- Gengenbach
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Gengenbach.png
lat_deg = 48 |lat_min = 24 |lat_sec = 15
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 00 |lon_sec = 55
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Freiburg
Landkreis = Ortenaukreis
Höhe = 175
Fläche = 61.91
Einwohner = 11127
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 77723
Vorwahl = 07803
Kfz = OG
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 17 034
Straße = Hauptstraße 17
Website = [http://www.stadt-gengenbach.de/ www.stadt-gengenbach.de]
Bürgermeister = Michael RoschachGengenbach is a town in the district of Ortenau,
Baden-Württemberg ,Germany and a famous tourist destination on the western edge of theBlack Forest with about 11,000 inhabitants. Gengenbach is good known for its traditionalSwabia n-Alemanic "fasnacht", ("Fasend"), a kind of historical influenced celebration ofcarnival , where the traditions will been followed, to wearing costumes with carved wooden masks and to clapping with a "Ratsche" (a traditional-classic wooden "sound-producing"-toy) further has Gengenbach a beautiful traditional, by medieval-era, old-historical influenced old town ("Altstadt"). The traditional town Gengenbach is the proud owner of the world's biggestadvent calendar . Its 24 windows of the18th century town hall are standing for the "doors" as a classical one. In Gengenbach is a division of theUniversity of Applied Science ,Offenburg .Greater cities in the local area around Gengenbach areFreiburg ,Karlsruhe ,Baden-Baden andStrasbourg /France .The twin city of Gengenbach is
Obernai ,Alsace ,France .History
Gengenbach was founded in the
13th century and became anImperial Free City in 1360.External links
*de icon [http://www.deheim.de/gengenbach/ Gengenbach: information and pictures]
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