Waldkirch is a town 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...

, Germany

Germany

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. It is known as "the place of mechanical organs", where fairground organ

Barrel organ

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s are manufactured and played on the streets from well-known manufacturers, such as A. Ruth and Sohn, Bruder and Carl Frei

Carl Frei

Carl Frei was a German organ builder, composer and music arranger who founded a company that manufactured fairground and street organs....

 (from Breda

Breda

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, Netherlands

Netherlands

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).

Sights

• The Catholic Church St. Magarethen
• The ruin of the Kastelburg
• The market place with the town hall

International relations

Waldkirch is twinned

Town twinning

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 with: Liestal

Liestal

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, Switzerland. Sélestat

Sélestat

Sélestat is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.In 2006, Sélestat had a total population of 19,459. The Communauté de communes de Sélestat et environs had a total population of 35,397.-Geography:...

, France Chavanay

Chavanay

Chavanay is a commune in the Loire department in central France....

, France Montignies-sur-Sambre / Charleroi, Belgium Worthing

Worthing

Worthing is a large seaside town with borough status in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, forming part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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External links

• Waldkirch: History & Images