Bad Dürrheim (
Low Alemannic: ''Diirä'') is a town in the district of
Schwarzwald-Baar
Schwarzwald-Baar () is a Districts of Germany, ''Landkreis'' (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Ortenaukreis, Rottweil (district), Rottweil, Tuttlingen (district), Tuttlingen, ...
, 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
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 betwee ...
. It is situated east 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 ...
, 8 km north of
Donaueschingen
Donaueschingen (; Low Alemannic: ''Eschinge'') is a German town in the Black Forest in the southwest of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar '' Kreis''. It stands near the confluence of the two sources of the river D ...
, and 6 km southeast of
Villingen.
From 1951 until 1978, Bad Dürrheim was a location of a broadcasting
transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the ...
for mediumwave.
Mayors
* 1946–1954: Wilhelm Grießhaber
* 1954–1979: Otto Weissenberger
* 1979–2003: Gerhard Hagmann
* 2003-2019: Walter Klumpp
* 2019- : Jonathan Berggötz
Twin towns — sister cities
Bad Dürrheim is
twinned with:
*
Hajdúszoboszló
Hajdúszoboszló () is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, Hungary, southwest of county seat Debrecen. It is the third largest town in Hajdú-Bihar county.
Etymology
The name comes from a Slavic personal name Soběslav (see e.g. Soběslav, Sob ...
, Hungary
*
Enghien-les-Bains
Enghien-les-Bains () is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the département of Val-d'Oise.
Enghien-les-Bains is famous as a spa resort and a well-to-do suburb of Paris, developed i ...
, France
*
Spotorno, Italy
Honorary citizens
* 1937:
Walter Köhler
Walter Friedrich Julius Köhler, (30 September 1897 in Weinheim – 9 January 1989 Weinheim) was Minister President of Baden, Germany during the Nazi regime. Köhler was born in Weinheim, Baden. He was known as a talented speaker and strict a ...
(1897-1989), politician (NSDAP), (Minister-President of Baden), honorary citizenship canceled on 28 May 1946 by order of the District Administrator Bienzeisler of
Villingen
References
External links
*
Official website
Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Spa towns in Germany
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