# Sulzburg

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{{distinguish|Salzburg}}
{{Expand German|topic=geo|date=February 2009|Sulzburg}}
{{Infobox German place
|type               = Stadt
|image_coa            = DEU Sulzburg COA.svg
|image_photo = Sulzburg, Rathaus.jpg
|image_caption = Town hall
|coordinates       = {{coord|47|50|25|N|7|42|33|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Sulzburg in FR.svg
|state        = Baden-Württemberg
|region  = Freiburg
|district         = Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
|elevation              = 337
|area            = 22.74
|postal_code               = 79295
|area_code           = 07634
|licence               = FR
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 15 111
|website           = [http://www.sulzburg.de/ www.sulzburg.de]
|mayor             = Dirk Blens<ref>[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;29
|party             = CDU
}}

'''Sulzburg''' ({{IPA|de|ˈzʊltsbʊʁk|-|De-Sulzburg.ogg}}) is a [town](/source/town) in the district [Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald](/source/Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald), in [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is situated on the western slope of the [Black Forest](/source/Black_Forest), 20&nbsp;km southwest of [Freiburg](/source/Freiburg).

Sulzburg had a long tradition of continuous Jewish settlement since medieval times. Around 1850, almost one third of its population of around 1,200 was Jewish.
Sulzburg's lovely, barrel-vaulted synagogue has been completely restored.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/sulzburg_synagoge.htm|title = Die Synagoge in Sulzburg (Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald)}}</ref> There exists an [old Jewish cemetery](/source/Sulzburg_Jewish_Cemetery) near the town.

== Notable people ==

* [Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach](/source/Frederick_V%2C_Margrave_of_Baden-Durlach) (1594–1659), Markgraf of [Baden-Durlach](/source/Baden-Durlach), 1622 to 1659
* [Johann Daniel Schöpflin](/source/Johann_Daniel_Sch%C3%B6pflin) (1694–1771), professor of history, eloquence and the theory of law at the [University of Strasbourg](/source/University_of_Strasbourg)
* [Gustav Weil](/source/Gustav_Weil) (1808–1889), first [orientalist](/source/Oriental_studies), first Jewish professor in Germany.<ref>{{Cite NIE |wstitle= Weil, Gustav |volume= XX | page=408|short=1}}</ref>
* [Herman Kiefer](/source/Herman_Kiefer) (1825–1911), a physician, politician and US diplomat.<ref>{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle= Kiefer, Herman |volume = III |page= 533 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [Ernst Leitz](/source/Ernst_Leitz) (1843-1920) founded the [Ernst Leitz Optical Works](/source/Ernst_Leitz_GmbH) in [Wetzlar](/source/Wetzlar); father of [Ernst Leitz II](/source/Ernst_Leitz_II)
* [Erich Bloch](/source/Erich_Bloch) (1925–2016), computer scientist and engineer, director of the US [National Science Foundation](/source/National_Science_Foundation)

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Sulzburg}}
* [https://www.alemannische-seiten.de/deutschland/sulzburg.php pictures & history]

==See also==
*[Sulzberg](/source/Sulzberg_(disambiguation))

{{Cities and towns in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (district)}}
{{Authority control}}

Category:Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald

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