Gersbach is a state-recognized
resort town
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in the municipality of
Schopfheim, a town in the
district of Lörrach 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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.
Gersbach is situated in a mountain valley basin to the south from the eponymous river in 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 ...
at an altitude of 800–1170 m above sea level. The old town of
Schopfheim is roughly 17 km away. The formerly independent village, together with the six associated hamlets (
Fetzenbach,
Gersbach-Au,
Lochmühle,
Metteln,
Neuhaus, and
Schlechtbach) forms one of Baden-Württemberg's largest ''
Gemarkung'', with an area of 2409 hectares.
References
Lörrach (district)
Baden
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