Baiersbronn
Baiersbronn is a municipality and a village in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest on the Murg river. Nearby is the mountain of Rinkenkopf with its hillfort, the Rinkenwall.
Administratively, Baiersbronn consists of the following nine villages:
- Baiersbronn
- Friedrichstal
- Huzenbach
- Klosterreichenbach
- Mitteltal
- Obertal
- Röt-Schönegründ
- Schönmünzach-Schwarzenberg
- Tonbach
Baiersbronn is twinned with Midhurst in West Sussex, England. Reichenbach Priory, a medieval monastery building, is located in the village of Klosterreichenbach.
Baiersbronn is famous as a centre of haute cuisine in Germany, having 8 Michelin stars in total. According to the New York Times of April 2013, Baiersbronn has the same number of Michelin three-star restaurants as London and twice as many as Chicago. According to the New York Times, "Baiersbronn is now on its way to becoming recognized as the world’s most unexpected restaurant capital."
Born in Baiersbronn
- Ferdinand Oechsle, developer of a most scale, Mostwaage
- Emil Georg von Stauß, German banker
- Werner Klumpp, politician, Saarland Minister for Economic Affairs, President of the Savings Banks Association Saar
- Stefan Wisniewski, ex-terrorist and former member of the Red Army Faction
- Jens Gaiser, Nordic combiner
- Melanie Faisst, ski jumper
- Manuel Faisst, Nordic combiner
- David Siegel, ski jumper