Hornberg
For other uses, see Hornberg (disambiguation).
| Hornberg | ||
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  Hornberg | ||
Location of Hornberg within Ortenaukreis district  | ||
| Coordinates: 48°12′48″N 08°13′51″E / 48.21333°N 8.23083°ECoordinates: 48°12′48″N 08°13′51″E / 48.21333°N 8.23083°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Admin. region | Freiburg | |
| District | Ortenaukreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Siegfried Scheffold | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 54.45 km2 (21.02 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 4,320 | |
| • Density | 79/km2 (210/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
Sons and daughters of the town
- Andreas Beck (born 1948), physicians (head of the radiology department of the hospital Konstanz), theologian and writer
- Bärbel Hähnle (born 1949), athlete, 1969 European runner-up with the 4 × 100-meter relay
- Wilhelm Hausenstein (1882–1957), writer, art critic and cultural historian, journalist and diplomat
- Wilhelm Ludwig Hosch (1750–1811), pietistic theologian and hymn writer
- Friedrich Jeckeln (1895–1946), SS-Obergruppenführer, German war criminal
- Werner Reutter (1937–2016), director of the Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Charité, Berlin-Dahlem
- Thomas Schäuble (1948–2013), German politician (CDU), Director of the Baden State Brewery Rothaus, brother of Wolfgang Schäuble
Personalities who were active in Hornberg
- John Beck (born 1938), director of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the University of Bonn
- Misch (1917–2013), bodyguard and telephone 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
External links
- (German) Information about and images
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