Image Coa: | DEU Stegen COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 47.9828°N 7.9639°W |
Image Plan: | Stegen in FR.svg |
State: | Baden-Württemberg |
Region: | Freiburg |
District: | Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald |
Elevation: | 408 |
Area: | 26.32 |
Postal Code: | 79252 |
Area Code: | 07661 |
Licence: | FR |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 08 3 15 109 |
Divisions: | 3 |
Website: | www.dreisamportal.de |
Mayor: | Fränzi Kleeb[1] |
Leader Term: | 2023 - 31 |
Party: | CDU |
Stegen is a municipality in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It borders on the city of Freiburg, being about 8 km away as the crow flies, lying in the valley of the river Dreisam. The municipality includes three population centres: the town of Stegen (which itself includes the villages of Weiler, Oberbirken, Unterbirken and Rechtenbach) and the villages of Eschbach and Wittental.
Economically, Stegen is partly an offshoot of Freiburg; for example, the Forest Zoology Institute of the University of Freiburg maintains a field station at Wittental. It also plays a role in Black Forest tourism, with guest houses and other facilities catering to visitors. It is the first town that a hiker on the Freiburg-Lake Constance Black Forest Trail passes through when travelling eastwards on the path from Freiburg.