Riegel
Municipality
Coat of arms of Riegel
Coat of arms
Location of Riegel within Emmendingen district
Riegel is located in Germany
Riegel
Riegel
Riegel is located in Baden-Württemberg
Riegel
Riegel
Coordinates: 48°9′2″N 7°45′0″E / 48.15056°N 7.75000°E / 48.15056; 7.75000
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictEmmendingen
Government
 • Mayor (2018–26) Daniel Kietz[1]
Area
 • Total18.34 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Elevation
195 m (640 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total4,035
 • Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
79359
Dialling codes07642
Vehicle registrationEM
Websitewww.gemeinde-riegel.de

Riegel am Kaiserstuhl (Latin Rigola) 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.[3] A reconstruction of the temple was placed there, and the original artifacts can be seen at the museum in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Municipal partnership

Museum

The Kunsthalle Messmer is a museum exhibiting art from the 20th and 21st century. It is located in a former brewery building and includes a sculpture garden. The museum of the municipality exhibits excavations of the Roman village and reconstructed models. Furtheron there is a part on the development of jet-propulsion of rockets with objects pictures, films and text

References

  1. ↑ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
  3. ↑ kaiserstuhl.eu
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