Kirchzarten

Kirchzarten is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the federal-state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.

Kirchzarten
Aerial view of Kirchzarten
Coat of arms
Location of Kirchzarten within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
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Kirchzarten
Kirchzarten
Coordinates: 47°58′N 7°57′E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictBreisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Government
 • MayorAndreas Hall (CDU)
Area
 • Total21.14 km2 (8.16 sq mi)
Elevation
380 m (1,250 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total9,740
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
79199
Dialling codes07661
Vehicle registrationFR
Websitewww.kirchzarten.de

A Zionist agricultural training farm was founded in Kirchzarten in 1919 to prepare young people to become farmers in Palestine [Eretz Israel].[2]

The Kirchzarten synagogue had a set of Jugendstil windows by artist Friedrich Adler, who made a duplicate set now in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.[2]

  • Kirchzarten, town hall
  • Kirchzarten, Church of Saint Gall
  • Zarten, church

References
  1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2018". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). July 2019.
  2. http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/kirchzarten_synagoge.htm
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