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Lauchringen
Lauchringen is a village in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is divided in two districts: Oberlauchringen and Unterlauchringen. Geography Lauchringen lies on the Rhine Plain in the lower Klettgau at the foot of the Küssaberg with its castle of Küssaburg The Küssaburg, Küssenberg or Küssaberg Castle (german: Burg Küssaberg) is a ruined hilltop castle located at an elevation of in Bechtersbohl, a village in the municipality of Küssaberg, in the county of Waldshut in the German state ..., one of the landmarks of the region. References External links * {{Authority control Waldshut (district) Baden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauchringen
Lauchringen is a village in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is divided in two districts: Oberlauchringen and Unterlauchringen. Geography Lauchringen lies on the Rhine Plain in the lower Klettgau at the foot of the Küssaberg with its castle of Küssaburg The Küssaburg, Küssenberg or Küssaberg Castle (german: Burg Küssaberg) is a ruined hilltop castle located at an elevation of in Bechtersbohl, a village in the municipality of Küssaberg, in the county of Waldshut in the German state ..., one of the landmarks of the region. References External links * {{Authority control Waldshut (district) Baden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Küssaburg
The Küssaburg, Küssenberg or Küssaberg Castle (german: Burg Küssaberg) is a ruined hilltop castle located at an elevation of in Bechtersbohl, a village in the municipality of Küssaberg, in the county of Waldshut in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The name may be derived from the Roman personal name, ''Cossinius'', or from the German ''Kissen'' (Alemannic ''Chüssi'') which means "cushion", after the shape of the mountain on which it stands. The hill castle is one of the most important historic buildings on the High Rhine and a landmark of the county of Waldshut. It was probably constructed between 1125 and 1141. The present ruins were owned ''inter alia'' by the counts of Küssenberg, the Bishopric of Constance and the counts of Sulz. The castle, which was later developed into a fortress, was destroyed by a fire started by its garrison on 8 March 1634 when the Swedish Army approached it during the Thirty Years' War and by a landslide on 25 Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldshut (district)
Waldshut () is a Districts of Germany, ''Landkreis'' (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the west) Lörrach (district), Lörrach, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Schwarzwald-Baar; followed in the south by the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, cantons of Canton of Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Canton of Zürich, Zürich and Aargau. History The district dates to the ''Oberamt Waldshut'', which was created when the area became part of the state of Baden in the beginning of the 19th century. After some changes it was converted to a district in 1938. In 1973 the districts Säckingen and Hochschwarzwald were dissolved and were partially added to the district Waldshut, which then grew to its current size. Geography The district covers the southern part of the Black Forest. The river Rhine forms most of the boundary to Switzerland. Coat of arms The present coat of arms was granted on December 11, 1973, superseding an ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klettgau
Klettgau (High Alemannic: ''Chleggau'') is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the centre of the ''Klettgau'' historical region stretching across the Swiss border into the cantons of Aargau, Schaffhausen and Zürich. The municipal area includes the villages of Bühl, Erzingen, Geißlingen, Grießen, Rechberg, Riedern am Sand, and Weisweil. Geography Klettgau is located on the Klingengraben and Schwarzbach creeks. In the east it borders on the Swiss municipalities of Trasadingen, Wilchingen and Wasterkingen. The neighbouring German municipalities are Wutöschingen, Lauchringen, Küssaberg, and Hohentengen am Hochrhein in the west, as well as Dettighofen in the east. There is a border crossing into Switzerland on the road from Erzingen to Trasadingen. The municipal area comprises the villages of Bühl, Erzingen, Geißlingen, Grießen, Rechberg, Riedern am Sand, and Weisweil. Erzingen, Bühl and Riedern am Sand are part of the Baden w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a total area of nearly , it is the third-largest German state by both area (behind Bavaria and Lower Saxony) and population (behind North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria). As a federated state, Baden-Württemberg is a partly-sovereign parliamentary republic. The largest city in Baden-Württemberg is the state capital of Stuttgart, followed by Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Other major cities are Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Pforzheim, Reutlingen, Tübingen, and Ulm. What is now Baden-Württemberg was formerly the historical territories of Baden, Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg became a state of West Germany in April 1952 by the merger of Württemberg-Baden, South Baden, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
