Elzach

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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Elzach within Emmendingen district

(2020–28) Roland Tibi^[1]Area

• Total75.28 km² (29.07 sq mi)Elevation

361 m (1,184 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total7,477 • Density99/km² (260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

79215

Dialling codes07682Vehicle registrationEMWebsitewww.elzach.de

Elzach (German pronunciation: [ˈɛlt͡sax] ^ⓘ; Low Alemannic: Elze) is a town in the district of Emmendingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Elz, 26 km northeast of Freiburg.

Geography

The town of Elzach is located at the eastern border of the district of Emmendingen and borders on the district of the Ortenaukreis and the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis. Topographically is the area characterised by the river valley of the Elz and the local hill called Rohrhardsberg. Also Elzach belongs to the Breisgau area and is located at the edge of the Southern Black Forest Nature Park.

Urban districts

Elzach
Yach
Prechtal
Oberprechtal
Katzenmoos

Gallery

Granite sculpture: "The three stages of seeing" (2002) by Dieter Oehm, in Elzach
Robert Dietrich in 1930 as minister of finance

International relations

Elzach is twinned with:^[3]

Worthing, United Kingdom

Ville, France

Telfs, Austria

Sons and daughters of the town

Hermann Dietrich (1879-1954) German politician of the liberal German Democratic Party, minister during the Weimar Republic

References

^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
^ "Partnerstädte der Gemeinde Gutach". Archived from the original on 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2010-02-13.