Hüfingen

Sister cities

• Ornans

History

Hüfingen has the historical distinction of once marking the boundary of the Roman empire. In the first century of the common era, imperial policy settled on using the natural boundaries formed by the Danube and the Rhine rivers. Because of its proximity to the source of the Danube in nearby Donaueschingen, Hüfingen was the site of a Roman fort, Brigobanne, built to implement this policy. The legions built a road to Hüfingen from what is now Schleitheim, on the upper Rhine in Switzerland, thus connecting the two rivers with a man-made line on the landscape, defining a continuous border.

Geography

The city is situated at around 750 meters above sea level on the Baar plateau on the eastern edge of the southern Black Forest in the valley of Breg, about four kilometers south of Donaueschingen. To the north of the town is Donaueschingen, to the east is the town Geisingen in the district of Tuttlingen, to the south the town borders on Blumberg, and to the west is the town of Bräunlingen.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,204
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,083
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,063
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  958
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  855
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  814
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  790
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  755

Most recent

• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 4.1 — 2021-06-26
  2 km SE of Hœrdt, France