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<tr><th colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#DEFFAD">'''Statistics'''</th></tr> 
<TR><TD>[[Bundesland|State]]:</td><td>[[Baden-Württemberg]]</td></tr>
<TR><TD>[[Regierungsbezirk|Adm. Region]]:</td><td>[[Freiburg (region)|Freiburg]]</td></tr>
<TR><TD>Region:</td><td>Südlicher Oberrhein</td></tr>
<TR><TD>Capital:</td><td>[[Freiburg]] (seat of admin.)</td></tr>
<TR><TD>Area:</td><td>1,378.3  [[square kilometre|km&sup2;]]</td></tr>
<TR><TD>Inhabitants:</td><td>243,043 <small>''(2001)''</small></td></tr>
<TR><TD>[[population density|pop. density]]:</td><td>176 inh./km&sup2;</td></tr>
<tr><td>Car identification:</td><td>FR</td></tr>
<TR><TD>Homepage:</td><td>[http://www.breisgau-hochschwarzwald.de http://breisgau-hochschwarzwald.de]</td></tr>
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'''Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald''' is a Kreis ([[district]]) in the south of [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]]. Neighboring districts are [[Emmendingen (district)|Emmendingen]], [[Schwarzwald-Baar]], [[Waldshut]], [[Loerrach (district)|Lörrach]] and the [[France|french]] [[departement]]s [[Haut-Rhin]] and [[Bas-Rhin]]. The district-free city [[Freiburg]] is sorrounded by the district.

==History==
The district was created in [[1973]] by merging the previous districts Freiburg, Müllheim und Hochschwarzwald.

==Geography==
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a large and [[Agriculture|rural]] district with at least three distinct scenic settings:

# the flat land at the River [[Upper Rhine|Rhine]] (''Oberrheinebene'') with the [[Kaiserstuhl]] mountain, the [[Tuniberg]] and the [[Markgraeflerland|Markgräflerland]]
# the slopes of the [[Black Forest]] mountains, with black forest valleys reaching to the Rhine, like [[Glottertal]], [[Dreisamtal]], [[Hoellental|Höllental]] and [[Muenstertal|Münstertal]]
# the higher mountain ranges of the [[Black Forest]] (''Hochschwarzwald''), including the highest mountain in the Black Forest, the [[Feldberg]] (1493 m) 

The district is interesting to [[tourism|tourists]]. Other characteristic items are [[wine]] and [[forest]]s.

==Politics==
Politically, the majority of the districts parliament (''Kreistag'') is traditionally [[Christian-Democratic Union of Germany|christian democratic-conservative]], with higher levels of conservative votes the farer one gets from Freiburg (which has a [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|red]]-[[German green party|green]] majority). 

== Coat of arms ==
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<td valign="top">The left half of the coat of arms show the colors of [[Austria]], and the right side the colors of [[Baden]], as both countries owned big part of the district. In the middle it shows an eagle, taken from the coat of arms of the Princes of Fürstenberg. The coat of arms was granted in [[1974]], and it's very similar to the coat of arms of the previous Freiburg district.
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==Towns and municipalities==
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'''Towns'''
<li> [[Breisach]]
<li> [[Heitersheim]] 
<li> [[Muellheim|Müllheim]] 
<li> [[Neuenburg am Rhein]]
<li> [[Staufen]]  
<li> [[Titisee-Neustadt]]
<li> [[Vogtsburg]]
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'''Municipalities'''
<li>[[Au]] 
<li>[[Auggen]] 
<li>[[Bad Krozingen]]
<li>[[Badenweiler]]  
<li>[[Ballrechten-Dottingen]] 
<li>[[Bötzingen]] 
<li>[[Bollschweil]] 
<li>[[Breitnau]] 
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<li>[[Buchenbach]] 
<li>[[Buggingen]] 
<li>[[Ebringen]] 
<li>[[Ehrenkirchen]] 
<li>[[Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl]]  
<li>[[Eisenbach]]  
<li>[[Eschbach]] 
<li>[[Feldberg]] 
<li>[[Friedenweiler]]  
<li>[[Glottertal]] 
<li>[[Gottenheim]] 
<li>[[Gundelfingen]] 
<li>[[Hartheim]] 
<li>[[Heuweiler]] 
<li>[[Hinterzarten]]  
<li>[[Horben]] 
<li>[[Ihringen]] 
<li>[[Kirchzarten]] 
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<li>[[Lenzkirch]] 
<li>[[Loeffingen|Löffingen]] 
<li>[[March, Baden-Wuerttemberg|March]] 
<li>[[Merdingen]] 
<li>[[Merzhausen]] 
<li>[[Muenstertal|Münstertal]] 
<li>[[Oberried]] 
<li>[[Pfaffenweiler]] 
<li>[[Schallstadt]] 
<li>[[Schluchsee]] 
<li>[[Soelden|Sölden]] 
<li>[[Sankt Maergen|Sankt Märgen]] 
<li>[[Sankt Peter]]  
<li>[[Stegen]] 
<li>[[Sulzburg]] 
<li>[[Umkirch]] 
<li>[[Wittnau]] 
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===External links===
[http://www.breisgau-hochschwarzwald.de Official Website]