'Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald' is a Kreis (
district) in the south of
Baden-Württemberg,
Germany. Neighboring districts are
Emmendingen,
Schwarzwald-Baar,
Waldshut,
Lörrach and the
French ''
départements''
Haut-Rhin and
Bas-Rhin. The district-free city
Freiburg is surrounded by the district.
History
The district was created in
1973 by merging the previous districts Freiburg, Müllheim und Hochschwarzwald.
Geography
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a large and
rural district with at least three distinct scenic settings:
# the flat land at the River
Rhine (''Oberrheinebene'') with the
Kaiserstuhl mountain, the
Tuniberg, the
Breisgau and the
Markgräflerland
# the slopes of the
Black Forest mountains, with black forest valleys reaching to the Rhine, like
Glottertal,
Dreisamtal,
Höllental and
Münstertal
# the higher mountain ranges of the
Black Forest (''Hochschwarzwald''), including the highest mountain in the Black Forest, the
Feldberg (1493 m)
The district is interesting to
tourists. Other characteristic items are
wine and
forests.
Politics
Politically, the majority of the districts parliament (''Kreistag'') is traditionally
christian democratic-conservative, with higher levels of conservative votes the farther one gets from Freiburg (which has a
red-
green majority).
Coat of arms
 Coat of arms | The left half of the coat of arms show the colors of Austria, and the right side the colors of Baden, as both countries owned big parts of the district. In the middle it shows an eagle, taken from the coat of arms of the Princes of Fürstenberg. The coat of arms was granted in 1974, and it's very similar to the coat of arms of the previous Freiburg district. |
Cities and towns
External links
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Official Website
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