area are forest.
History
[edit]Sasbachwalden was first mentioned in 1347 as a group of individual farms and houses. Only in 1817 Sasbachwalden became an independent community. Since 1973 the town belongs to district of Ortenau.
Education
[edit]The town has a centrally located kindergarten and elementary school. Institutions for higher education are in the nearby towns Achern and Sasbach.
Economy
[edit]Main sources of income are tourism, winegrowing, the production of Black Forest kirsch and most importantly wood processing.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Sasbachwalden 2024, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "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.