Stegen

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Stegen
Stegen
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Local subdivisions	3
Mayor	Siegfried Kuster
Basic statistics
Area	26.32 km2 (10.16 sq mi)
Elevation	408 m  (1339 ft)
Population	4,377  (31 December 2006)
- Density	166 /km2 (431 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	FR
Postal code	79252
Area code	07661
Website	www.dreisamportal.de
Location of Stegen within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
Coordinates: 47°58′58″N 7°57′50″E / 47.98278°N 7.96389°E / 47.98278; 7.96389

Stegen is a municipality in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It borders on the city of Freiburg, being about 8 km away as the crow flies, lying in the valley of the river Dreisam. The municipality includes three population centres: the town of Stegen (which itself includes the villages of Weiler, Oberbirken, Unterbirken and Rechtenbach) and the villages of Eschbach and Wittental.

Economically, Stegen is partly an offshoot of Freiburg; for example, the Forest Zoology Institute of the University of Freiburg maintains a field station at Wittental. It also plays a role in Black Forest tourism, with guest houses and other facilities catering to visitors. It is the first town that a hiker on the Schwarzwald-Querweg Freiburg-Bodensee long-distance footpath passes through when travelling eastwards on the path from Freiburg.

Meadows and woods at Wittental, part of the municipality of Stegen

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