Lörrach
Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lörrach (German pronunciation: [ˈlœrax][3]) is a city in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the district seat of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including the Milka chocolate factory owned by Mondelez International. The city population has grown over the last century, with only 10,794 in 1905,[citation needed] it has now increased its population to 49,382.[4]
Lörrach | |
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Location of Lörrach within Lörrach district | |
Coordinates: 47°37′N 7°40′E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Freiburg |
District | Lörrach |
Government | |
• Lord mayor (2022–30) | Jörg Lutz[1] (Ind.) |
Area | |
• Total | 39.43 km2 (15.22 sq mi) |
Elevation | 294 m (965 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 49,876 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 79501-79541 |
Dialling codes | (+49) 07621 |
Vehicle registration | LÖ |
Website | loerrach.de |
Nearby is the castle of Rötteln on the Wiesental, whose lords became the counts of Hachberg and a residence of the Margraves of Baden; this was destroyed by the troops of Louis XIV in 1678, but was rebuilt in 1867. Lörrach received market rights in 1403, but it did not obtain the privileges of a city until 1682.
After the Napoleonic epoch, the town was included in the Grand Duchy of Baden. On 21 September 1848, Gustav Struve attempted to start a revolutionary uprising in Lörrach as part of the Revolutions of 1848–49. It failed, and Struve was caught and imprisoned. Still, Lörrach was officially the capital of Germany for a day.