Hornberg

Hornberg is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, 35 km southeast of Offenburg, and 25 km northwest of Villingen-Schwenningen.

Castle of Hornberg

Hornberg

Duravit

Hornberg
Coat of arms
Location of Hornberg within Ortenaukreis district
Hornberg Hornberg
Coordinates: 48°12′48″N 08°13′51″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Ortenaukreis
Government
• Mayor	Siegfried Scheffold
Area
• Total	54.45 km^2 (21.02 sq mi)
Elevation	384 m (1,260 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,274
• Density	78/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	78132
Dialling codes	07833
Vehicle registration	OG
Website	www.hornberg.de

Sons and daughters of the town

• Andreas Beck (born 1948), physician (head of the radiology department of the hospital Konstanz), theologian and writer
• Wilhelm Hausenstein (1882–1957), writer, art critic and cultural historian, journalist and diplomat
• Friedrich Jeckeln (1895–1946), Nazi SS officer and Police Leader executed for war crimes
• Thomas Schäuble (1948–2013), German politician (CDU), Director of the Baden State Brewery Rothaus, brother of Wolfgang Schäuble

Personalities who were active in Hornberg

• Rochus Misch (1917–2013), bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler; had a business for painters in Hornberg before the war
• Wolfgang Schäuble (born 1942), German politician (CDU), grew up in Hornberg
• Reinold of Urslingen (around 1364-1442), Knight, 1437 share ownership of the castle and city Hornberg

References

1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). September 2020.

External links

• (in German) Information about and images