Elzach#Prechtal
{{Expand German|topic=geo|date=February 2009|Elzach}}
{{Infobox German place
|type = Stadt
|image_photo =Elzach.jpg
|imagesize =300px
|image_caption =Elzach viewing direction east
|image_coa = DEU Elzach COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|48|10|29|N|8|4|18|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Elzach in EM.svg
|state = Baden-Württemberg
|region = Freiburg
|district = Emmendingen
|elevation = 361
|area = 75.28
|postal_code = 79215
|area_code = 07682
|licence = EM
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 16 010
|website = [http://www.elzach.de/ www.elzach.de]
|mayor = Roland Tibi[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
|leader_term = 2020–28
}}
Elzach ({{IPA|de|ˈɛlt͡sax|-|De-Elzach.ogg}}; Low Alemannic: Elze) is a town in the district of Emmendingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Elz, 26 km northeast of Freiburg.
Geography
The town of Elzach is located at the eastern border of the district of Emmendingen and borders on the district of the Ortenaukreis and the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis. Topographically is the area characterised by the river valley of the Elz and the local hill called Rohrhardsberg. Also Elzach belongs to the Breisgau [https://www.alemannische-seiten.de/deutschland/elzach.php Breisgau area Elzach], alemannische-seiten.de area and is located at the edge of the Southern Black Forest Nature Park.
===Urban districts===
The town has five urban districts.{{cite web|url=https://www.alemannische-seiten.de/deutschland/elzach_suche.php?id=ortsteile|title=Ortsteile Elzach|language=de|trans-title=Districts of Elzach|website=Alemannische-seiten|access-date=6 June 2025}}
- Elzach
- Yach
- Prechtal
- Oberprechtal
- Katzenmoos
Gallery
Drei Stufen des Sehens.jpg|Granite sculpture: "The three stages of seeing" (2002) by Dieter Oehm, in Elzach
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10015, Robert Hermann Dietrich.jpg|Robert Dietrich in 1930 as minister of finance
International relations
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Elzach is twinned with:{{Cite web |url=http://www.gutach.de/kulturelles/partnerstae.htm |title=Partnerstädte der Gemeinde Gutach |access-date=2010-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050310185440/http://www.gutach.de/kulturelles/partnerstae.htm |archive-date=2005-03-10 |url-status=dead }}
:{{flagicon|GBR}} Worthing, United Kingdom
:{{flagicon|FRA}} Ville, France
:{{flagicon|AUT}} Telfs, Austria
Sons and daughters of the town
- Hermann Dietrich (1879-1954) German politician of the liberal German Democratic Party, minister during the Weimar Republic
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References
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Category:Emmendingen (district)
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