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| Country | Germany |
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| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Emmendingen |
| Town subdivisions | 6 |
| Mayor | Stefan Schlatterer (CDU) |
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| Area | 33.80 km2 (13.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 201 m (659 ft) |
| Population | 26,330 (31 December 2006) |
| - Density | 779 /km2 (2,018 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | EM |
| Postal codes | 79301–79312 |
| Area code | 07641 |
| Website | www.emmendingen.de |
| Location of the town of Emmendingen within Emmendingen district | |
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Emmendingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the district Emmendingen. It is located at the Elz River, 14 km (8.7 miles) north of Freiburg im Breisgau. The city contains more than 26,000 residents, which is the most of any city in the Emmendingen district.
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Geography
The city lies in Breisgau, between the foothills of the Black Forest and the Kaiserstuhl in the Rhineland to the north Freiburg. The land is between 189-368m (620-1200 ft) high. On the western edge of Emmendingen flows the Elz river, which divides shortly after its confluence with the Dreisam and Glotter near Riegel, into the Old Elz and the Leopoldskanal, which both flow into the Rhine. The Leopoldskanal was built in the middle 19th century.
Neighbour Cities
Emmendingen is bordered by several cities and municipalities. They are, clockwise from the north: Malterdingen, Kenzingen, Freiamt (Black Forest), Sexau, Denzlingen, Reute (Breisgau), and Teningen.
History
Industry
Culture
Emmendingen is a small town, but that does not mean that it lacks in interesting details. Listed are just a few of Emmendingen's claims to fame.
Cornelia Schlosser
Cornelia Schlosser (maiden name: Cornelia Friederike Christiana Goethe) was the only sibling of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and lived with her husband Johann Georg Schlosser in a house on the main square in Emmendingen. Today their house is the city library.
Old City Hall
The old Emmendingen city hall is also on the main square of town, though a new city hall was built fairly recently. Today the building is still utilized, but it is now home to the only archive of diaries in Germany.
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