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

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border into the cantons of

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, 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

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and Schwarzbach creeks. In the east it borders on the Swiss municipalities of Trasadingen, Wilchingen and

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. The neighbouring German municipalities are

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, and

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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 wine region.

History

Erzingen was already mentioned as ''villa Arcingen'' in an 876 deed, a Swabian possession held by the Benedictie abbey of

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. In 1486 it was occupied by the forces of the

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on a campaign into the Landgraviate of Klettgau. The immediate landgraviate was inherited by the House of Schwarzenberg in 1687 with their residence in Tiengen, and elevated to a

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by Emperor Leopold I in 1694. After the Schwarzenberg landgraviate was mediatised in 1806, the lordship fell to the

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in 1812. The present-day municipality was established in a 1971 administrative reform. Bühl and Geißlingen were incorporated in 1975.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (''Gemeinderat'') as of 2009

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: * Christian Democratic Union: 10 * Free Voters: 6 *

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: 4 *

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: 3

Transport

Railway station

Klettgau has a railway station located very close to the border with Switzerland, in Erzingen. The station building was completed in 1863. The railway line from Erzingen to Schaffhausen was electrified and tracks along almost the entire route were doubled, allowing for more frequent services to run. The electrification of the line from Erzingen to Waldshut as well as from Waldshut on to Basel Badischer Bahnhof has also been agreed on and is planned. The station is a border station and as such is in local transport tariff zones in both Germany and Switzerland.

Customs

Erzingen is, for customs purposes, a border station for passengers arriving from Switzerland. Customs checks may be performed in Erzingen station or on board trains by German officials. Systematic passport controls were abolished when Switzerland joined the

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in 2008.

International relations

Klettgau is twinned with: * Clisson, France, since 1976 * Sanza, Italy, since 2006

Notable people

* Maximilian Stoll (1742–1787), physician * Radbot, Count of Klettgau (c. 985 – 1045)

References

External links

Municipal website
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