Breitnau

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen Breitnau.pnglat_deg = 47 |lat_min = 56 |lat_sec = 21
lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 4 |lon_sec = 45
Lageplan = breitnau-frla.pngBundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Freiburg
Landkreis = Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Höhe = 1018
Fläche = 39.90
Einwohner = 1937
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 79874
Vorwahl = 07652
Kfz = FR
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 15 016
Straße = Dorfstraße 11
Website = [http://www.breitnau.de/ www.breitnau.de]
Bürgermeister = Wolfgang Schlachter

Breitnau is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

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.

External links

*de icon [http://www.badische-seiten.de/breitnau/ Breitnau:History and images]