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Utzenfeld is a municipality in the district of
Utzenfeld is a municipality in the district of Lörrach
Lörrach () is a town in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including t ...
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 ...
in Germany
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.
Geography
Utzenfeld is a community in theBlack 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 ...
(Schwarzwald
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 ...
) 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 ...
. It is a member of the Schönau Community Administration Association in the Black Forest. The elevation of Utzenfeld ranges from 560 meters, up to 1,124 meters in the upper meadow valley of the Südschwarzwald nature reserve.
Neighboring communities
The community borders onWieden
Wieden (; Central Bavarian: ''Wiedn'') is the 4th municipal district of Vienna, Austria (german: 4. Bezirk). It is near the centre of Vienna and was established as a district in 1850, but its borders were changed later. Wieden is a small region ...
in the north, the city of Todtnau
Todtnau is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2009 its population was of 4,932.
Geography
It is situated in the Black Forest, on the river Wiese, 20 km southeast of Freiburg.
The municipality counts ...
in the east, Tunau
Tunau is a municipality in the district of Lörrach 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 Russ ...
and the city of Schönau in Schwarzwald in the south, and Aitern in the west.
Community arrangement
The community of Utzenfeld includes Utzenfeld Village andZinken Königshütte
Sorgschrofen is a mountain in the Allgäu Alps of Bavaria, Germany. A lower summit of Sorgschrofen is the Zinken. There is a summit cross on both Sorgschrofen and Zinken.
Quadripoint
The summit is the only land link Jungholz has to the rest ...
, extending partially to Wiedener Gebiet.
History
Utzenfeld was clearly identified for the first time in 1294. It belonged to the cloister of St. Blasien then, and later, by 1368, was part of Vorderösterreich. When the cloister was secularized in 1806, the village became part of the newly created Großherzogtum Baden. Utzenfeld became an independent community in 1809.Religions
Since Vorderösterreich was part of theReformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
, most of the local people belong to the Roman Catholic Church at Schönau, but there is also a "Gotteshaus" in Utzenfeld. The limited number of Protestants in the area also go to Schönau.
Politics
Since 1971, Utzenfeld has belonged to the Schönau community administration association.Local council
Christian Democratic Union (Germany) 53.1% - 4 seatsFree Voters
Free Voters (german: Freie Wähler, FW or FWG) in Germany may belong to an association of people which participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it involves a locally organized group of voters ...
46.9% - 4 seats
Culture and sights
Natural features
The Utzenfluh nature reserve, opened in 1940, contains many natural attractions.Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
From 1889 to 1966, Utzenfeld was connected to the local rail network.Local Businesses
The community is the home of several large plastic manufacturers, for example FRISETTA polymer (part of theNilit
NILIT Ltd. (Hebrew: נילית בע"מ) is a privately owned, international manufacturer of nylon 6.6 ( polyamide) fibers headquartered in Migdal HaEmek, Israel. NILIT specializes in the polymerization, spinning and texturing of nylon 6.6 yarns ...
Plastics Division), which is one of the largest toothbrush manufacturers in Germany.
Education
There are no schools in Utzenfeld. Primary school students attend the elementary school inWieden
Wieden (; Central Bavarian: ''Wiedn'') is the 4th municipal district of Vienna, Austria (german: 4. Bezirk). It is near the centre of Vienna and was established as a district in 1850, but its borders were changed later. Wieden is a small region ...
. The students above the fifth grade attend the Schönau upper school in Schwarzwald, Zell Zell may refer to:
Places Austria
* Zell am See, in Salzburg state
* Zell am Ziller, in Tyrol
* Zell, Carinthia, in Carinthia
* in Upper Austria:
** Bad Zell
** Zell am Moos
** Zell an der Pram
** Zell am Pettenfirst
Germany
* Zell im Fichtelg ...
in Wiesental or the higher school in Schönau. The Utzenfluh kindergarten is available for the youngest inhabitants of the community.
References
Lörrach (district) Baden {{Lörrach-geo-stub