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Seelbach
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Seelbach within Ortenaukreis district
Seelbach Show map of Germany Seelbach Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°18′51″N 07°56′29″E / 48.31417°N 7.94139°E / 48.31417; 7.94139
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Ortenaukreis
Government
• Mayor (2015–23)	Thomas Schäfer[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	29.84 km2 (11.52 sq mi)
Elevation	286 m (938 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	4,930
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	77960
Dialling codes	07823
Vehicle registration	OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL
Website	seelbach-online.de

Seelbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The most popular Festival is the Katharinenmarkt on November.

Geographyedit

Seelbach is located on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Schutter Valley, south-eastern of Lahr.

Neighboring communitiesedit

The following cities and towns share a border with Seelbach. They are listed clockwise starting in the north: Friesenheim, Biberach, Schuttertal, Ettenheim, Kippenheim and Lahr.

The boroughsedit

There are three boroughs, Seelbach, Wittelbach and Schönberg.

Governmentedit

Town counciledit

After the last election in June 2009, the town council consists of 18 seats. The members belong to political parties as follows ^[3]

Mayoredit

The mayor is elected by the citizens for a term of 8 years. He's also the head of the town council.

Mayors since 1831

• 1831–1832: Vogt Schöttgen (signs the first time with „Bürgermeister“)
• 1832–1838: Karl Obert
• 1838–1844: Michael Schäfer
• 1849–1875: Xaver Räpple
• 1875–1886: Franz Anton Benz
• 1886–1910: Christian Himmelsbach
• 1910–1919: Josef Heizmann
• 1919–1923: Wilhelm Brucker
• 1923–1945: Theodor Simon
• 1945–1946: Georg Hartmann
• 1946–1948: Alfred Himmelsbach
• 1948–1957: Josef Fehrenbach
• 1957–1977: Alfred Dreyer
• 1977–1993: Walter Dilger
• 1993–2007: Klaus Muttach
• 2008–present: Thomas Schäfer

People, culture & architectureedit

Eventsedit

The Katharinenmarkt is a weekend long historic market that takes place annually in November since 1455. It is visited by nearly 20000 visitors.

Twin townedit

Seelbach is twinned with Zillebeke in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium.

Referencesedit

External linksedit

• Official website (in German)

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