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| Country | Germany |
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| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Ortenaukreis |
| Mayor | Michael Roschach |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 61.91 km2 (23.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
| Population | 11,127 (31 December 2006) |
| - Density | 180 /km2 (465 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | OG |
| Postal code | 77723 |
| Area code | 07803 |
| Website | www.stadt-gengenbach.de |
Gengenbach is a town in the district of Ortenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and a popular tourist destination on the western edge of the Black Forest with about 11,000 inhabitants. Gengenbach is well known for its traditional Swabian-Alemanic "fasnacht", ("Fasend"), a kind of historically influenced celebration of carnival, where tradition is followed, from wearing costumes with carved wooden masks to clapping with a "Ratsche" (a traditional-classic wooden "sound-producing" toy). Gengenbach also boasts a picturesque, traditional, medieval town centre ("Altstadt"). The traditional town Gengenbach is the proud owner of the world's biggest advent calendar. The 24 windows of the 18th century town hall represent the 24 "windows" of an Advent calendar. The town also hosts a department of the University of Applied Science of Offenburg. The nearest cities in the region are Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden and Strasbourg/France.
Gengenbach is twinned with the town of Obernai, Alsace, France.
History
Gengenbach was founded in the 13th century and became an Imperial Free City in 1360.
External links
- (German) Gengenbach: information and pictures
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