Seewald Explained

Image Coa:DEU Seewald COA.svg
Coordinates:48.5939°N 8.4208°W
Image Plan:Karte Seewald.png
State:Baden-Württemberg
Region:Karlsruhe
District:Freudenstadt
Elevation:782
Area:58.50
Postal Code:72297
Area Code:07447, 07448
Licence:FDS, HCH, HOR, WOL
Gemeindeschlüssel:08 2 37 073
Website:www.seewald.eu
Mayor:Dominic Damrath[1]
Leader Term:2023 - 31

Seewald is a municipality in the Freudenstadt district in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It lies in the Black Forest. The source of the river Nagold is situated in the municipality. There is a dam in the river near the village Erzgrube, forming the artificial lake Nagoldsee. Erzgrube lies 5500NaN0 above sea level. Other subdivisions lie between 750and above sea level in the midst of the forests. 90% of the area is covered with forests.

Politics

Seewald is a bastion of the Party of Bible-abiding Christians (PBC), who, in the 2005 national elections, received 5,0% of the vote in Seewald compared to 0,2% nationally.

Subdivisions

Transportation

Seewald is connected by the national road B 294 (Bretten - Freiburg) to the national road network.

Education

Seewald has its own primary school in the district Besenfeld. The School enrollment is done in Freudenstadt. In Besenfeld there is also a municipal kindergarten, while in Gottelfingen is an evangelical kindergarten.

Things

The district Besenfeld lies at the middle ground, a distance hiking trail, which passes by many sights. The entire community has a large network of bicycle and hiking trails. In winter, many kilometers of trails are groomed. Besenfeld is connected via ski track to Kaltenbronn and Freudenstadt. Several snowshoe trails are signposted, which can be used as a Nordic walking route in the summer. In addition, located in the district of Erzgrube Nagoldtalstausee which attracts thousands of visitors especially during the summer months and thus ranks among the biggest attractions in Northern Black Forest. The lake dams the springing in the district Urnagold River Nagold to a length of about three kilometers. Since May 2008, the municipality operates a quiet grove, a forest cemetery for alternative forms of burial under trees and glades.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/buergermeisterwahl-seewald-2023/ Bürgermeisterwahl Seewald 2023