Zell im Wiesental is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, on the river Wiese, 26 km northeast of Basel, and 32 km south of Freiburg.

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Zell im Wiesental
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Zell im Wiesental within Lörrach district
Zell im Wiesental Show map of Germany Zell im Wiesental Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 47°42′25″N 07°51′05″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Lörrach
Government
• Mayor (2017–25)	Peter Palme[1]
Area
• Total	36.13 km2 (13.95 sq mi)
Elevation	443 m (1,453 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,296
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	79669
Dialling codes	07625
Vehicle registration	LÖ
Website	www.zell-im-wiesental.de

The town is famous for being the birthplace of Constanze Weber, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Gallery

• 
  Zell im Wiesental, church (Stadtpfarrkirche) in the street
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  Mambach, goat with chapel (die Maria Frieden Kapelle)
• 
  Atzenbach, view to a street
• 
  Silbersau, road panorama

Personalities

Franz Fridolin Weber (1733-1779), was born as the son of an official in Zell. In 1754, at the age of 21, he was also appointed an official by Freiherr Ignaz Ludwig von Schönau, and in 1756 he married the Cäcilia Stamm from Mannheim. On January 5, 1762, Weber's daughter Constanze Mozart (died 1842), was born in Zell, who later married Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Another daughter of Weber, also born in Zell, was the singer and vocal pedagogue Aloysia Weber, (died 1839), who was born in the city between 1759 and 1761. Johann Faller was born in Todtnau, but he worked in the Zell textile industry and was responsible for social issues in Zell, including the founding of a reading society and the Zell fire brigade, As a deputy of the Second Chamber of the Badische Standesgemeinschaft, he also managed the construction of several streets in the Upper Wiesenental.[3]

Severin Kern (1900-1986) was from 1950 to 1972 lord mayor of Villingen.

In 1903 Karl Müller was born as the son of a textile worker in Zell. He was persecuted, imprisoned and forced to serve in the 999th Light Afrika Division (Wehrmacht) during the National Socialism. As a trade unionist and member of the Communist, he became after the war a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and editor of the Sächsische Zeitung.[4] Gerhard Jung (1926-1998) was born on 10 August 1926 in Zell. He became known as a dialect poet and writer in the Wiesental and beyond, he received in 1973 the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Plakette of the municipality of Hausen, 1974 the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis of the state of Baden-Württemberg. In 1997, Jung was awarded the Federal Cross, since 1986 he was an honorary citizen of his hometown. Also Markus's son Markus Manfred Jung was born in Zell. Like his father, he is known as a dialect poet and writer.

Also from Zell is the bank manager and art collector Manfred Meier-Preschany (1929-2014).

Transport

The municipality has a railway station, Zell (Wiesental). It is the northern terminus of the Wiese Valley Railway.

Other sons and daughters of the town

• Josepha Hofer (1761-1819), soprano
• Rudolf Vogel (1882-1972), material researcher and metallographer

References

На других языках

[de] Zell im Wiesental

[ru] Целль-им-Визенталь