Schiltach

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Schiltach

Total population

3,803

Elevation330 m

Land area34.21 km²

Coordinates48.29°, 8.34°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Schiltach is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, on the river Kinzig, 20 km south of Freudenstadt.

Geography

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

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

Franz Baumann

UN official

Jakob Heine

German orthopaedist (1800–1879)

Kerstin Andreae

German politician

Johann Georg Heine

German physician (1771-1838)

Georg Knöpfle

German footballer and manager (1904-1987)

Bernhard Heine

German physician, bone specialist and inventor of the osteotome (1800-1846)

Otto Ernst Schweizer

German architect (1890–1965)

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Hugo Ruf

German musician (1925-1999)

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Adolf Vivell

German landscape architect (1878–1959)

Arthur Junghans

German entrepreneur (1852–1920)

Wilhelm Kimmich

German painter (1897-1987)

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Martin Weppler

German sprinter

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Daniel Roth

German artist and photographer (born 1969)

Dizzy Krisch

German pianist

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Myriam Krüger

German association football player

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Eugen Reuter

German politician (1885-1955)

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

Nearby places in Baden-Württemberg

• St. Georgen
  11.4 mi away · pop. 13,086
• Triberg
  12.2 mi away
• Schömberg
  19.9 mi away · pop. 4,620
• Haigerloch
  21.6 mi away · pop. 10,935
• Schönmünzach
  21.9 mi away
• Ebersweier
  22.3 mi away · pop. 1,230
• Weitingen
  23.7 mi away
• Walddorf
  24.2 mi away
• Baisingen
  24.8 mi away · pop. 1,225
• Eckenweiler
  25.1 mi away
• Obersasbach
  26 mi away
• Bieringen
  26 mi away

Browse all places in Baden-Württemberg →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Didysmachus picipes

Didysmachus picipes

Seen 2026-06-08

Sand Lizard

Lacerta agilis

Seen 2026-06-08

Dark Green Fritillary

Argynnis aglaja

Seen 2026-06-08

Orange-spined Drone Fly

Eristalis nemorum

Seen 2026-06-08

Yellow-haired Sun Fly

Myathropa florea

Seen 2026-06-08

Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Seen 2026-06-08

speckled longhorn beetle

Judolia cerambyciformis

Seen 2026-06-08

common bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

Seen 2026-06-07

Yellow-fronted Soft-winged Flower Beetle

Clanoptilus elegans

Seen 2026-06-06

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

Gallery

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

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