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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Freiburg

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Local time
  
Friday 5:18 AM

Postal code
  
79295

Administrative region
  
Freiburg

State
  
Baden-Württemberg

Elevation
  
337 m (1,106 ft)

Area
  
22.73 km²

Population
  
2,714 (31 Dec 2008)

Dialling code
  
07634

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District
  
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald

Weather
  
11°C, Wind SE at 10 km/h, 70% Humidity

Sulzburg is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the western slope of the Black Forest, 20 km southwest of Freiburg.

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Map of 79295 Sulzburg, Germany

Sulzburg had a long tradition of continuous Jewish settlement since medieval times. Around 1850 almost one third of its population of around 1200 was Jewish. Sulzburg's lovely, barrel-vaulted synagogue has been completely restored. There exists an old Jewish cemetery near the town.

Sons and daughters of the city

  • 1594 Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Markgraf of Baden-Durlach (1622-1659)
  • 1694 Johann Daniel Schöpflin, professor of history, eloquence and the theory of law at the University of Strasbourg
  • 1808 Gustav Weil, † 1889 in Freiburg im Breisgau, [first orientalist]], first Jewish professor in Germany
  • 1843 Ernst Leitz, † 1920 in Solothurn, founder of the Ernst Leitz Optical Works Wetzlar
  • 1925, Erich Bloch, † 2016 in Washington, computer scientist and engineer, director of the American National Science Foundation,

    • References

    Sulzburg Wikipedia
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