- Renchen
Infobox German Location
Art = Town
Wappen = Wappen Renchen.png
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 00 |lon_sec = 38
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Freiburg
Landkreis = Ortenaukreis
Höhe = 150
Fläche = 32.08
Einwohner = 7334
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 77871
Vorwahl = 07843
Kfz = OG
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 17 110
Straße = Hauptstraße 57
Website = [http://www.stadt-renchen.de www.stadt-renchen.de]
Bürgermeister = Bernd SiefermannRenchen is a small city in
Baden-Württemberg ,Germany , part of the district of Ortenau.Geography
Renchen is located in the foothills of the northern
Black Forest at the entrance to theRench valley at the edge of theUpper Rhine River Plains .Neighboring communities
The city shares borders with the following cities and towns, listed clock-wise from the north:
Achern ,Kappelrodeck , Oberkirch,Appenweier , and Rheinau.Boroughs
In addition to Renchen (proper) the city includes the boroughs of
Erlach and Ulm zu Renchen.History
Renchen was first in official documents in
1115 . In 1326 it received a city charter but the city lost it again as well as all significance when it was destroyed during theThirty Years' War . In 1838 the Grand Duke of Baden again granted a city charter to Renchen but it again lost the right to call itself a city as a result of the German district reform in 1935. Renchen then received a city charter for the third time in 1950 in recognition of its historic importance.Renchen's borough of Ulm zu Renchen is known mostly for its "Ulmer Bier", a specialty beer brewed only at full moon.
Government
City council
As of February 2006, Renchen's city council has the following composition:
Mayor
As of February 2006, Renchen's mayor is Bernd Siefermann.
People, culture & architecture
Grimmelshausen Prize
The "
Grimmelshausen Prize " is a literary prize of €10,000 awarded in odd-number years on September 15, in turn, by Renchen or the city ofGelnhausen .Economy and infrastructure
Media
In Renchen the "Offenburger Tageblatt" publishes a daily local edition as "Acher-Rench-Zeitung" and the "Stattzeitung für Südbaden" is an alternative magazine offered in the area.
Famous people
Renchen likes to call itself the city of Grimmelshausen, as the poet
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen , author of "Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch", served from 1667 until his death in 1676 as theBishop of Strasbourg 's executor in Renchen.References
External links
*de icon [http://www.stadt-renchen.de www.stadt-renchen.de]
*de icon [http://www.stattweb.de Stattzeitung für Südbaden, erscheint in Renchen]
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