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Lörrach is a city in south-west Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss border. It is the capital of the district Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. The biggest industry is the chocolate factory Milka. The city had a population of 10,794 in 1905, and 46,520 in 2002.
Nearby is the castle of Rötteln on the Wiesenthal, whose lords became the counts of Hachberg and a residence of the margraves of Baden; this was destroyed by the troops of Louis XIV in 1678, but was rebuilt in 1867. Lörrach received market rights in 1403, but did not obtain the privileges of a city until 1682.
After the Napoleonic epoch the town was included in the Grand Duchy of Baden. On 21 September 1848 Gustav Struve made an attempt to start a revolutionary uprising in Lörrach as part of the Revolutions of 1848-49. It failed, and Struve was caught and imprisoned.
External link
- Official website (http://www.loerrach.de) (German)
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