Seelbach is a town in the district of
Ortenau
The Ortenau (), originally called Mortenau, is a historic region in the present-day German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the right bank of the river Rhine, stretching from the Upper Rhine Plain to the foothill zone of the Black F ...
in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...
in
Germany
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. The most popular Festival is the Katharinenmarkt on November.
Geography
Seelbach is located on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Schutter Valley, south-eastern of
Lahr
Lahr (officially Lahr/Schwarzwald since 30 September 1978) (); ) is a city in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany, approximately 50 km north of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, 40 km southeast of Strasbourg, and 95 km southwest of Ka ...
.
Neighboring communities
The following cities and towns share a border with Seelbach. They are listed clockwise starting in the north: Friesenheim, Biberach, Schuttertal, Ettenheim, Kippenheim and Lahr.
The boroughs
There are three boroughs, Seelbach, Wittelbach and Schönberg.
Government
Town council
After the last election in June 2009, the town council consists of 18 seats. The members belong to political parties as follows
Mayor
The mayor is elected by the citizens for a term of 8 years. He's also the head of the town council.
Mayors since 1831
* 1831–1832: Vogt Schöttgen (signs the first time with „Bürgermeister“)
* 1832–1838: Karl Obert
* 1838–1844: Michael Schäfer
* 1849–1875: Xaver Räpple
* 1875–1886: Franz Anton Benz
* 1886–1910: Christian Himmelsbach
* 1910–1919: Josef Heizmann
* 1919–1923: Wilhelm Brucker
* 1923–1945: Theodor Simon
* 1945–1946: Georg Hartmann
* 1946–1948: Alfred Himmelsbach
* 1948–1957: Josef Fehrenbach
* 1957–1977: Alfred Dreyer
* 1977–1993: Walter Dilger
* 1993–2007: Klaus Muttach
* 2008–2023: Thomas Schäfer
* 2023–present: Michael Moser
People, culture & architecture
Events
The Katharinenmarkt is a weekend long historic market that takes place annually in November since 1455. It is visited by nearly 20000 visitors.
Twin town
Seelbach is twinned with
Zillebeke
Zillebeke (also known as Zellebeck) is a village in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium. It is a former municipality which is now part of Ypres.
History
On 3 March 1914 the then municipality was granted the arms of the last Lord ...
in the
Flemish
Flemish may refer to:
* Flemish, adjective for Flanders, Belgium
* Flemish region, one of the three regions of Belgium
*Flemish Community, one of the three constitutionally defined language communities of Belgium
* Flemish dialects, a Dutch dialec ...
province of
West Flanders
West Flanders is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium. It is the only coastal Belgian province, facing the North Sea to the northwest. It has land borders with the Dutch province of Zeeland to the northeast, the Flemis ...
in Belgium.
References
External links
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Towns in Baden-Württemberg
Ortenaukreis
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