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Efringen-Kirchen is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Efringen-Kirchen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Efringen-Kirchen within Lörrach district  | |
  Efringen-Kirchen  Efringen-Kirchen | |
| Coordinates: 47°39′20″N 7°33′57″E / 47.65556°N 7.56583°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Lörrach |
| Subdivisions | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–30) | Carolin Holzmüller[1] (FDP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43.74 km2 (16.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 258 m (846 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,773 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 79588 |
| Dialling codes | 07628 |
| Vehicle registration | LÖ |
| Website | www.efringen-kirchen.de |
Fortifications
editDuring World War I fortifications were built at Istein; these were destroyed at the end of the war. In 1936 plans were drawn up to turn the location into the "Gibraltar of the West" with two kilometres of underground passages linking gun emplacements and bunkers. The site was to host an underground garage for over 100 tanks, 3600 men and as part of the Siegfried Line it would dwarf similar Maginot Line fortifications. Work began in 1937 and Hermann Göring visited in the spring of 1938. By 1939 several installations were complete but as the war progressed advantageously for the Germans in 1940 the site remained unfinished.[3]
Communities within Efringen-Kirchen
edit- Blansingen
- Efringen
- Egringen
- Huttingen
- Istein
- Kirchen
- Kleinkems
- Mappach
- Maugenhard
- Welmlingen
- Wintersweiler[4]
Religion
editChurches
editReferences
edit- ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Efringen-Kirchen 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ Kaufmann JE, Kaufmann HW: "Fortress third Reich", page 128. DA Capo Press, 2003.
- ^ Efringen-Kirchen im Markgräflerland
External links
edit- (in German) Information about and images
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