Waldkirch

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Waldkirch
Waldkirch
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Emmendingen
Town subdivisions	5
Mayor	Richard Leibinger (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	48.47 km2 (18.71 sq mi)
Elevation	274 m  (899 ft)
Population	20,498  (31 December 2006)
- Density	423 /km2 (1,095 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	EM
Postal code	79183
Area code	07681
Website	www.stadt-waldkirch.de
Location of the town of Waldkirch within Emmendingen district
Coordinates: 48°5′38″N 7°57′39″E / 48.09389°N 7.96083°E / 48.09389; 7.96083

Waldkirch is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is known as "the place of mechanical organs", where fairground organs are manufactured and played on the streets from well-known manufacturers, such as A. Ruth and Sohn, Bruder and Carl Frei (from Breda, Netherlands).

Sights

• The Catholic Church St. Magarethen
• The ruin of the Kastelburg
• The market place with the town hall

Sister cities

The town is twinned with the following towns:

• Liestal, Switzerland.
• Sélestat, France
• Chavanay, France
• Montignies-sur-Sambre / Charleroi, Belgium
• Worthing, United Kingdom

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Waldkirch (Breisgau)

• Waldkirch: History & Images

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Emmendingen (district) Bahlingen | Biederbach | Denzlingen | Elzach | Emmendingen | Endingen | Forchheim am Kaiserstuhl | Freiamt | Gutach im Breisgau | Herbolzheim | Kenzingen | Malterdingen | Reute (Breisgau) | Rheinhausen | Riegel am Kaiserstuhl | Sasbach | Sexau | Simonswald | Teningen | Vörstetten | Waldkirch | Weisweil | Winden im Elztal | Wyhl

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