Hornberg

Hornberg

Coat of arms
Hornberg
Location of Hornberg within Ortenaukreis district
Coordinates: 48°12′48″N 08°13′51″E / 48.21333°N 8.23083°E / 48.21333; 8.23083Coordinates: 48°12′48″N 08°13′51″E / 48.21333°N 8.23083°E / 48.21333; 8.23083
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Ortenaukreis
Government
 • Mayor Siegfried Scheffold
Area
 • Total 54.45 km2 (21.02 sq mi)
Elevation 384 m (1,260 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 4,233
 • Density 78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 78132
Dialling codes 07833
Vehicle registration OG
Website www.hornberg.de

Hornberg is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, 35 km southeast of Offenburg, and 25 km northwest of Villingen-Schwenningen.

Castle of Hornberg
Hornberg
Duravit

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Andreas Beck (born 1948), physicians (head of the radiology department of the hospital Konstanz), theologian and writer
  • Wilhelm Hausenstein (1882–1957), writer, art critic and cultural historian, journalist and diplomat
  • Friedrich Jeckeln (1895–1946), Nazi SS officer and Police Leader executed for war crimes
  • Thomas Schäuble (1948–2013), German politician (CDU), Director of the Baden State Brewery Rothaus, brother of Wolfgang Schäuble

Personalities who were active in Hornberg

  • Rochus Misch (1917–2013), bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler; had a business for painters in Hornberg before the war
  • Wolfgang Schäuble (born 1942), German politician (CDU), grew up in Hornberg
  • Reinold of Urslingen (around 1364-1442), Knight, 1437 share ownership of the castle and city Hornberg

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2017". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). 2018.
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