Schramberg

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Country:	Germany
Schramberg

Coordinates:	48° 14′ N, 8° 23′ E
Time zone:	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
State:	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region:	Freiburg
District:	Rottweil
City subdivisions:	Talstadt and three districts
Lord Mayor:	Dr. Herbert O. Zinell
Basic Statistics
Area:	80.70 km² (31 sq.mi.)
Population:	22,093 (30 June 2006)
- Density:	274 /km² (709 /sq.mi.)
Elevation:	424 m (1391 ft)
Further Information
Postal codes:	78142-44, 78701–13
Area code:	07422
Licence plate code:	RW
Website:	www.schramberg.de

Schramberg is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, 18 km northwest of Rottweil. With all its districts Talstadt, Sulgen, Waldmössingen, Heiligenbronn, Schönbronn and Tennenbronn (since 2006) it has about 22.000 inhabitants.

The small river Schiltach flows through the town, and is famous as the course over which tub-rafting takes place during the festival season in March.

1 Nearby towns and municipalities
2 misc. informations
3 town twinning (Städtepartnerschaften )
4 industry and industrial history
5 notables persons from Schramberg
- 5.1 notable natives
- 5.2 other notable persons linked to Schramberg
6 more information
7 some bibliographic sources about Schramberg

[edit] Nearby towns and municipalities

The following towns and municipalities are bordering Schramberg:

Lauterbach (Schwarzwald near Schramberg), Schiltach, Aichhalden, Fluorn-Winzeln, Oberndorf am Neckar, Bösingen, Dunningen, Eschbronn, Hardt (district of Rottweil), Königsfeld im Schwarzwald, St. Georgen im Schwarzwald, Triberg im Schwarzwald Schwarzwald-Baar district und Hornberg Ortenaukreis.

[edit] misc. informations

Schramberg has a prominent high school, the so called Gymnasium Schramberg, which is one of the greatest and most prominent schools in the Black forest.

[edit] town twinning (Städtepartnerschaften )

Hirson, France, since 1958
Charleroi (subtown Marcinelle), Belgium, since 1964
Lachen, Suisse, since 1965
Čakovec, Croatia, since 1989
Glashütte, Sachsen, since 1989 informal contacts
Pilisvörösvar, Hungary, since 1990 informal contacts

[edit] industry and industrial history

Some internationally recognised firms which started off in the 19th century and still exist have their headquarters in Schramberg. These include the precision springs and plastics company HAAS [1], the watch company Junghans etc.

[edit] notables persons from Schramberg

(shortly translated from the german wiki)

[edit] notable natives

Bernhard Heine (1800–1846), doctor of medicine
Erhard Junghans d. J. (1849), Kommerzienrat,
Arthur Junghans (1852), Geheimer Kommerzienrat
Josef Andre (1879–1950), politician (ZENTRUM, CDU), MdR, MdL (Württemberg, Württemberg-Baden),
Otto Ernst Schweizer (1890–1965), Architekt
Georg Knöpfle (1904–1987), Footballstar (Soccer),
Vinzenz Erath (1906–1976), wirtter
Martin Herzog (* 1936), politician
Dizzy Krisch (* 1954), Jazzmusician
Martin Weppler (* 1958), sportsman
Martina Pfaff (* 1963), artist
Susanne Andreae (* 1963),writter
Uta-Maria Heim (* 1963), writter and artist
Gitta Saxx (* 1965) , german Playmate of the century
Kerstin Andreae (* 1968), politician
Daniel Roth (* 1969), artist
Myriam Krüger (* 1989), female footballstar SC Freiburg

[edit] other notable persons linked to Schramberg

Erhard Junghans d. Ä., * 1823 in Zell am Harmersbach, founder of the Junghans watch and clock industrie.
Augustinus Hieber, * 1886 was a Kaplan in Schramberg.
Eva Zeisel, * 1906 was a Designer in the Schramberger Majolika.
Ernest Majo, * 1916 artist.
Julius Viel, * 1918 - 2002 Untersturmführer of the Waffen-SS, he was convicted 2001 to 12- years of prison because of crime wars, was the local chief of Schwäbischen Zeitung in Schramberg.
Martin Grüner, * 1929 poilitician FDP, grew up in Schramberg .
Elfriede Wendel, * 1934 - 2005 local politician (SPD) and Suffragette.
Evelyne Marie France Neff, * 1941 local and regional politicina (Suffragette)of the (SPD). Lived for a long time in Schramberg (1967-2006). She got 2003 for her political work the Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande.
Bernd Richter, * 1943 founder of the ödp and president of the ÖDP 1993–1995 lives in Schramberg.
Christophe Neff, * 1964 the geographer passed his childhood and youth in Schramberg. As scientist he does some scientific research in the Raumschaft Schramberg, including controlled freeland wildfire - experiments .

[edit] more information

More information about Schramberg in the german wikipedia (in German)

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schramberg

[edit] some bibliographic sources about Schramberg

Franz Fehrenbacher und Gisela Lixfeld: Stadt im Bild.Schramberg. Sutton, Erfurt 1999. ISBN 3-89702-150-1
Erich Keyser (Hrsg.): Württembergisches Städtebuch. Band IV Teilband Baden-Württemberg Band 2 aus "Deutsches Städtebuch. Handbuch städtischer Geschichte". Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1962.
Gisela Lixfeld: Momentaufnahmen Schramberg. Ein Lesebuch. Straub, Schramberg 1992.
Grosse Kreisstadt Schramberg (Hrsg.): Schramberg. Ein Bildband mit Texten. Mit Texten von Franz Fehrenbacher und Rolf Linkenheil. Eigenverlag, Schramberg 1981.
Museums- und Geschichtsverein Schramberg e.V. und Große Kreisstadt Schramberg (Hrsg.): Schramberg. Adelsherrschaft, Marktflecken, Industriestadt. Straub, Schramberg 2004. ISBN 3-9807406-3-3
C. Neff, S. Bassing, A. Scheid, C. Jentsch, S. Franger: Emploi du brûlage dirigé pour la protection de l’environnement et l’entretien du paysage – observations sur quelques exemples français (Pyrénées Orientales & Gard) et allemands (Raumschaft Schramberg Forêt Noire /Allemagne). In: Alexander Scheid, Christophe Neff, Christoph Jentsch (Hrsg.): Flächenextensivierung im Mittleren Schwarzwald. Ergebnisse und Diskussion der in der Raumschaft Schramberg durchgeführten geographischen und landschafts – feuerökologischen Untersuchungen. (Materialien zur Geographie, Bd. 34). Geographisches Institut der Universität Mannheim, Mannheim 2004. ISBN 3-923750-92-7