Sulzburg
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Sulzburg | |
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Location of Sulzburg within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district | |
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–29) | Dirk Blens[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 22.73 km2 (8.78 sq mi) |
Elevation | 337 m (1,106 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,781 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 79295 |
Dialling codes | 07634 |
Vehicle registration | FR |
Website | www.sulzburg.de |
Sulzburg is a
Freiburg
.
Sulzburg had a long tradition of continuous Jewish settlement since medieval times. Around 1850 almost one third of its population of around 1200 was Jewish. Sulzburg's lovely, barrel-vaulted synagogue has been completely restored.[3] There exists an old Jewish cemetery near the town.
Sons and daughters of the city
- 1594 Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Markgraf of Baden-Durlach (1622-1659)
- 1694 Johann Daniel Schöpflin, professor of history, eloquence and the theory of law at the University of Strasbourg
- 1808 Gustav Weil, † 1889 in Freiburg im Breisgau, first orientalist, first Jewish professor in Germany
- 1843 Ernst Leitz, † 1920 in Solothurn, founder of the Ernst Leitz Optical Works Wetzlar
- 1925, Erich Bloch, † 2016 in Washington, computer scientist and engineer, director of the American National Science Foundation,
References
- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
- Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ "Die Synagoge in Sulzburg (Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald)".
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