Waldbronn is a

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in the district of Karlsruhe, in

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. It is situated in the northern

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, southeast of

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

Geography

Waldbronn is located at the border of the Alb-Pfinz-Plateau in the valley of the river

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History

Waldbronn was founded in 1972 as a result of a municipal restructuring, when the communities Busenbach and Reichenbach merged. A year earlier the community of Etzenrot had been merged with Reichenbach already. The three communities are first mentioned in historic documents in 1292. In January 1994 Waldbronn was awarded the official status of "Ort mit Heilquellen-Kurbetrieb", indicating the medicinal benefits of its hot wells.

Transport

Reichenbach is connected to the city of

by S 11 services operating over the Busenbach–Ittersbach railway, an electric railway that forms part of the

Karlsruhe Stadtbahn The Karlsruhe Stadtbahn is a German tram-train system combining Karlsruhe trams, tram lines in the city of Karlsruhe with railway lines in the surrounding countryside, serving the entire region of the middle upper Rhine valley and creating connec ...

Sons and daughters

* Edmund Becker (born 1956), German football player and coach *

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(born 1988), German singer

References

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