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The wine town of Gengenbach in the Kinzig Valley has 10600 inhabitants and is about 180 m high.. <9> The village abounds with sights and attractions worth visiting <9> <9> Historical <9> <9> * Early settlement records by Roman manor from the 2nd century AD.. n. Christ <9> * Main point of the settlement Gengenbach was the Benedictine monastery (around 1230) <9> * 1366 Gengenbach becomes imperial city and includes the villages Reichenbach, Schwaibach, Ohlsbach and Bermersbach <9> * 1500 Gengenbach comes to the Swabian imperial circle <9> * 1643 siege and destruction during the Thirty Years War <9> * 1688-1697 in the Palatinate War of Succession again destruction <9> * 1803 connection to the Grand Duchy of Baden <9> * 1973 Gengenbach belongs to the Ortenaukreis <9> <9> Tourism and Attractions <9 > <9> In Gengenbach you can easily spend a complete holiday with the abundance of offers.. Hikers will appreciate the location as the starting point of the Black Forest Crossing Gengenbach-Alpirsbach.. <9> The town lies on the Kinzigtäler Jakobusweg and the Kandelhöhenweg, on whose course attract many attractive destinations. <9> The Tourist Board of the city organizes the most diverse tours and tours, such as <9> <9> <1001> the culinary city tour, 25 € per person} <9> or even <9> <1002> the exciting city tour} <9> as well as <9> <1003> the delightful vineyard tour with wine tasting and delicacies, 17 € per person} <9> <9> The Tourist Information Office is happy to help <9> Culture and Tourism Gengenbach <9> Im Winzerhof <9> 77723 Gengenbach <9> Tel.. : 0 78 03 - 93 01 43 <9> Fax.. : 0 78 03 - 93 01 42 <9> <9> Of course you can explore Gengenbach on your own, here in the book you will find below the most interesting destinations individually described. <9> Gengenbach has preserved itself by preserving 5 towers of the former city wall and 2 church towers can preserve a medieval backdrop.. The half-timbered buildings do the rest, that you can feel transported here during a tour with Muse in another time.. <9> <9> The city is rich in museums, churches, monastery with monastery garden, picturesque Engelsgasse and much more.. <9> The cozy inns provide for the physical well-being after so much culture and history. <9> <9> The Fasnet, the local name for carnival, carnival or Carnival, or to be more precise, the local name for the Alemannic Fasnet <9> Anyone interested should definitely visit the Fasnetmuseum am Narrenbrunen.. <9> The custom is kept alive by the fool guilds.. <9> <9> The Gengenbacher Narrenzunft counts more than 1000 members, which is very remarkable with a total population of about 10,000 and shows the significance in the city.. <9> Since 1930, there is the custom of Gengenbacher witch, which is considered the oldest witch witch with the Offenburg witch.. <9> <9> Together with the Spättlehansel, also represented by women, the two form a team that goes through the inns during the time of the carnival, mainly on the weekend of the Fasnet, and reads the Levites to the audience gathered there.. <9> The allegation of alleged transgressions is called ´purring´, after which the two steal food and drink, which means ´schnaigen´.. <9> Of course, that´s not something a Witch + Spätlehansel team can handle.. So there were in 2014 in Gengenbach 180 witches and 162 Spättle.. So beware! <9> <9> Even in winter time, the place is attractive.. Thus, for example, the town hall with its <1004> 24 windows turns into a ´living´ Advent calendar}, on the 3rd weekend in September of each year there is the wine market and a city festival as well as the fair in November.. <9> In addition, music events are often held in the churches, which in turn informs the tourism association.