Achern: Ortenau District Town at the Black Forest Edge Near Strasbourg
Achern sits at the transition between the Upper Rhine plain and the Black Forest foothills in the Ortenaukreis of Baden-Wuerttemberg. About 24,450 people live here. The Hornisgrinde, the highest peak of the Northern Black Forest at 1,164 metres, rises roughly 15 kilometres to the east. Strasbourg in France is only about 30 kilometres west, making Achern part of the cross-border economic zone along the Rhine. The town's economy mixes wine-growing on the hillside slopes with light manufacturing and trade.
Offenburg, the district capital, is about 15 kilometres south. Buehl lies to the north. The Acherner Weinberge produce both red and white varieties, benefiting from the warm Ortenau microclimate. The Illenau, a former grand-ducal psychiatric hospital built in 1842, has been converted to a cultural and residential campus. Its park remains one of the town's most prominent green spaces.
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Achern sits at the transition between the Upper Rhine plain and the Black Forest foothills in the Ortenaukreis of Baden-Wuerttemberg. About 24,450 people live here. The Hornisgrinde, the highest peak of the Northern Black Forest at 1,164 metres, rises roughly 15 kilometres to the east. Strasbourg in France is only about 30 kilometres west, making Achern part of the cross-border economic zone along the Rhine. The town's economy mixes wine-growing on the hillside slopes with light manufacturing and trade.
Offenburg, the district capital, is about 15 kilometres south. Buehl lies to the north. The Acherner Weinberge produce both red and white varieties, benefiting from the warm Ortenau microclimate. The Illenau, a former grand-ducal psychiatric hospital built in 1842, has been converted to a cultural and residential campus. Its park remains one of the town's most prominent green spaces.
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