Sulzburg
Sulzburg is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the western slope of the Black Forest, 20 km southwest of Freiburg. Sulzburg had a long tradition of continuous Jewish settlement since medieval times.
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Sulzburg is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the western slope of the Black Forest, 20 km southwest of Freiburg. Sulzburg had a long tradition of continuous Jewish settlement since medieval times.
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Around 1850, almost one third of its population of around 1,200 was Jewish. Lovely, barrel-vaulted synagogue has been completely restored. There exists an old Jewish cemetery near the town.
• Type — Stadt • Image Coa — DEU Sulzburg COA.svg • Image Photo — Sulzburg, Rathaus.jpg • Image Caption — Town hall • Image Plan — Sulzburg in FR.svg • State — Baden-Württemberg • Region — Freiburg • District — Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald • Elevation — 337 • Area — 22.74 • Postal Code — 79295 • Area Code — 07634 • Licence — FR • Gemeindeschlussel — 08 3 15 111 • Website — www.sulzburg.de • Mayor — Dirk Blens • Leader Term — 2021–29 • Party — CDU Sulzburg is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the western slope of the Black Forest, 20 km southwest of Freiburg. Sulzburg had a long tradition of continuous Jewish settlement since medieval times. Around 1850, almost one third of its population of around 1,200 was Jewish. Sulzburg's lovely, barrel-vaulted synagogue has been completely restored. There exists an old Jewish cemetery near the town.
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Notable people
• Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1594–1659), Markgraf of Baden-Durlach, 1622 to 1659 • Johann Daniel Schöpflin (1694–1771), professor of history, eloquence and the theory of law at the University of Strasbourg • Gustav Weil (1808–1889), first orientalist, first Jewish professor in Germany. • Herman Kiefer (1825–1911), a physician, politician and US diplomat. • Ernst Leitz (1843-1920) founded the Ernst Leitz Optical Works in Wetzlar; father of Ernst Leitz II • Erich Bloch (1925–2016), computer scientist and engineer, director of the US National Science Foundation
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