Riegel am Kaiserstuhl

{{Expand German|topic=geo|date=February 2009|Riegel am Kaiserstuhl}}

{{Infobox German location

|name = Riegel

|image_coa = DEU Riegel COA.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|48|9|2|N|7|45|0|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Riegel am Kaiserstuhl in EM.svg

|state = Baden-Württemberg

|region = Freiburg

|district = Emmendingen

|elevation = 195

|area = 18.34

|postal_code = 79359

|area_code = 07642

|licence = EM

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 16 037

|website = [http://www.gemeinde-riegel.de/ www.gemeinde-riegel.de]

|mayor = Daniel Kietz[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.

|leader_term = 2018–26

}}

Riegel am Kaiserstuhl (Latin Rigola) is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies 8 km northwest of Emmendingen, and is accessed by the motorway A5 (Karlsruhe - Basel).

Education

Riegel provides its citizens education with the Michaelschule that consists of both a Grund- and a Hauptschule.

Roman ruins

A Mithraeum was unearthed in the residential neighborhoods of Riegel.[http://www.kaiserstuhl.eu/Orte/Riegel/mithras-kult.htm kaiserstuhl.eu] A reconstruction of the temple was placed there, and the original artifacts can be seen at the museum in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Municipal partnership

Champhol, Eure-et-Loir, France, since 1995

Museum

The Kunsthalle Messmer is a museum exhibiting art from the 20th and 21st century. It is located in a former brewery building and includes a sculpture garden.

The museum of the municipality exhibits excavations of the Roman village and reconstructed models. Furtheron there is a part on the development of jet-propulsion of rockets with objects pictures, films and text

References

External links

[https://www.alemannische-seiten.de/deutschland/riegel.php Riegel am Kaiserstuhl: pictures & history] (German)
[http://www.riegel-am-kaiserstuhl.de Riegel am Kaiserstuhl:] actual and historical pictures

Category:Emmendingen (district)