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Kirchzarten

Kirchzarten
Coat of arms of Kirchzarten
Coat of arms
Kirchzarten   is located in Germany
Kirchzarten
Kirchzarten
Coordinates: 47°58′N 7°57′E / 47.967°N 7.950°E / 47.967; 7.950Coordinates: 47°58′N 7°57′E / 47.967°N 7.950°E / 47.967; 7.950
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Government
 • Mayor Andreas Hall
Area
 • Total 21.14 km2 (8.16 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 9,898
 • Density 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 79199
Dialling codes 07661
Vehicle registration FR
Website www.kirchzarten.de

Kirchzarten is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the federal-state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.

A Zionist agricultural training farm was founded in Kirchzarten in 1919 to prepare young people to become farmers in Palestine [Eretz Israel].

The Kirchzarten synagogue had a set of Jugendstil windows by artist Friedrich Adler, who made a duplicate set now in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Kirchzarten, townhall

Kirchzarten, church: die Sankt Gallus Kirche

Zarten, church



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