Lörrach () is a city in southwest

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, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the

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borders. It is the district seat of the district of

Lörrach Lörrach () is a city in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the district seat of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, inclu ...

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. It is the home of a number of large employers, including the

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factory owned by

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. The city population has grown over the last century; with only 10,794 in 1905, it has now increased its population to over 50,000. Nearby is the castle of Rötteln on the Wiesental, whose lords became the counts of Hachberg and a residence of the

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; this was destroyed by the troops of

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in 1678, but was rebuilt in 1867. Lörrach received market rights in 1403, but it did not obtain the privileges of a city until 1682. After the Napoleonic epoch, the town was included in the

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. On 21 September 1848, Gustav Struve attempted to start a revolutionary uprising in Lörrach as part of the Revolutions of 1848–49. It failed, and Struve was caught and imprisoned. Still, Lörrach was officially the capital of Germany for a day.

Geography

Lörrach is located in the southernmost part of the Rhine Rift valley. The depression is created by tectonic movements, and the area has a high earthquake risk. Several times a year, Lörrach is afflicted by slight and medial earthquakes. The city is located in a valley of the

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period. Lörrach is surrounded by slopes on two sides. The slopes create the southern part of the Wiesental, that is the valley where the Wiese river flows. Geographical locations of the subdistrict Lörrach: * Elevation of the lowest place: 272 m (in the valley ''Wiesental'' at the border with Switzerland) * Elevation of the highest place: 570 m (in the forest of ''Rötteln'') The extent of the urban area from south to north is 6.0 km and from east to west 4.6 km. Lörrach is also the capital city of

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and a part of the tri-national

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area of

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(Switzerland).

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is 220 km away from Lörrach, and it takes one hour to drive to

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. The city has several forested hills along the valley Wiesental: Schädelberg, Homburg, Röttler Wald, and

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. Lörrach is bounded by many municipalities and the city of Riehen (Switzerland). In addition, it is located in the foothills of the

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and on the border of Switzerland.

Climate

Lörrach's climate is mild, and in the summer, it is often hot. The region of

is the warmest in Germany because of the Mediterranean air current from the valley of the

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. Because of its numerous sunny days, the region is dubbed the German Tuscany (German: ''Die Toskana Deutschlands'').

Boroughs and districts

Lörrach is subdivided into three boroughs and three districts. In sum, the three boroughs have an area of 18.6 km². The three districts have their own administrations with a chief magistrate (''Ortsvorsteher''). Every five years, the citizens of Lörrach elect the council of the districts. The

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Salzert was developed in 1963.

Inzlingen Inzlingen is a village in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. From the Fondation Beyeler, a famous art collection in Riehen in the canton Basel Stadt, Switzerland, the street Inzlingerstrasse goes uphill to I ...

, close to Lörrach, is an independent municipality, but Lörrach oversees its administration.

History

Population development

source: Statistisches Landesamt Stuttgart, Statistischer Jahresbericht der Stadt Lörrach.

Coat of arms

Lörrach received its city rights in 1682 when it became the capital of the Oberamt Rötteln-Sausenberg. At the same time, its arms were granted. The arms show a

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lark (''Lerche''). In 1756, both the city rights and the arms were regranted by

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Charles Frederick of Baden. The colours are also the colours of Baden. Even though the arms have not changed since, the shape and size of the lark have changed considerably. The present arms have been used since the early 1960s and show a very modern variation of the lark. After municipal reforms, the coat of arms was reconfirmed on 11 November 1975.

Religion

Christianity Lörrach initially belonged to the diocese of Konstanz and was under the

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. In 1529, after the

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had been introduced there, the parsonage of Lörrach was occupied from Basel. The reformation in the city was introduced in 1556. After that, Lörrach was for many centuries a predominantly Protestant city. In Rötteln, an archdiocese had existed since the beginning of the 15th century, which at the end of the 17th century, shifted to Lörrach. The Protestant pastor of Lörrach was from 1682 an intendant, too. The ''Stadtkirche'' is the main church of Lörrach (first mentioned in the 12th century). In addition, Lörrach has a few parishes: ''Johannespfarrei'' (founded in the 20th century), ''Pauluspfarrei'' for the northern city (founded in 1906), ''Matthäuspfarrei'' for the eastern city, Inzlingen (founded in 1949), ''Markuspfarrei'' (founded in 1956), Salzertgemeinde (founded in 1969), and ''Friedensgemeinde'' for the district of Homburg (founded in 1974). The borough of Stetten was controlled by

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until 1803. Therefore, Stetten has a Catholic tradition, although the Reformation had been introduced years before. Because of a contract with Austria, Stetten again became Catholic. At first, the parish of Stetten also served the resident Catholics of Lörrach. They held their church services in the new church, the ''Fridolinskirche'' (1822). The original church of Stettens was founded in the 13th century. Between 1864 and 1867 in Lörrach, its own parish church (St. Bonifatius) was built, at which a curacy was created that was raised to the status of a parsonage in 1882. A second Catholic church (St. Peter) was built in 1964. In Brombach, they had already built in 1900 a church (St. Josephskirche), which has been a parsonage since 1911. All Catholic parishes of Lörrach today form together with the neighbouring parishes of St. Peter and Paul in Inzlingen a group pastoral ministry within the deanery of Wiesental belonging to the archbishopric

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. Today, the Lutheran denomination has a slight predominance in the city. In the borough of Stetten exists a relative Catholic majority. Beside the two large churches, some parishes belong to

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es; for example, the ''Freie evangelische Gemeinde'' or ''FeG Lörrach'' (English: Free Evangelical community).

Politics

Political proportion

The municipal council of Lörrach consists of 32 volunteer aldermen and alderwomen, whose chairman is the Oberbürgermeisterin (

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). The municipal council is elected for a period of five years by the citizenry. The last election from 13 June 2004 had a percentage of voting of 41.2% and resulted in the following allocation of seats in the city hall of Lörrach: Source:
(1) Kommunale Unabhängige Liste (''English: Municipal autonomous list'')
* variance to the municipal council elections of 1999.

Heads of city

The

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of Lörrach reports of a Johann von Schallbach in the year 1366 as the first

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. The office designation of mayor was reserved for the local chiefs of the cities. The first mayor of Lörrach was Marx Christoph Leibfried, who took office in 1882, the year the municipality was first awarded

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. He was employed by the

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. Since 1956, the city head is the Oberbürgermeister, who is selected directly by the citizens.

Mayors since 1804

Source:
* Oberbürgermeister

Economics and infrastructure

The town supports approximately 18,300 jobs. Retailers gained a business volume of 342.7 million euros in the year 2004. Approximately a fifth of this business volume was generated by customers from Switzerland.

Transport

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passes Lörrach. Thereby it has a direct connection to the

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and to the

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in France. The A2 motorway and the A3 motorway of Switzerland are also near Lörrach. The

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B 317, from Titisee-Neustadt across the pass of the Feldberg, is the most important arterial road of the city. The Bundesstraße 317 is interrupted by Switzerland. At present the B 317 is built through the Swiss territory as duty-free road. The principal railway station in Lörrach is Lörrach Hauptbahnhof, with frequent service provided by the

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. There are a half-dozen other stations within the municipality. The terminal connects Lörrach with

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and

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. From 1919 to 1939 as well as from 1947 to 1967 Line 6 of the tram of Basel operated as the urban tram of Lörrach. Lörrach has some local and regional bus connections. They belong to the . The nearest international airport, the

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, is 14 km away from Lörrach.

Administrative bodies, organisations and courts

Lörrach as a district accommodates the district administration office and a highway maintenance depot. Lörrach has several schools of all school types plus a

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, a municipal library with over 65,000 books, a scientific regional library, a school of music, and two other smaller libraries. The local court of Lörrach is responsible for cities and municipalities in the district. Furthermore, there is a labour court in Lörrach, which constitutes the first jurisdiction for the districts of Lörrach and Waldshut. In addition there are three Superior Courts of Justice in Radolfzell am Bodensee. Lörrach also has a tax office, a labour office, a motorway police (German: ''Autobahnpolizei''), and a criminal investigation department. Lörrach's hospital opened on 1 October 1845, at that time as an urban infirmary. On 1 January 1994 the three hospitals of Lörrach, Rheinfelden, and Schopfheim were pooled into a

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. Today the hospital of Lörrach has 351 beds.

Companies in Lörrach

One of the most well-known companies and employers in Lörrach is the chocolate manufacturer

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Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, well known for the brand of

confectionary

and

Suchard Chocolat Suchard was a chocolate factory founded in Serrières (a neighborhood of Neuchâtel) by Philippe Suchard in 1826. It was one of the oldest chocolate factories in Switzerland. History The Suchard chocolate factory took off thanks to ...

. Lörrach was the home of the GABA Deutschland GmbH, a pharmaceutical company that produced the famous elmex, meridol and aronal toothpaste.

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acquired Gaba's parent company Gaba Holding AG in 2004 and closed down the Lörrach-based factory in 2012. Other companies of note: * KBC Fashion GmbH & Co. KG, textile finishing company * Tally Weijl Retail Germany GmbH, the German arm of the Basel based fashion label * A. Raymond GmbH & Co. KG, the German arm of the international engineering group * Streck Transportges. mbH, Transport & Logistics company * Midro Lörrach GmbH, pharmaceutical company *

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, headquarters of Migros Germany * Brauerei Lasser GmbH, brewery with 70 employees

Media

Print media

Two daily newspapers are based in Lörrach and have a local editorial office: ''

Badische Zeitung The ''Badische Zeitung'' (''Baden Newspaper'') is a German newspaper based in Freiburg im Breisgau, covering the South Western part of Germany and the Black Forest region. It has a circulation of 145,825 and a readership of 409,000. The paper was ...

'' and '' Die Oberbadische''. Die Oberbadische (formerly Oberbadisches Volksblatt), published in the city, is Lörrach's oldest newspaper (founded 1885). In addition the ''Oberbadische Verlagshaus'' publishes the two newspapers ''Weiler Zeitung'' und ''Markgräfler Tagblatt''. The city magazine ''Puls'' is published monthly and reports on events in and around Lörrach.

Broadcast and television

The radio programme of

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has a regional office in Lörrach. There they produce parts of the radio program SWR4 Baden-Württemberg.

Culture

Lörrach is the home to an annual voice festival (''Stimmen'') that takes place in early summer, in 2010 from 14 July to 8 August. The festival has many venues in and around Lörrach including Weil am Rhein. The motto of the festival is "Passion that sounds" (German: ''Leidenschaft, die klingt'') (alternate translation: "Passion you can hear"). The festival exists since 1994.

Twin towns – sister cities

Lörrach is twinned with: *

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, France (1966) *

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, Italy (1986) * Village-Neuf, France (1988) *

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, Germany (1990) *

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, United Kingdom (2002) Annually, numerous meetings and exchanges between schools and associations take place. The Hebel Gymnasium School in Lörrach takes part in an annual school exchange with The Mountbatten School in Romsey, England. With

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exists a friendly connection. In 2004 ''

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'' was created, an association for the advancement of the partnerships between cities and international friendships. In 2005 a cultural partnership was substantiated with

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Notable people

Johann Peter Hebel Johann Peter Hebel (10 May 1760 – 22 September 1826) was a German short story writer, dialectal poet, Lutheran theologian and pedagogue, most famous for a collection of Alemannic lyric poems (''Allemannische Gedichte'') and one of Ger ...

(1760–1826), short story writer and poet, local teacher. * Gustav Hugo (1764–1807), jurist, born locally *

Friedrich Eisenlohr Jakob Friedrich Eisenlohr (23 November 1805, in Lörrach – 27 February 1854, in Karlsruhe) was a German architect and university professor. His design for a cuckoo clock, now known as the Cuckoo clock#Bahnhäusle style, a successful design from ...

(1805–1854), architect and university professor, born locally; he designed a train station cuckoo clock * Gustav Struve (1805–1870), surgeon * Ferdinand Hitzig (1807–1875), biblical critic. * Max Laeuger (1864–1952), architect, artist, and ceramicist, born and died locally *

Käte Duncker Käte Duncker (born Paula Kathinka Döll; 23 May 1871 – 2 May 1953) was a German political and feminist activist who became a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany and then the Communist Party of Germany. Life Provenance and ea ...

(1871–1953), a German political and feminist activist, born locally * Manfred G. Raupp (born 1941), agricultural scientist and economist *

Martin Kunzler Martin Kunzler (born 29 April 1947) is a German jazz bassist and music journalist. He gained particular fame through his ''rororo Jazz-Lexikon'' published by Rowohlt Verlag, which is now considered the standard German-language work on this music ...

(born 1947), jazz bassist and music journalist. * Marion Caspers-Merk (born 1955), local politician (SPD) * Theodor Sproll (born 1957), social and economical scientist, local university rector *

Jörg Kachelmann Jörg Andreas Kachelmann (born 15 July 1958 in Lörrach, Germany) is a Swiss presenter, journalist and entrepreneur in the meteorological field. Early life and education Jörg Kachelmann spent his youth in Schaffhausen. His childhood ambition ...

(born 1958), Swiss presenter in the meteorological field * Roland Wiesendanger (born 1961), nanoscience physicist, grew up locally * Davide Martello (born 1981), pianist of Italian descent, born locally. * Dominic Fritz (born 1983), politician born locally, mayor of

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in Romania * Butrint Imeri (born 1996), Kosovo-Albanian singer and dancer, born locally

Sport

Ottmar Hitzfeld Ottmar Hitzfeld (; born 12 January 1949) is a German former professional football player and a former manager. He accumulated a total of 18 major titles, mostly in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Zürich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. ...

(born 1949), football player (scored 300 goals) and manager, born locally, * Sebastian Deisler (born 1980), footballer, born locally *

Melanie Behringer Melanie Behringer (born 18 November 1985) is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder. She was a Best FIFA Women's Player finalist. Club career Behringer started her career at SpVgg Utzenfeld and FC Hausen. In 2003, she joined SC F ...

(born 1985), former footballer, born locally * Simon Niepmann (born 1985), rower; gold medallist at the

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in the men's lightweight four * Fabio Viteritti (born 1993), footballer, has played over 320 games *

Christina Shakovets Christina Shakovets (born 29 April 1994) is a German former tennis player. Shakovets won two singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 16 July 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 450. On 21 J ...

(born 1994), tennis player, born locally

References

External links

Official website
(German)
Lörrach:History and imagesDaily Newspaper of the areaDaily Newspaper of the areaNews and musings from Weil am Rhein – German town near Loerrach on the Basle border triangleBurg Rötteln: Picture GalleryBurghof Cultural Event Centre and TheatreCultural Youth events in Loerrach'Stimmen' Loerrach'Metal Forces Festival' Loerrach
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