is a Kreis (
District ) in the south of
Baden-Württemberg ,
Germany . Neighboring districts are
Emmendingen ,
Schwarzwald-Baar ,
Waldshut ,
Lörrach and the
French ''
Département s''
Haut-Rhin and
Bas-Rhin . The district-free city
Freiburg is surrounded by the district.
The district was created in
1973 by merging the previous districts Freiburg, Müllheim und Hochschwarzwald.
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a large and
Rural district with at least three distinct scenic settings:
# the flat land at the River
Rhine (''Oberrheinebene'') with the
Kaiserstuhl mountain, the
Tuniberg , the
Breisgau and the
Markgräflerland
# the slopes of the
Black Forest mountains, with black forest valleys reaching to the Rhine, like
Glottertal ,
Dreisamtal ,
Höllental and
Münstertal
# the higher mountain ranges of the
Black Forest (''Hochschwarzwald''), including the highest mountain in the Black Forest, the
Feldberg (1493 m)
The district is interesting to
Tourists . Other characteristic items are
Wine and
Forest s.
Politically, the majority of the districts parliament (''Kreistag'') is traditionally
Christian Democratic-conservative , with higher levels of conservative votes the farer one gets from Freiburg (which has a
Red -
Green majority).
