Black Forest
Freiburg Region
Emmendingen

Hochburg

The Hochburg is a castle ruin situated between the city of and the village of in the region of , located in the southwest of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle ruin between the city of Emmendingen and the village of Sexau
  • Also known as: “Hachberg”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Caroline Pit and Jewish Museum Emmendingen.

Mine
Photo: Andreas Schwarzkopf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The in the Eberbächle, a side valley of the Brettenbach, is an old silver mine in in the in which is open to the public as a show mine. is situated 1½ km northeast of Hochburg.

Museum
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The Jewish Museum in in , , was opened on April 13, 1997, in a half-timbered house on Castle Square in the city center in the immediate vicinity of the former synagogue that was destroyed in 1938. is situated 4 km west of Hochburg.

Library
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The in opened in 1998. It collects private diaries, memoirs, and correspondence; its current collections range from the late 18th century to the present. is situated 4 km west of Hochburg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windenreute and Wasser.

Village
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is a village.

Village
is a village in southwest , in the Upper Rhine Valley, located at the River. In June 2005, had 1717 inhabitants. In the mid-1970s it was part incorporated into the city of . is situated 4 km southwest of Hochburg.

Town
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is a town in , , located 15 kilometers northeast of . While the English translation of its name is Forest Church, it is known as the "town of mechanical organs", where fairground organs played on the streets were long manufactured by such well-known firms as Carl Frei, Andreas Ruth and Son, and Wilhelm Bruder and Sons. is situated 5 km southeast of Hochburg.

Hochburg

Latitude
48.11687° or 48° 7′ 1″ north
Longitude
7.90042° or 7° 54′ 2″ east
Elevation
324 metres (1,063 feet)
Open location code
8FW94W82+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 161658948
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3209254
Wiki­data ID
Q885079
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In Other Languages

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