Sankt Märgen (
Low Alemannic: ''Sankt Märge'') is a German
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the middle of the
Black Forest
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, which belongs to the district of
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. The ''Kurort'' (spa town) is located around 25 km east of
Freiburg im Breisgau.
Geography
Geographical location
Sankt Märgen is located on a mountain spur. The village territory extends from the Thurner Plateau in the south to the eastern foothills of
Kandel
Kandel () is a town in the Germersheim district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France and approximately 18 km north-west of Karlsruhe, and 15 km south-east of Landau.
Kandel is twinned with the small Lancashir ...
to the north, which are between 570 and 1132 meters high. To the east and west its boundaries are marked by deep valleys.
Municipal Arrangement
Around half the residents live in the village proper. The rest live across the surrounding countryside.
History
Between 1115 and 1118 the
Augustinian Augustinian may refer to:
*Augustinians, members of religious orders following the Rule of St Augustine
*Augustinianism, the teachings of Augustine of Hippo and his intellectual heirs
*Someone who follows Augustine of Hippo
* Canons Regular of Sain ...
monastery of
Maria-Zell auf dem Schwarzwald was established by Count Bruno von Haigerloch-Wiesneck, Chancellor of
Henry V Henry V may refer to:
People
* Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026)
* Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125)
* Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161)
* Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (c. 1173–1227)
* Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1 ...
and
Provost of
Straßburg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label= Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
, as competition to the
Zähringen-founded
Benedictine
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, abbreviation = OSB
, formation =
, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
monastery of
St. Peter auf dem Schwarzwald. The town and the monastery were dependent upon each other for many years. In 1716 a two-steepled
Baroque monastery church was built, and the life of the community underwent a revival, until 1806 when the monastery was given up.
Politics
Mayors
*1977-1993 Manfred Holzmann (CDU)
*1993-today: Josef Waldvogel (CDU)
Sister cities
*
Erdeven, southern
Brittany
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,
France
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, since 1997
References
*Much of the information in this article is based on and translated from that found in its German equivalent.
External links
The Town of Erdeven*
St. Märgen:History and images
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Spa towns in Germany
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Baden