March
Coordinates48°3′22″N 7°46′55″E
StateBaden-Württemberg
RegionFreiburg
DistrictBreisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Elevation201
Area17.78
Postal code79232
Area code07665
LicenceFR
Gemeindeschlüssel08 3 15 132
Divisions4
Websitewww.march.de
MayorHelmut Mursa[1]
Leader term2023–31
Partyindependent

March is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

History

The four villages of Buchheim, Hugstetten, Neuershausen and Holzhausen merged in 1973 to the new community of March. [2]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows on the left side the cross of the Lorsch Abbey and on the right the silver bear of the Abbey of St. Gall in Switzerland. Both abbeys owned land in the area, what is today March.

Demographics

Population development:[3]

YearInhabitants
19908,042
20018,825
20118,617
20219,269

Famous inhabitants

Konrad Stürtzel von Buchheim (* about 1435, + 1509), was chancellor of Maximilian I of Habsburg

References

  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahl March 2023, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ villages March, alemannische-seiten.de
  3. ^ "March (Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-06-22.