Menzenschwand
| Menzenschwand | ||
|---|---|---|
| Village of St. Blasien | ||
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  Menzenschwand | ||
| Coordinates: 47°49′4″N 8°4′14″E / 47.81778°N 8.07056°ECoordinates: 47°49′4″N 8°4′14″E / 47.81778°N 8.07056°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Town | St. Blasien | |
| Elevation | 863 m (2,831 ft) | |
| Population (2015-04-01) | ||
| • Total | 545 | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 79837 | |
| Dialling codes | 07675 | |
Menzenschwand is a climatic health spa in the Black Forest in Germany. The village lies within the borough of St. Blasien in the state of Baden-Württemberg.
Geography
Wasserfalls in the gorge of the Menzenschwander Alb
Upper Alb valley with the terminal moraine of Kluse (front), terrace to the Krunkelbach valley bottom (centre) and Hinterdorf
View from Spießhorn into the valley of the Menzenschwander Alb. Left the Hinterdorf; right: the Vorderdorf
Menzenschwand comprises three villages, Vorderdorf ("front village"), Mitteldorf ("middle village") and Hinterdorf ("rear village"), has a population of just under 550 inhabitants and belongs to the borough of St. Blasien. It lies in the valley of Menzenschwander Alb which runs south from the 1,493-metre-high Feldberg. The valley joins the westward-running valley of the Bernauer Alb above St. Blasien. In the valley to the east lies the lake of Schluchsee.
Sights
- Several ensembles of well preserved Black Forest houses in the village
- Feldberg summit area
- Herzogenhorn summit area
- Wildlife of the steep alpine mountainsides (including chamois and birds of prey)
- Gorge and waterfalls of the Menzenschwander Alb below the Menzenschwander Kluse (see also Waterfalls of Germany)
- Raised bog of Scheibenlechtenmoos in a cirque below the Spießhorn
- Le Petit Salon and its Winterhalter exhibition[1]
Literature
- Frank Bode: Subrezenter Vegetations- und Landschaftswandel im Südschwarzwald. Untersucht am Beispiel des Menzenschwander Tals. Dissertation, University of Freiburg, 2005, urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-opus-26477
- Hubert Mayer, Michael Ehlert (2000) (in German), Chronik Menzenschwand. Geschichte eines Schwarzwalddorfes, St. Blasien: Stadtverwaltung, ISBN 3-00-007141-5
- Armin Simon (2003), Arbeitskreis Regionalgeschichte Freiburg e.V., ed., "Der Streit um das Schwarzwald-Uran. Die Auseinandersetzung um den Uranbergbau in Menzenschwand im Südschwarzwald 1960–1991" (in German), Alltag & Provinz (Bremgarten: Donzelli-Kluckert Verlag) Vol. 11, ISBN 3-933284-11-2
References
- ↑ "Startseite - Le Petit Salon" (in German). Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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