# Stegen

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For the town in Luxembourg, see [Stegen, Luxembourg](/source/Stegen,_Luxembourg). For the football goalkeeper, see [Marc-André ter Stegen](/source/Marc-Andr%C3%A9_ter_Stegen).

**Stegen** (ˈʃteːɡn̩) is a municipality in the [Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald](/source/Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald) district, [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg), [Germany](/source/Germany). It borders on the city of [Freiburg](/source/Freiburg), being about 8 km away as the crow flies, lying in the valley of the river [Dreisam](/source/Dreisam). The municipality includes three population centres: the town of Stegen (which itself includes the villages of Weiler, Oberbirken, Unterbirken and Rechtenbach) and the villages of Eschbach and Wittental.

Economically, Stegen is partly an offshoot of Freiburg; for example, the Forest Zoology Institute of the [University of Freiburg](/source/Albert_Ludwigs_University_of_Freiburg) maintains a field station at Wittental. It also plays a role in [Black Forest](/source/Black_Forest) [tourism](/source/Tourism), with guest houses and other facilities catering to visitors. It is the first town that a hiker on the [Freiburg-Lake Constance Black Forest Trail](/source/Freiburg-Lake_Constance_Black_Forest_Trail) passes through when travelling eastwards on the path from Freiburg.

## References

1. [Bürgermeisterwahl Stegen 2023](https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/buergermeisterwahl-stegen-2023/), Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

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