Breitnau

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Location of Breitnau within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
Breitnau
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Mayor	Wolfgang Schlachter
Basic statistics
Area	39.90 km² (15.4 sq mi)
Elevation	1,018 m (3340 ft)
Population	1,937 (31/12/2006)
- Density	49 /km² (126 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	FR
Postal code	79874
Area code	07652
Website	www.breitnau.de
Coordinates: 47°56′21″N 08°04′45″E / 47.93917, 8.07917

Breitnau is a village in the Black Forest and part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

[edit] History

Breitnau is first mentioned 1275 as Breittnowe but is probably older since the first church was built around 1200. The land was owned by The Family von Falkenstein but sold in 1408 to the Family Schnewlin von Landeck.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy stayed at the Hotel Sternen in the valley of Höllental.

[edit] External links

(German) Breitnau:History and images

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (district)

Au \| Auggen \| Badenweiler \| Bad Krozingen \| Ballrechten-Dottingen \| Bötzingen \| Bollschweil \| Breisach \| Breitnau \| Buchenbach \| Buggingen \| Ebringen \| Ehrenkirchen \| Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl \| Eisenbach \| Eschbach \| Feldberg \| Friedenweiler \| Glottertal \| Gottenheim \| Gundelfingen \| Hartheim \| Heitersheim \| Heuweiler \| Hinterzarten \| Horben \| Ihringen \| Kirchzarten \| Lenzkirch \| Löffingen \| March \| Merdingen \| Merzhausen \| Müllheim \| Münstertal \| Neuenburg am Rhein \| Oberried \| Pfaffenweiler \| Schallstadt \| Schluchsee \| Sölden \| Sankt Märgen \| Sankt Peter \| Staufen \| Stegen \| Sulzburg \| Titisee-Neustadt \| Umkirch \| Vogtsburg \| Wittnau