Kirchzarten

Kirchzarten
Aerial view of Kirchzarten
Location of Kirchzarten within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
Location of Kirchzarten
Kirchzarten
Kirchzarten
Coordinates: 47°57′54″N 7°57′20″E / 47.96500°N 7.95556°E / 47.96500; 7.95556
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictBreisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Government
 • Mayor (2016–24) Andreas Hall[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total
21.13 km2 (8.16 sq mi)
Elevation
380 m (1,250 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
 • Total
10,266
 • Density485.8/km2 (1,258/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
79199
Dialling codes07661
Vehicle registrationFR
Websitewww.kirchzarten.de

Kirchzarten (German pronunciation: [ˈkɪʁçˌtsaʁtn̩]) is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the federal-state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.

A Zionist agricultural training farm was founded in Kirchzarten in 1919 to prepare young people to become farmers in Mandatory Palestine [Eretz Israel].[3]

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.[3]

Demographics

Population development:[4]

Year Inhabitants
1990 8,726
2001 9,530
2011 9,603
2021 10,030

See also

Kirchzarten Airfield

References

  1. ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Tabellengruppe 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes zum 31. Dezember 2024" [Update of the population as of 31 December 2024] (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.
  3. ^ a b "Der jüdische Betsaal auf dem Markenhof in Kirchzarten (Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald)".
  4. ^ "Kirchzarten (Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-05-24.