Sasbachwalden is a
Black Forest
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municipality
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in Western
Baden-Württemberg
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,
Germany
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, popular with tourists. It is located on the western slopes of mountain
Hornisgrinde in the
Northern Black Forest and belongs to the
district of Ortenau. More than 70% of the town area are forest.
History
Sasbachwalden was first mentioned in 1347 as a group of individual farms and houses. Only in 1817 Sasbachwalden became an independent community. Since 1973 the town belongs to
district of Ortenau.
Education
The town has a centrally located kindergarten and elementary school. Institutions for higher education are in the nearby towns
Achern and
Sasbach.
Economy
Main sources of income are tourism,
winegrowing, the production of
Black Forest kirsch and most importantly
wood processing
Wood processing is an engineering discipline in the wood industry comprising the production of forest products, such as pulp and paper, construction materials, and tall oil. Paper engineering is a subfield of wood processing.
The major wo ...
.
See also
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Alde Gott
References
Ortenaukreis
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