Klettgau (
High Alemannic
High Alemannic is a dialect of Alemannic German spoken in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg and in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Language area
The High Alemannic dialects are spoken in Liechtenstein and in most of German-speaking S ...
: ''Chleggau'') is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Waldshut in
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 ...
,
Germany
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. It is the centre of the ''Klettgau'' historical region stretching across the
Swiss border into the cantons of
Aargau,
Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a town with historic roots, a municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimate ...
and
Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
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
Klingengraben is a river of the Canton of Schaffhausen, northern Switzerland and Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany. It passes through Klettgau and flows into the Wutach in Lauchringen.
See also
*List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg
A ...
and
Schwarzbach creeks. In the east it borders on the Swiss municipalities of
Trasadingen
Trasadingen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
Geography
Trasadingen has an area, , of . Of this area, 76.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 12.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 11% is settled (bui ...
,
Wilchingen
Wilchingen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The former municipality of Osterfingen was incorporated into Wilchingen in 2005.
Geography
Wilchingen has an area, , of . Of this area, 50.6% is used for agricultural p ...
and
Wasterkingen
Wasterkingen is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
History
In 2002, Wasterkingen had his 900th birthday, the ''Wasterkingener'' celebrated a big party and there were a lot of interesting attracti ...
. The neighbouring German municipalities are
Wutöschingen,
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 ...
,
Küssaberg
Küssaberg is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after ...
, and
Hohentengen am Hochrhein
Hohentengen is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Geography
Location
The village Hohentengen lies on the northern banks of the Rhine, overlooking Switzerland. The right weather conditions allow a ...
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
Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine.
History
The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden i ...
wine region.
History
Erzingen was already mentioned as ''villa Arcingen'' in an 876 deed, a
Swabian possession held by the
Benedictie abbey of
Rheinau. In 1486 it was occupied by the forces of the
Old Swiss Confederacy on a campaign into the Landgraviate of Klettgau. The
immediate landgraviate was inherited by the
House of Schwarzenberg
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in 1687 with their residence in
Tiengen, and elevated to a
principality by Emperor
Leopold I in 1694. After the Schwarzenberg landgraviate was
mediatised in 1806, the lordship fell to the
Grand Duchy of Baden 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
local elections
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:
*
Christian Democratic Union: 10
*
Free Voters
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: 6
*
Alliance '90/The Greens: 4
*
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
Fo ...
: 3
Transport
Railway station
Klettgau has a
railway station
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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
Basel Badischer Bahnhof (literally "Basel Baden Railway station", the name referring to the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways, which built the station) is a railway station situated in the Swiss city of Basel. The station is situated on Swiss ...
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
Schengen Area in 2008.
International relations
Klettgau is
twinned with:
*
Clisson
Clisson (; br, Klison), is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
It is situated at the confluence of the Sèvre Nantaise and the Moine southeast of Nantes.
The town and the celebrated ...
,
France
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, since 1976
*
Sanza,
Italy
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, since 2006
Notable people
*
Maximilian Stoll
Maximilian Stoll (October 12, 1742 – May 25, 1787) was an Austrian physician who was a native of Erzingen, Baden-Württemberg.
Stoll originally trained as a theologian, with his interests later turning to medicine, and in 1776 attained a profe ...
(1742–1787), physician
*
Radbot, Count of Klettgau (c. 985 – 1045)
References
External links
Municipal website
{{Authority control
Waldshut (district)
Baden
Former countries in Europe
Lordships of the Holy Roman Empire
Former monarchies of Europe
Germany–Switzerland border crossings
Former states and territories of Baden-Württemberg