Mittelbaden

Mittelbaden (German: "Middle Baden") is an vaguely defined region in the Baden part of Baden-Württemberg. It is customarally used for the region containing the districts of Rastatt, Baden-Baden, and Ortenaukreis. Before the district reform of 1973 it contained the former districts of Baden-Baden, Bühl, Kehl, Rastatt, Offenburg and Wolfach. The region includes the historic counties (Gaue) of Ufgau and Ortenau.

In a wider sense, Mittelbaden is used to refer to the area between northern Baden (Mannheim and Rhein-Neckar) and southern Baden (Emmendingen, Freiburg, Lörrach and Konstanz). In this sense, the term can include the regions of Karlsruhe, Pforzheim and Enzkreis.

Unlike Südbaden and Nordbaden, Mittelbaden has never been an official term for a district or area.

Some examples of the use of the term Mittelbaden:

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