Sankt Peter, Baden-Württemberg

Coordinates: 48°0′59″N 8°1′57″E / 48.01639°N 8.03250°E / 48.01639; 8.03250
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St. Peter
Abbey of St. Peter in the Black Forest
Coat of arms of St. Peter
Coat of arms
Location of St. Peter within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
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Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Government
 • Mayor (2016–24) Rudolf Schuler[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total35.93 km2 (13.87 sq mi)
Elevation
716 m (2,349 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,721
 • Density76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
79271
Dialling codes07660
Vehicle registrationFR
Websitewww.st-peter-schwarzwald.de

Sankt Peter is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Geography

Location

St. Peter is a

climatic spa located within the Southern Black Forest Nature Park, on the southern flank of the Kandel, about 12 miles east of Freiburg im Breisgau
.

Administrative structure

To the municipality of St. Peter belong the

settlements of Kandelberg, Neuwelt, Oberibental, Ränke, Rohr, Schmittenbach, Schönhöfe, Seelgut and Willmendobel and the farmsteads
of Eckpeterhof, Langeck and Lindlehof.

History

The

house abbey and family burial site
. The municipality developed gradually over time around the abbey.

When the estates of the Church were seized and sold or transferred during Napoleon's conquest of Europe, the village of St. Peter was handed to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806 and, since 1952, they have been part of the state of Baden-Württemberg.

In 1899, fire broke out in the village centre of St. Peter,[3] whereupon 23 houses were destroyed and 150 people made homeless.[4]

At the end of the

Second World War there was a Reich training centre of the Hitler Youth in St. Peter.[5]

Population growth
Year 1806 1871 1900 1925 1939 1950 1961 1970 1989 1995 2005 2010 2015
Population 1480 1308 1383 1378 1426 1500 1529 1797 2207 2362 2508 2547 2583

Source: Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (except 1806); 1871–1970: Census results

Gallery

  • The abbey church of St. Peter and St. Paul
    The abbey church of St. Peter and St. Paul
  • Gateway to the abbey courtyard (Klosterhof)
    Gateway to the abbey courtyard (Klosterhof)
  • Steyrer Strasse
    Steyrer Strasse
  • Panorama between Sankt Peter and the Glottertal valley
    Panorama between Sankt Peter and the Glottertal valley

References

  1. ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg
    . June 2023.
  3. ISBN 3-7995-7041-1
    , p. 371
  4. ^ Chronicle of the Municipality of St. Peter
  5. ^ Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ebringer Dorfgeschichte (publ.): Ebringer Dorfgeschichte Nr. 2. Ebringen unterm Hakenkreuz. Zeitzeugenberichte, Ebringen 2008, pp. 33 and 38

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