Hüfingen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Huefingen.pnglat_deg = 47 |lat_min = 55 |lat_sec = 34
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 29 |lon_sec = 24
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Freiburg
Landkreis = Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Höhe = 684
Fläche = 58.53
Einwohner = 7823
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 78183
Vorwahl = 0771
Kfz = VS
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 26 027
Gliederung = 6 Stadtteile
Straße = Hauptstraße 18
Website = [http://www.huefingen.de/ www.huefingen.de]
Bürgermeister = Anton Knapp

Hüfingen is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the Breg River, 4 km south of the source of the Danube.

History

Hüfingen has the historical distinction of once marking the boundary of the Roman empire. In the first century of the common era, imperial policy settled on using the natural boundaries formed by the Danube and the Rhine rivers. Because of its proximity to the source of the Danube in nearby Donaueschingen, Hüfingen was the site of a roman fort, Brigobanne, built to implement this policy. The legions built a road to Hüfingen from what is now Schleitheim, on the upper Rhine in Switzerland, thus connecting the two rivers with a man-made line on the landscape, defining a continuous border. [ pp 29, 30 August Vetter "Geisingen: Eine Stadtgrundung der Edelfreien fon Wartenberg" copyright 1964 Sudkurier GmbH Konstanz. [