Löffingen

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Land of the Federal Republic:	Baden-Wuerttemberg
governmental district:	Freiburg
district:	Mash gau high Black Forest
geographical situation:	Coordinates: 47° 53 ' N, 08° 21 ' O 47° 53 ' N, 08° 21 ' O
height:	800 m and. NN
surface:	88.03 km ²
inhabitants:	7.927 (31.March 2005)
Population density:	90 inhabitants for each km ²
foreigner portion:	5.1%
postal zip code:	79843
preselection:	07654 07707 local part Unadingen
Kfz characteristic:	FR
municipality key:	08 3 15 070
city arrangement:	Town center and 6 quarters
address of the city administration:	Town hall square 1 79843 Löffingen
Website:	www.loeffingen.de
E-Mail address:
Politics
mayor:	Norbert Brugger SPD

Löffingen is been to Donaueschingen and the federal highway 31 (B31) a city in the district of Baden mash gau high Black Forest, because of the hell valley course Titisee Neustadt -.

Löffinger city center with May countries gate in the background

admits is Löffingen on the one hand for the Black Forest park, a recreational park alsoGame enclosure. In addition those becomes south the city convenient rage oh ravine estimated as a trip goal.

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geography and nature area

as only municipality of the district mash gau high Black Forest has Löffingen portion of the natural-spaceUnit Baar. The sudden transition from the closely wooded high Black Forest to the largely open country of the Baar is led clearly on B 31 from Freiburg in mash gau the observer driving to Donaueschingen with turning red brook (4 km to the west of Löffingen) before eyes, where the new red sandstone in Shelly limestone turns into. The majority of the nature volume unit Baar is appropriate certainly in itself northward and for the east following Black Forest Baar circle, from which Löffingen is separated by the Gauchach. Those south and west the Gauchach convenient of shelly limestone and Keuperschichten of coined/shaped areas become today appropriate as Westbaar and/orLöffinger shelly limestone high country designates. In the south the rage oh ravine forms a further natural guideline, which forms the border at the same time to the district Waldshut Tiengen. The ravines of both waters were (Gauchach) and/or. (rage oh) particularly in winter weather effective traffic barriers are. Further smaller brook runs flow through the area of the city Löffingenparticularly from northwest to southeast.

View over the Westbaar to the west of Löffingen to the pilgrimage church Witterschnee

even if the Westbaar in the comparison to the Black Forest at first sight appears rather gently wavy gives it salient differences in height. The highest point becomes with 935 m in the northeastthe city at the Hochmoos to the Gemarkungsgrenze to Friedenweiler reaches. From there the Gemarkung drops relatively evenly to the south and the west, until it reaches the edge of the Gauchach/rage oh ravine. At the confluence of Gauchach and rage oh, where the borders of the districts mash gau high Black Forest, Black Forest Baar and Waldshut Tiengenmeet one on the other, with 574 m the deepest point Löffingens are reached.

Along both ravines, as well as in the north of the Löffinger Gemarkung large surfaces are wooded, while on the high surface of the Westbaar agricultural use prevails. The forest portion of 45,4% is however compared with that thatNature area Black Forest associated neighbour municipalities iron brook ( 66.0% ), Lenzkirch ( 70.1% ) and Friedenweiler (77.5%), lain western, clearly smaller. The Bewaldungsgrad of the two neighbour cities Bonn village and Bräunlingen lain south and northeast lies with 55,1% and/or. 50.9% something over the value Löffingens.

On Löffinger Gemarkungare parts of nature and landscape protection area rage oh ravine. In the year 1991 southwest the town center nature and landscape protection area Ochsenberg Litzelstetten were proven, in order to receive the few there still existing source sumps , humid areas with strewing meadows, and for the Westbaar typical hedge landscapes. By a local council resolutionfrom the year 1992 for the vacant parts of the Gemarkungen Löffingen and Seppenhofen a biotope cross-linking concept were provided.

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