Hüfingen

Hüfingen (Low Alemannic: Hifinge) is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Breg, 4 km south of the source of the Danube.

Hüfingen
Town
Hüfingen
Coat of arms
Location of Hüfingen within Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 47°55′34″N 08°29′24″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Subdivisions	6 Stadtteile
Government
• Mayor (2017–25)	Michael Kollmeier[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	58.53 km2 (22.60 sq mi)
Elevation	684 m (2,244 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	7,976
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	78183
Dialling codes	0771
Vehicle registration	VS
Website	www.huefingen.de

History

Hüfingen has the historical distinction of once marking the boundary of the Roman empire. In the first century of the common era, imperial policy settled on using the natural boundaries formed by the Danube and the Rhine rivers. Because of its proximity to the source of the Danube in nearby Donaueschingen, Hüfingen was the site of a Roman fort, Brigobanne, built to implement this policy. The legions built a road to Hüfingen from what is now Schleitheim, on the upper Rhine in Switzerland, thus connecting the two rivers with a man-made line on the landscape, defining a continuous border.^[3]

Geography

Location

The city is situated at around 750 meters above sea level on the Baar plateau on the eastern edge of the southern Black Forest in the valley of Breg, about four kilometers south of Donaueschingen.

Nearby towns

To the north of the town is Donaueschingen, to the east is the town Geisingen in the district of Tuttlingen, to the south the town borders on Blumberg, and to the west is the town of Bräunlingen.