Riegel am Kaiserstuhl is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg. It is accessed by the motorway A5

Bundesautobahn 5

is a 445 km long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the...

 (Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe

The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...

 - Basel

Basel

Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...

).

Education

Riegel provides its citizens education with the Michaelschule that consists of both a Grund- and a Hauptschule.

Roman ruins

A Mithraeum

Mithraeum

A Mithraeum is a place of worship for the followers of the mystery religion of Mithraism.The Mithraeum was either an adapted natural cave or cavern or an artificial building imitating a cavern. Mithraea were dark and windowless, even if they were not actually in a subterranean space or in a natural...

 was unearthed in the residential neighborhoods of Riegel.http://www.kaiserstuhl.eu/Orte/Riegel/mithras-kult.htm A reconstruction of the temple was placed there, and the original artifacts can be seen at the museum in Freiburg im Breisgau.

External links

• Riegel am Kaiserstuhl: pictures & history (German)
• Riegel am Kaiserstuhl: actual and historical pictures