Hornberg
City in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Hornberg (German pronunciation: [ˈhɔʁnˌbɛʁk] ⓘ) is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, 35 km southeast of Offenburg, and 25 km northwest of Villingen-Schwenningen.
Hornberg | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Hornberg
within Ortenaukreis district  | |
 Location of Hornberg | |
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| Coordinates: 48°12′48″N 08°13′51″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Ortenaukreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–31) | Marc Thomas Winzer[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 54.45 km2 (21.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 384 m (1,260 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,154 |
| • Density | 76.29/km2 (197.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 78132 |
| Dialling codes | 07833 |
| Vehicle registration | OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL |
| Website | www.hornberg.de |
Local activities
Hornberg is the location of the Duravit Design Center.[3] The center has a viewing platform designed by Philippe Starck. This viewing platform is arguably the largest toilet bowl in the world. Duravit also has a production facility in Hornberg.
The family brewery M. Ketterer GmbH & Co.KG is also located in Hornberg.[4]
Black Forest Railway (German: Schwarzwaldbahn)
Hornberg has a railway station on the Black Forest Railway.[5] The route the railway takes to Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald is considered one of the most spectacular parts of the route.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Andreas Beck (born 1948), physician (head of the radiology department of the hospital Konstanz), theologian and writer
- Wilhelm Hausenstein (1882–1957), writer, art critic and cultural historian, journalist and diplomat
- Friedrich Jeckeln (1895–1946), Nazi SS officer and Police Leader executed for war crimes
- Thomas Schäuble (1948–2013), German politician (CDU), Director of the Baden State Brewery Rothaus, brother of Wolfgang Schäuble
Personalities who were active in Hornberg
- Rochus Misch (1917–2013), bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler; had a business for painters in Hornberg before the war
- Wolfgang Schäuble (1942–2023), German politician (CDU), grew up in Hornberg
- Reinold of Urslingen (around 1364-1442), Knight, 1437 share ownership of the castle and city Hornberg
