Riegel am Kaiserstuhl

Riegel
Location of Riegel within Emmendingen district
Location of Riegel
Riegel
Riegel
Coordinates: 48°9′2″N 7°45′0″E / 48.15056°N 7.75000°E / 48.15056; 7.75000
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictEmmendingen
Government
 • Mayor (2018–26) Daniel Kietz[1]
Area
 • Total
18.33 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Elevation
195 m (640 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
 • Total
4,051
 • Density221.0/km2 (572.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
79359
Dialling codes07642
Vehicle registrationEM
Websitewww.gemeinde-riegel.de

Riegel am Kaiserstuhl (German pronunciation: [ˈʁiːɡl̩ ʔam ˈkaɪzɐʃtuːl], lit.'Riegel on the Kaiserstuhl') is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies 8 km northwest of Emmendingen, and is accessed by the motorway A5 (Karlsruhe - Basel).

Education

Riegel provides its citizens education with the Michaelschule that consists of both a Grund- and a Hauptschule.

Roman ruins

A Mithraeum was unearthed in the residential neighborhoods of Riegel.[3] A reconstruction of the temple was placed there, and the original artifacts can be seen at the museum in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Municipal partnership

Museum

The Kunsthalle Messmer is a museum exhibiting art from the 20th and 21st century. It is located in a former brewery building and includes a sculpture garden. The museum of the municipality exhibits excavations of the Roman village and reconstructed models. Furtheron there is a part on the development of jet-propulsion of rockets with objects pictures, films and text

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. ^ "kaiserstuhl.eu". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.