Gengenbach is a town in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and a famous tourist destination on the western edge of the Black Forest with about 11000 inhabitants. Gengenbach is famous for its traditional swabian-alemanic Carnival (Fasend), the historical medieval Old Town (Altstadt) and the world's biggest Advent calendar (The 24 windows of the 18th century City Hall are the "doors"). In Gengenbach is a division of the University of Applied Science Offenburg. Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (transliterated as Laender in English, singular Land). ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an administrative region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Freiburg is one of the four Regierungsbezirke of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the south-west of the country. ... There are 439 German districts, administrative units in Germany. ... Ortenaukreis is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... German car number plates show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... Ortenaukreis is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... A map of Germany, showing the Black Forest in red. ... Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival is a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ... Extensive Advent calendar An Advent calendar is a symbol of the holy season of Advent, celebrated in December near Christmas, another holiday season. ... In small towns, the town hall may also incorporate other functions, such as a post office. ...

The Twin City of Gengenbach is Obernai, (Alsace), (France) Obernai (German: Oberehnheim) is a city in the Alsace, France. ... Capital Strasbourg Land area¹ 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Population  - Jan. ...

History

Gengenbach was founded in the 13th century and became Imperial Free City in 1360. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... In the Holy Roman Empire, an imperial free city (in German: freie Reichsstadt) was a city formally responsible to the emperor only — as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which belonged to a territory and were thus governed by one of the many princes (Fürsten) of...

External links

• Gengenbach: Informations and pictures(german)

Cities and towns in Ortenau (district)

Achern | Appenweier | Bad Peterstal-Griesbach | Berghaupten | Biberach (Lahr) | Durbach | Ettenheim | Fischerbach | Friesenheim | Gengenbach | Gutach (Schwarzwaldbahn) | Haslach | Hausach | Hofstetten | Hohberg | Hornberg | Kappel-Grafenhausen | Kappelrodeck | Kehl | Kippenheim | Lahr | Lauf | Lautenbach | Mahlberg | Meißenheim | Mühlenbach | Neuried | Nordrach | Oberharmersbach | Oberkirch | Oberwolfach | Offenburg | Ohlsbach | Oppenau | Ortenberg | Ottenhöfen | Renchen | Rheinau (Baden) | Ringsheim | Rust (Baden) | Sasbach | Sasbachwalden | Schuttertal | Schutterwald | Schwanau | Seebach | Seelbach | Steinach | Willstätt | Wolfach | Zell am Harmersbach Ortenaukreis is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Image File history File links Coat of arms of the Ortenaukreis File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Achern is a city in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Appenweier is a town in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany and belongs to Ortenau County. ... Ettenheim is a town in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Haslach is a small city in south-west Germany, in the district Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg. ... Kappelrodeck is a town in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany and belongs to Ortenau County. ... Kehl is a town in southwestern Germany in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg. ... Lahr is a city in southern Germany between Freiburg and Strasbourg in the Rhine river valley, at 48 deg, 21 min N, 7 deg, 52 min E. Lahr is the birthplace of Felix Wankel, inventor of the Wankel rotary combustion engine. ... Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... City gate Oppenau is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Renchen is a town in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany and belongs to Ortenau County. ... Rheinau (Baden) is a town in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany and is part of Ortenau County. ... Sasbachwalden is a town in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany and belongs to Ortenau County. ... . Wolfach is a city in the Black forest and part of the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). ... Zell am Harmersbach is a small historic city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...