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Wolfach (Low Alemannic: Wolfä) is a town in the Black Forest and part of the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). It is a well-known spa town in Germany.

Wolfach
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Wolfach within Ortenaukreis district
Wolfach Show map of Germany Wolfach Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°18′N 8°13′E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Ortenaukreis
Government
• Mayor (2014–22)	Thomas Geppert[1]
Area
• Total	67.99 km2 (26.25 sq mi)
Elevation	262 m (860 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	5,760
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	77709
Dialling codes	07834
Vehicle registration	OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL
Website	wolfach.de

Geography

Geographical Position

Wolfach lies where the two rivers Wolf and Kinzig meet in the Kinzig valley. The mixture of valleys and mountains is a characteristic of the town, which stretches between 250 and 880 m above sea level.

Villages within the borough of Wolfach include Kirnbach and Kinzigtal.

History

The exact foundation year of Wolfach is not known. The history of the town Wolfach can be traced back to the year 1084, although some finding even point back to the Roman times.

On April 21, 1945, before fleeing the city, the Gestapo took the French resistants and political prisoners held in the prison of Wolfach to a forest outside of the town, forced them to dig their own graves, and shot them on the spot, just three hours before the arrival of the French 2nd Armored Division commanded by General Leclerc.[3]

Tourism

Wolfach hotels and bed & breakfast places have an occupancy rate of 128,000 nights each year (year 2000).

Government

City Council

In the past years the city council consisted of:

Party	1994	1999	2004	2009	2014
CDU	8 seats	10 seats	8 seats	6 seats	5 seats
SPD	5 seats	3 seats	3 seats	4 seats	5 seats
FW	6 seats	8 seats	7 seats	7 seats	6 seats
Grüne	—	—	—	1 seat	2 seats

Mayors

• 1811–1820: Johann Georg Neef
• 1820–1829: Xavery Duppele
• 1829–1834: Dr. Duttlinger
• 1834–1839: Johann Baptist Baur
• 1839–1861: Joseph Bührer
• 1861–1874: Johann Georg Armbruster
• 1874–1880: Hermann Vogt
• 1880–1900: Friedrich Armbruster, (son of J. G. Armbruster)
• 1900–1909: Bruno Burger
• 1909–1918: Karl Friedrich Armbruster, (son of F. Armbruster)
• 1918–1925: Gustav Bulacher
• 1925–1936: August Hämmerle, (from 1933 NSDAP)
• 1937–1941: Adolf Oehler (NSDAP), Oehler was since 1929 NSDAP-member, joined in 1940 the Waffen-SS and died in 1941 as a soldier
• 1941–1945: Alfred Albanus
• 1945: Max Vivell, (gave the town to the commander of the marching in French troops)
• 1945–1946: Johannes Faißt (temporarily)
• 1946–1951: Hans Allgeier (1891–1951)
• 1951–1978: Arthur Martin (1911–1999)
• 1978–1991: Hans-Peter Züfle
• 1992–2014: Gottfried Moser
• since 2015: Thomas Geppert

Coat of Arms

The coat of arms of the town of Wolfach displays a golden wolf's hook rod on a blue background and is based on the "Wolfsangel" banner from the "Herren von Wolfach" (Lords of Wolfach) who established their control on the town in 1260. It is believed that they adopted the wolf trap sign as their banner having cleared the area of wolves to establish the town.[4]

International relations

Wolfach is twinned with:

• Cavalaire-sur-Mer, France
• Richfield, Ohio
• Kreuzlingen, Switzerland

Culture and Sights

Swabian-Alemannic Carnival

Wolfach is said to be one of the towns rich in tradition of the Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht.

Buildings

• Fürstenberg castle
• Fortress ruin Alt-Wolfach
• Town Hall
• Catholic church St. Laurentius

Parks

• Kurgarten
• Flößerpark
• Kinziganlagen

Regular Events

• Swabian-Alemannic Carnival (‘Fastnacht’)
• City Fountain Festival (‘Stadtbrunnenfest’)
• Biker-Weekend
• Long Table (‘Lange Tafel’)
• Flößerfest
• Open-Air Rockfest Moosenmättle
• Butchers Festival of the Fire Department (‘Schlachtfest der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr’)
• Wolfach Autumn (‘Wolfacher Herbst’)

Notable people

Sons and daughters of the town

• Hans Klumbach (1904–1992), archaeologist and scholar of classical and provincial Roman studies
• Sylvia Wetzel (born 1949), Buddhist feminist
• Marco Horácio (born 1974), popular comedian on Portuguese television
• Thomas Dold (born 1984), athlete
• Markus Steuerwald (born 1989), volleyball player

People who are connected to the town

• Gustav Trunk (1871–1936), politician, member of the German Centre Party; lived in Wolfach from 1897 to 1900 as beadle
• Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer (1896–1969), racial hygienist in the Third Reich; lived in Wolfach between 1898 and 1909, where he visited school

References

Notes

Book References

• Disch Franz: Chronik der Stadt Wolfach. Wolfach, Karlsruhe 1920.
• Harter Hans: Adel und Burgen im oberen Kinziggebiet. Studien zur Besiedelung und hochmittelalterlichen Herrschaftsbildung im mittleren Schwarzwald. München 1992.
• Krausbeck Josef, Knauss Frieder: Masken unserer Stadt. Stuttgart 1974.
• Stadt Wolfach (Hrsg.): Schwarzwaldstadt mit Tradition. Wolfach, Kirnbach, Kinzigtal. Freiburg 1988.

External links

Administration and Authorities

• City of Wolfach
• District Oberwolfach

Associations

• Historic Association Wolfach
• Carnival club Wolfach
• Bike-Park Wolfach

Places of Interest, Sights

• Vogtbauernhöfe
• Mineral and mathematics museum Oberwolfach
• (in German) Information about and images

На других языках

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[de] Wolfach

Wolfach ist eine Stadt im Mittleren Schwarzwald und gehört zum Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg (Deutschland). Wolfach war bis zum 31. Dezember 1972 die Kreisstadt des gleichnamigen Landkreises.

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- [en] Wolfach

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[ru] Вольфах

Вольфах (нем. Wolfach) — город в Германии, районный центр, расположен в земле Баден-Вюртемберг.

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