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| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
| District | Freudenstadt |
| Lord Mayor | Erwin Reichert (SPD) |
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| Area | 87. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states ( ''Bundesländer'') Karlsruhe is one of the four administrative districts( Regierungsbezirk) of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the north-west of the state German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' Freudenstadt is a district ( Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city with special recognition Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 58 km² (33. 8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 728 m (2389 ft) |
| Population | 23,942 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 273 /km² (708 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | FDS |
| Postal codes | 72231–72250 |
| Area code | 07441 |
| Website | www.freudenstadt.de |
Freudenstadt is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and is capital of the district Freudenstadt. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered __FORCETOC__ Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen abbreviated to PLZ consist of five digits which indicate the wider area (first two digits and the see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers cell phones etc A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Freudenstadt is a district ( Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The closest population centres are Offenburg to the West (approx. 36 km away) and Tübingen to the east (approx. 47 km away).
The city lies on a high plateau at the east edge of the north Black Forest, and is well-known for its fresh air. For the suburb of Adelaide, please see Black Forest South Australia; for the CDP in Colorado, please see Black Forest Colorado. Its city centre is famous as the largest market place in Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. After Horb, it is the second largest city of the Freudenstadt district, and has, since 1st January 1988, been the district capital. Horb am Neckar is a town in the southwest of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The city has an administration partnership with the communities Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach and Seewald. Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach is a town in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Seewald is a municiaplity in the Freudenstadt district in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Freudenstadt is a climatic health resort of international renown. In the 19th and 20th centuries, visitors of note included King George of England, the Queen of Sweden, Ambassador Rockefeller, and even the American writer Mark Twain. With its many hotels and guest houses, and its high-class cuisine, Freudenstadt remains a popular vacation spot for Germans from every part of the country. Among the many Germans of note who considered Freudenstadt a second home was the justice inspector Friedrich Kellner whose WWII diary is the subject of a Canadian documentary. ( February 1, 1885 &ndash November 4, 1970) was a mid-level official in Germany who worked as a justice inspector in Mainz and My Opposition (Mein Widerstand is a Diary secretly written by the German social democrat Friedrich Kellner (1885 - 1970 during World War My Opposition - The Diaries of Friedrich Kellner is a 2007 Documentary film about an orphaned American who went in search of his German grandfather and discovered
History
The building of Freudenstadt was ordered by duke Frederick of Württemberg in 1599. Friedrich I, Duke of Württemberg ( 19 August 1557 - 29 January 1608) was the son of Georg of Mömpelgard Württemberg, formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in southwestern Germany. The designer was architect Heinrich Schickhardt.
Main sights
- The market places, sided by arcaded houses, is the largest in Germany.
- The Gothic/Renaissance Evangelical Lutheran Church, with its green tower roofs, is on the south side of the market place. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere It dates back to the beginning of the 17th century, built between 1601 and 1608, and is considered Freudenstadt's most significant building. It was built in the gothic renaissance style.
- The Rathaus (Town Hall), which includes the museum of local history, is also located at the market place.
- Bärenschlössle (castle), built in 1627.
People
- Johannes Ettwein (1721 - 1802), Bishop in Pennsylvania, U. S. A.
- Johann Gottfried Küstner (1803 - 1864), Lithographer.
- Mark Mast (1963 - ), born in Freudenstadt, raised in Mitteltal. Organizer, conductor and artistic director of the Schwarzwald (Black Forest) Music Festival.
- Friedrich Schlott (1914 - 1997), business entrepreneur and benefactor.
Twin towns
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