Riegel am Kaiserstuhl

Riegel
Coat of arms
Riegel
Location of Riegel within Emmendingen district
Coordinates: 48°9′2″N 7°45′0″E / 48.15056°N 7.75000°E / 48.15056; 7.75000Coordinates: 48°9′2″N 7°45′0″E / 48.15056°N 7.75000°E / 48.15056; 7.75000
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Emmendingen
Government
• Mayor	Markus Jablonski
Area
• Total	18.34 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,861
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	79359
Dialling codes	07642
Vehicle registration	EM
Website	www.gemeinde-riegel.de

Riegel am Kaiserstuhl is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies 8 km northwest of Emmendingen, and is accessed by the motorway A5 (Karlsruhe - Basel).

Education

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

Roman ruins

A Mithraeum was unearthed in the residential neighborhoods of Riegel.^[2] A reconstruction of the temple was placed there, and the original artifacts can be seen at the museum in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Municipal partnership

• Champhol, Eure-et-Loir, France, since 1995

References

External links

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

Towns and municipalities in Emmendingen (district)
Bahlingen Biederbach Denzlingen Elzach Emmendingen Endingen Forchheim am Kaiserstuhl Freiamt Gutach im Breisgau Herbolzheim Kenzingen Malterdingen Reute (Breisgau) Rheinhausen Riegel am Kaiserstuhl Sasbach Sexau Simonswald Teningen Vörstetten Waldkirch Weisweil Winden im Elztal Wyhl