Hornberg

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Hornberg

Total population

4,233

Air quality index

30Good

Elevation384 m

Land area54.45 km²

Coordinates48.21°, 8.23°

Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Hornberg is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, 35 km southeast of Offenburg, and 25 km northwest of Villingen-Schwenningen.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Jakob Heine

German orthopaedist (1800–1879)

Johann Georg Heine

German physician (1771-1838)

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Richard Nutzinger

German writer (1896-1963)

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Adolf Vivell

German landscape architect (1878–1959)

A

Anton Joos

German politician (1900-1999)

Wilhelm Kimmich

German painter (1897-1987)

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Carl Theodor Griesinger

German author (1809-1884)

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Hermann Staiger

German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient (1915–1964)

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Erwin Schmider

German enduro rider

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Jürgen King

German cyclist

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Werner King

German cyclist

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Edwin Roedder

American germanist

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Michael Maurer

German cultural historian, university teacher (born: 1954)

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Albert Fritz

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Herman Roth

(1882-1938)

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Ernst Ludwig Buttersack

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Hornberg

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Sand Lizard

Lacerta agilis

Seen 2026-06-08

Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Seen 2026-06-08

speckled longhorn beetle

Judolia cerambyciformis

Seen 2026-06-08

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-06-08

common bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

Seen 2026-06-07

European mountain ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Seen 2026-06-07

Scots pine

Pinus sylvestris

Seen 2026-06-07

carpet bugle

Ajuga reptans

Seen 2026-06-07

purple foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Seen 2026-06-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Hornberg, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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