Bonndorf

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Country Germany Admin. region Freiburg Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 6,935 (31 Dec 2008)		State Baden-Württemberg District Waldshut Postal codes 79844–79848 Local time Monday 7:28 PM

Weather 1°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 96% Humidity Points of interest Wutach Gorge, Schloss Bonndorf, Schloss‑Narrenstuben, Roggenbacher Schlösser, Wutachschlucht

Bonndorf is a town in the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the southern Black Forest, 14 km southeast of Titisee-Neustadt.

Map of Bonndorf, Germany

It comprises the villages Boll, Brunnadern, Dillendorf, Ebnet, Gündelwangen, Holzschlag, Wellendingen and Wittlekofen. The town is well known for its Fastnacht festival held the days before Ash Wednesday. Wellendingen has its Frogs in the parade. Also in the town is a castle, the Japanese Gardens, and a dedicated museum to Fastnacht festives in the area. In Boll is the Wutach Gorge which runs into the Rhine.

Number of inhabitants

1855: 1.212

1900: 1.600

1950: 2.100

1970: 3.400

1980: 5.364

2013: 6.800

2015: 6.836

Mayors since 1945

1945: Fritz Göggel

August 1, 1945: Erwin Leser

1946–1957: Leo Speck

1958–1972: Oskar Stöckle

1973–1992: Peter Folkerts (1946-1992)

since 1992: Michael Scharf (born 1964)

Sons and daughters of the city

Constantin Fehrenbach (1852-1926), politician (center), Reichskanzler from 1920 to 1921, was born in Wellendingen, today a district of Bonndorf

Adolf Würth (1905-1997), a national socialist racist theorist, who was involved in the genocide of Sinti and Roma, was born in Bonndorf

Clemens Binninger (born 1962), politician and Member of Bundestag (CDU), was born in Bonndorf and grew up in neighboring Wutach-Ewattingen.

People who are connected to the city

Ralf Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf CFE (1929-2009), German-British sociologist, politician and publicist, lived in London, Cologne and Bonndorf (Holzschlag)

References

Bonndorf Wikipedia

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