Seelbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

 in Germany

Germany

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The most popular Festival is the Katharinenmarkt on November.

Geography

Seelbach is located on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Schutter Valley, south-eastern of Lahr

Lahr

Lahr is a city in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany, approximately 38 km north of Freiburg in Breisgau and 100 km south of Karlsruhe...

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Neighboring communities

The following cities and towns share a border with Seelbach. They are listed clockwise starting in the north: Friesenheim, Biberach, Schuttertal, Ettenheim, Kippenheim and Lahr.

Town council

After the last election in June 2009, the town council consists of 18 seats. The members belong to political parties as follows

Party Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union (Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum... 7 FBI Free Voters Free Voters is a German concept in which an association of persons participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it is a locally organized group of voters in the form of a registered association . In most cases, Free Voters are active only at the...   6 SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...   5

Mayor

The mayor is elected by the citizens for a term of 8 years. He's also the head of the town council.

Mayors since 1831

• 1831–1832: Vogt Schöttgen (signs the first time with „Bürgermeister“)
• 1832–1838: Karl Obert
• 1838–1844: Michael Schäfer
• 1849–1875: Xaver Räpple
• 1875–1886: Franz Anton Benz
• 1886–1910: Christian Himmelsbach
• 1910–1919: Josef Heizmann
• 1919–1923: Wilhelm Brucker
• 1923–1945: Theodor Simon
• 1945–1946: Georg Hartmann
• 1946–1948: Alfred Himmelsbach
• 1948–1957: Josef Fehrenbach
• 1957–1977: Alfred Dreyer
• 1977–1993: Walter Dilger
• 1993–2007: Klaus Muttach
• 2008-present: Thomas Schäfer

Events

The Katharinenmarkt is a weekend long historic market that takes place annually in November since 1455. It is visited by nearly 20000 visitors.

Twin town

Seelbach is twinned with Zillebeke

Zillebeke

Zillebeke is a village in the Flemish province of West-Vlaanderen in Belgium. The former municipality is now part of Ypres.-History:On March 3, 1914 the then municipality was granted the arms are those of the last Lords of Zillebeke, the Canton family, Viscounts of Winnezeele, which had in 1740...

 in the Flemish

Flanders

Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

 province of West-Vlaanderen in Belgium.

External links

• Official website