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Forbach ( , ) is a village and municipality in 
The tarn of Schurmsee lies within the municipality at a height of 794 metres.
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
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 betwe ...
. It lies in the district of Rastatt
Rastatt () is a town with a Baroque core, District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain on the Murg river, above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of around 50,000 (2011). Rastatt was an ...
. It is located in the Murg river valley, in the northern part of the Black Forest
The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...
mountains. Forbach is further broken down into the following districts: Langenbrand, Bermersbach, Gausbach, Hundsbach, Herrenwies, Kirschbaumwasen, Erbersbronn, Raumünzach and Schwarzenbach.
The tarn of Schurmsee lies within the municipality at a height of 794 metres.
Mayors
* 1998-2014: Kuno Kußmann (CDU) * since 2014: Katrin Buhrke (lawyer)Personalities
* Günther Becker (1924-2007), composer * Manfred Gotta (born 1947), entrepreneur and advertising editor, lives in Forbach-HundsbachReferences
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