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| Schopfheim | ||
| federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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| Residents | 19.645 (2019) | |
| height | 373 m, 374 m | |
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The old margrave town Schopfheim is lying in Wiesental, between the southern foothills of the Black Forest and the Dinkelberg. It belongs to the district of Lörrach and, in addition to the core town, includes the districts of Eichen, Enkenstein, Fahrnau, Gersbach, Kürnberg, Langenau, Raitbach and Wiechs.
background
Already in the 2nd year. AD, today's Schopfheim was a Roman settlement, as has been proven by finds in four different places. Around 650 AD there was an Alemannic settlement in the city area.
The first documentary mention is in the year 807 AD, when the farmer Himini and his sons donated their property in "Villa Scofheim" to the monastery of St. Gallen.
Around 1250, the village of Schopfheim was granted town charter by Konrad I von Rötteln, which allowed the place to grow rapidly in the following years. Gradually it developed into a stately administrative center for the rural area.
The severe earthquake in Basel in 1356 also caused some damage in Schopfheim, but the severe city fire in 1412, in which the city palace and nave were destroyed, was even more serious.
In 1473 the city received the salt monopoly and in 1529 its own city seal. With the Reformation in 1556, Schopfheim became Protestant.
After the end of the Thirty Years' War and three waves of plague, the city was almost depopulated, as only 72 inhabitants had survived. From 1752 an early industrialization set in, which settled new businesses in the city and brought the population to work.
In the 19th century, Schopfheim gradually developed into an industrial location. New factories were built and the place expanded. In 1848 Friedrich Hecker moved with his irregulars to Schopfheim and gave a speech here.
In 1862 Schopfheim was given a railway connection, which highlighted the increasing importance of the place as a business location.
After World War II, Schopfheim was occupied by French troops until 1952. After that, the city increasingly developed into a central location for the rural environment. With the administrative reform from 1971 to 1975, the previously independent communities of Eichen, Enkenstein, Fahrnau, Gersbach, Kürnberg, Langenau, Raitbach and Wiechs were incorporated and the urban area expanded to its present size.
getting there
Arrival by car, train or plane is possible.
By plane
The EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg is approx. 35 km away.
By train
The S6 (Wiesentalbahn) connects Schopfheim with the Badischer Bahnhof Basel and the Swiss railway station Basel SBB. From the Badischer Bahnhof there are long-distance connections to Germany; from the SBB train station long-distance connection to Switzerland and France.
In the street
Arrival via the B317, motorway exit Loerrach from the A 98 or via the B518 from the direction of Bad Säckingen.
mobility
- S-Bahn line Zell i.W. - Basel SBB (http://www.db.de)
- Bus connections (http://www.efa-bw.de)
- City bus Schopfheim connects the districts of Fahrnau, Wiechs and Langenau (http://efa-bw.de)
- From May bike bus from Zell im Wiesental to the Feldberg (http://db.de)
Tourist Attractions
Churches
- Old Church of St. Michael. Regular church tours, organ concerts and organ music in the summer at market time.
- Evangelical town church
- Catholic parish church
Buildings and monuments
- town hall. In the Weinbrenner style from 1826.
- Old town
- Revolutions-Plastic by Peter Lenk
Museums
- Museum of the city of Schopfheim
- Otto-Erich-Döbele Museum
- Bear Museum Gersbach
- Forest glass center Gersbach
- Oak Village Museum
Parks
- Anna-Kym garden
various
- Lookout tower on the Hohen Möhr
- Hoher Flum observation tower
- Eichener See (periodically appearing lake)
- Lever height
- Baroque ski jump Gersbach
- Burgholz Raitbach castle ruins
- Turmhölzle Raitbach castle ruins
activities
- Hiking on the Westweg, Hotzenwald Querweg from Schopfheim to Waldshut, or Hebelweg from Feldberg to Basel.
- Nordic walking on many signposted routes
- swim
- Golf
- City tours, herb tours, guided hikes
Annual events
Spring:
- Mardi Gras. Buurefastnacht.
- Egg jumping in oak trees at Easter
Summer:
- Summer sound. Beginning of July.
- City festival
- Güggele Festival in Gündenhausen
Autumn:
Winter:
- Cold market. The beginning of December.
- Christmas Market
shop
- Weekly market on Wednesday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The offer includes fruit, vegetables, meat and sausage products, cheese, honey, schnapps, bread, cakes, flowers, plants.
- Smaller shops in the city center (clothing, books, etc.), drugstore on the market square, electronics shops near the center, discount stores near the center and in the Gänsmatt industrial park. Hardware store in the industrial area.
kitchen
- Baden kitchen with modern variations.
- Smart actions by the host association such as wild garlic week, asparagus peeling competition on the market square, Schopfheim dances and much more.
- International kitchen.
- Numerous street cafes and garden restaurants.
- Ice cream parlor.
- Burger and smoker specialties (in the industrial park)
nightlife
In Schopfheim there is a cinema ("Scala", opposite the train station), a discotheque ("Headliner", Gündenhausen district) and a games library ("Flair", industrial area, B317, exit "Schopfheim Mitte").
accommodation
Cheap
- Gersbach Youth Hostel
medium
Upscale
Learn
In Schopfheim there are five primary schools, the Friedrich-Ebert-Werkrealschule, the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium, a Free Walddorf School, a Christian private school, four vocational schools and the special needs schools Johann-Peter-Hebel and Kapar-Hauser. There is also a community college and music school.
Work
Many companies from the fields of electrical engineering, machine and apparatus engineering are based in Schopfheim.
security
- 1 Police station, Hebelstrasse 18, 79650 Schopfheim. Tel.: 49 (0)7622 666980. Schopfheim is a relatively safe place.
health
In Schopfheim there are several pharmacies as well as a health food store and a drugstore. There are several dentists, several doctors for general medicine and doctors for various specialties (internal medicine, eyes, etc.). There is also a hospital in Schopfheim.
Practical advice
The local reporting is done by the local editorial offices of the two large daily newspapers "Badische Zeitung" and "Markgräfler Tagblatt" based in Schopfheim. There you will usually also find information on regional events.
Further information is also available from the tourist information office at Hauptstraße 23.
You can also go there under http://www.schopfheim.de/de/Tourismus Freizeit / Tourist-Information / Brochures, maps and much more... order some brochures. Further brochures are available on: http://www.suedwaerts.com/cms/index.php?id=prospektmaterial
The postal code of Schopfheim is 79650. The local code 07622.
In the city there is a post office in the Pflughof.
The local radio station "Free Radio Wiesental" can be received on the frequency 104.5 MHz.
trips
- Textile Museum, Zell im Wiesental
- Leverhaus Literature Museum, Hausen im Wiesental
- Schneiderhof, stones
- Bird park, stones
- Dreiländermuseum, Loerrach
- Rötteln castle ruins, Lörrach
- Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein
- Museums Basel (http://www.museenbasel.ch/)
- Kandertal Railway Museum Railway
- Belchen
- Feldberg
literature
- 1200 year celebration - Festschrift for the 1200 year celebration of the first documentary mention of Schopfheim, Wiechs and Eichen 807 - 2007, City of Schopfheim (ed.), 2007. (also available online at: http://www.schopfheim.de/de/Leben-in-Schopfheim/Stadtgeschichte/1200-jahrfeier)
- Fabrizio, Clemens: Greetings from Schopfheim in old postcards, Schopfheim, 1993.
- Seith, Karl: Contributions to the history of the city of Schopfheim in connection with German history, Schopfheim, undated
- City of Schopfheim (ed.): Schopfheim - Nature, History, Culture, Schopfheim, 2000.
- City of Schopfheim (ed.): Tradition-conscious into the future, Schopfheim, 1999.
- City of Schopfheim (ed.): Yearbook of the city of Schopfheim, Schopfheim, annually.
