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Gengenbach

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Coordinates: 48°24′N 8°1′E

Gengenbach
Image:Wappen Gengenbach.png Image:Karte Biberach in Baden Deutschland.png

Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region Freiburg
District Ortenau County
Population 11,090 (2004)
Area 61.91 km²
Population density 179 /km²
Elevation 181 m
Coordinates 48°24′ N 8°1′ E
Postal code 77723
Area code 07803
Licence plate code OG
Mayor Michael Roschach
Website stadt-gengenbach.de

Gengenbach is a town in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and a famous tourist destination on the western edge of the Black Forest with about 11000 inhabitants. Gengenbach is famous for its traditional swabian-alemanic Carnival (Fasend), the historical medieval Old Town (Altstadt) and the world's biggest Advent calendar (The 24 windows of the 18th century City Hall are the "doors"). In Gengenbach is a division of the University of Applied Science Offenburg.

The Twin City of Gengenbach is Obernai, (Alsace), (France)

[edit] History

Gengenbach was founded in the 13th century and became Imperial Free City in 1360.


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