Buggingen

Buggingen
Location of Buggingen within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
Location of Buggingen
Buggingen
Buggingen
Coordinates: 47°50′53″N 7°38′13″E / 47.84806°N 7.63694°E / 47.84806; 7.63694
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictBreisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Subdivisions2
Government
 • Mayor (2022–30) Johannes Ackermann[1]
Area
 • Total
15.32 km2 (5.92 sq mi)
Elevation
239 m (784 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
 • Total
4,449
 • Density290.4/km2 (752.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
79426
Dialling codes07631 Buggingen, 07634 Seefelden
Vehicle registrationFR
Websitebuggingen.de

Buggingen is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany located between the Rhine Valley and the Black Forest on the northern edge of Markgräflerland.

Buggingen lies in the western part of the pre-Black Forest mountains.

It is home to many vineyards and is a largely agricultural center. It also is home to Germany's largest tech mail order company. Buggingen administratively also includes Seefelden and Betberg, which is the site of a Protestant retreat centre.[3]

History

The village was first referred to in 778. It was mentioned in the "Urkundebuch" of the monastery of Lorsch as "Buchinger marca". In 940 the village shifted to the control of the Bishop of Constance.

As far as can be ascertained, Buggingen has been associated with vineyards throughout its history. The settlement of Buggingen has its origins in the alemannische. As a number of documents confirm, the majority of the property was in the hands of the church. Property owners were the monasteries in Lorsch, St. Blasien, Tennenbach, St. Peter, St. Trudpert, Sulzburg, Kappel, Neuenburg, Adelhausen, Sitzenkirch und Sölden.

In 1934, 86 people were killed in an accident at a salt mine near Buggingen. The site of the mine, which was opened in 1904 and closed in 1973, is now a museum.

Business

Perhaps the largest business in the town is a computer mail order catalog company called, Pearl, which also has an outlet store in Auggen.

References

  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Buggingen 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
  2. ^ "Tabellengruppe 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes zum 31. Dezember 2024" [Update of the population as of 31 December 2024] (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.
  3. ^ "'Haus der Besinnung". Retrieved 3 November 2024.