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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.
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Offenburg , the largest town in Ortenaukreis, is located 20km south of Strasbourg and has about 57500 inhabitants <9> Located in the middle of the Black Forest, it is referred to as the ´Gateway to the Black Forest´. <9> <9> Offenburg is shopping, culture and wine , Trade fair and not least through the Burda media city.. It has a nearly southern flair, which you can best study on the abundant sunny days in one of the many street cafes.. <9> Or at the beautiful weekly market on the market square, Tuesdays and Saturdays 0730h-1230h <9> cyclists will enjoy it: the city is considered extremely bike-friendly <9> <9> History <9> <9> * Finds point to colonization in the roman empire <9> * 1148 first documented mention <9> * 1240 Free imperial city <9> * 1586 to 1631 Witch trials in the course of which 89 people were burned <9> * In 1689 the city was destroyed by French troops down to its foundations <9> Only the Capuchin monastery and 2 houses survived the disaster <9> * 1803 Offenburg loses the status as imperial city and comes to Baden <9> * 1849 first National Assembly of the Badische Volksvereine.. These were founded to provide for the political and social education of the people, to provide for armament and the enforcement of rights <9> * also 1849 occupied Prince William with 11000 Prussia the city <9> * 1923 occupation by France < 9> * 1924 Deduction of the franz.. Troops <9> * 1944 Most severe air raid on the city, Operation 727, USAAF <9> * 1945 Invasion of French troops that did not leave until 1992 <9> * 1956 Large district town <9> <9> <9> <9> Sightseeing < 9> <9> * Museum im Ritterhaus founded in 1900, Ritterstraße 10 <9> * Städtische Galerie Offenburg, temporary exhibitions of modern art, Amand-Goegg-Straße 2, <9> * Trinity Church, cath.. Hauptkirche, 1906 to 1908, Friedenstraße 12A <9> * Heilig Kreuz Church, rebuilt after 1700 after fire, Kreuzkirchstraße 19 <9> * Town Hall, baroque, on the market place, as well as baroque police station <9> * St. Ursula´s Column, 1961, Marktplatz <9> * Fish market with stag pharmacy and salt house, Hauptstraße 83 <9> * Löwenbrunnen, also at the fish market <9> * Jewish ritual bath, Bäckergasse 2 <9> * Capuchin monastery with church, Gymnasiumstrasse 5-9, 1641 to 1647 <9> * Franciscan Monastery with St. Mary´s Chapel, Gustav-Ree-Anlage 1-2 <9> <9> Feasts <9> <9> * The people of Offenburg celebrate with passion their Swabian-Alemanic Fasnet or Fasent.. During the time of the Fasent, there are events, parades and celebrations all over the city, which the local tourist boards are sure to provide up-to-date information <9> Tourist Office Offenburg <9> Fischmarkt 2 <9> 77652 Offenburg <9> Tel.. : 77652 - 822000 <9> www.. offenburg.. de <9> info (at) offenburg.. de <9> <9> <9> Offenburg is also a trade fair city, on the fairgrounds z.. B. <9> <9> * Oberrhein Fair (in the last week of September, since 1924), parallel to the Ortenau Wine Festival <9> * Baden Wine Fair (since 1872) <9> uv m organized <9> <9 > Or festivities wi <9> <9> * Offenburg cloister concerts in the old Capuchin monastery.. Six open-air concerts from mid-June to the end of July.. <9> * Festival of Freedom (September 12th) <9> and more <9> <9> <9>