Sulzburg
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 | |
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 Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Sulzburg within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°50′25″N 7°42′33″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dirk Blens (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.73 km2 (8.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 337 m (1,106 ft) |
| Population (2019-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,817 |
| • 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 had a long tradition of continuous Jewish settlement since medieval times. Around 1850 almost one third of its population of around 1200 was Jewish. Sulzburg's lovely, barrel-vaulted synagogue has been completely restored.[2] There exists an old Jewish cemetery near the town.
Sons and daughters of the city
- 1594 Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Markgraf of Baden-Durlach (1622-1659)
- 1694 Johann Daniel Schöpflin, professor of history, eloquence and the theory of law at the University of Strasbourg
- 1808 Gustav Weil, † 1889 in Freiburg im Breisgau, first orientalist, first Jewish professor in Germany
- 1843 Ernst Leitz, † 1920 in Solothurn, founder of the Ernst Leitz Optical Works Wetzlar
- 1925, Erich Bloch, † 2016 in Washington, computer scientist and engineer, director of the American National Science Foundation,
References
- "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). September 2020.
- http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/sulzburg_synagoge.htm
See also
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