Unterharmersbach
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Location of Zell am Harmersbach within Ortenaukreis district
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| Coordinates: 48°20′48″N 8°3′50″E / 48.34667°N 8.06389°ECoordinates: 48°20′48″N 8°3′50″E / 48.34667°N 8.06389°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Admin. region | Freiburg | |
| District | Ortenaukreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Hans-Martin Moll | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 36.43 km2 (14.07 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 223 m (732 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 8,039 | |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 77736 | |
| Dialling codes | 07835 | |
| Vehicle registration | OG | |
| Website | www.zell.de | |
| Imperial City of Zell am Harmersbach | ||||||||||
| Reichsstadt Zell am Harmersbach | ||||||||||
| Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Zell am Harmersbach | |||||||||
| Languages | Low Alemannic | |||||||||
| Government | Republic | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Founded | before 1139 | ||||||||
| • | Gained Reichsfreiheit | 1218 | ||||||||
| • | Mediatised to Baden | 1803 1803 | ||||||||
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Zell am Harmersbach is a small town and a historic “Reichsstadt” in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies in the Ortenaukreis, between the Black Forest and the Rhine.
Zell monastery was founded by the Counts von und zu Hohengeroldseck, to whose sovereign lands, most of the modern Ortenaukreis district of Baden-Württemberg belonged. The monastery was consecrated within the Zähringen order, with records dating back to 1139. In 1289 Rudolph I, invested the monastery as an Imperial abbey and was placed within the Gengenbach order under the Diocese of Strasbourg, however ownership and the vogt remained with the Kurfürst von und zu HohenGeroldsack until 1636, with the death of Kurfürst Jacob von und zu HohenGeroldsack.
During the Middle Ages the Hohengeroldsecks founded between 16 and 20 monasteries within the southern half of modern Baden-Baden. They were closely aligned with the Bishopic of Strassburg, being Vogt protectors for nearly 371 years, and twice Bishops of Strassburg, 1262–1273.
Zell is located at the end of the Harmersbachtal (Harmersbach Valley), a tributary valley of the Kinzig. 8 km North Hohengeroldseck Main Castle at Biberach. And 16 km from Lahr, another Hohengeroldseck foundation.
Along with Zell, the districts of Unterharmersbach, Unterentersbach und Oberentersbach are incorporated into the city.
The city is bordered on the north by Nordrach, on the northeast by Oberharmersbach, on the southeast by Fischerbach, on the south by the city of Haslach, in the southwest by Steinach, on the west by Biberach, and on the northwest by the city of Gengenbach.
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