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Geography
Location

Münstertal stretches from Staufen im Breisgau up into the Black Forest. It divides into several side valleys and extends in the direction of Belchen, over the district of Stohren in the direction of the Freiburg Hausberg Schauinsland and over the Münsterhalde towards Badenweiler. The altitude of Münstertal extends from 380 m to 1414 m on the Belchengipfel and thus has a height difference of 1060 meters.

Constituent communities

Münstertal / Black Forest consists of the formerly independent communities Obermünstertal and Untermünstertal with a total of 65 villages, hamlets, farms and houses.

The villages Breitmatt, Diezelbach, Hasengrund, Laisacker, Landensberg, Langenbach, Lehengasse, Limberg, Rammelsbach, Sägerstrasse (Sägegasse), Sirnitz, Sirnitzgrund, Wildsbach, which have been established between 1949 and 1950 are situated in the community part Untermünstertal, and the villages Fischmatte, Gufenbach, Hinterer Rotenbuck, Hof, Kaltwasser, Mulden, Münster (left side of the street), Münster (right side of the street), Neuhäuser (left side of the street), Neuhäuser (right side of the street), Prestenberg-Lehn , Süßenbrunn, Vorderer Rotenbuck, Wasen (Above), Wasen (Below) and Ziegelplatz were established in 1960.

Coat of arms of different parts of Münstertal 

History
The village of Münster was already mentioned in 1258 and gave the valley its name. In 1346 it was destroyed by the Counts of Freiburg. On December 1, 1971, the independent communities Obermünstertal and Untermünstertal joined together to the municipality Münstertal / Black Forest.

Economy and Infrastructure
Tourism

Münstertal is a rural structured municipality. Tourism is sustained by the tourist association founded in 1935. In the district of Diezelbach is a large, yearlong open camping site.

Transport

Münstertal is connected by the Münstertalbahn to Bad Krozingen to the national rail network. The railway is operated by the Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-AG. The electrification of the line has been completed and the electric train operation has officially started on 21st September 2013.

Culture and Attractions
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 * The museum in the Black Forest House 1902 (formerly: der Kaltwasserhof), where the television series under the same name that received the Adolf-Grimme award in 2003 has been produced, reports on everyday life on a mountain farm as well as on the creation of the famous TV production.


 * The bee museum is known across the borders of Baden and shows the cohabitation of men and bees from the Stone Age to the present. It is the biggest of its kind in Europe.
 * The exhibition mine Teufelsgrund displays the mining tradition of the Black Forest. The silver mining of the Middle Ages brought Münster, how Münstertal was called back then, great wealth. Until 1958 fluorspar and barite was mined here. Today, the mine disposes over an asthma therapie tunnel where respiratory- and skin diseases are being treated.


 * The museum for mining, forest- and settlement history gives an insight on the tradition and the history of the Münstertal.

Famous Buildings

The monasty St. Trudbert was founded in the 9th century. For a long time it was the village´s center and the starting point of the christianization of the southern part of the Black Forest. Today, it represents the mother house of the nuns of the holy Josef.

In the district Obermünstertal you can visit the ruin of the castle Scharfenstein.

Deer sculpture

On the main road L 130 between Rotenbuck and Münsterhalden,unknown persons set up a life-size deer sculpture on a rock during the night of May 1, 2016.

Personalities

 * Hans Karl Abel (1876–1951), German author, died in Mühlbach
 * Willibald Strohmeyer (1877–1945), catholic priest, was murdered in Münstertal at the end of the Second World War.
 * Franz Gutmann (* 1928 in Obermünstertal), sculptor
 * Karl-Josef Fuchs (* 1960 in Münstertal), cook
 * Karl Pfefferle
 * Maren Wiesler (* 1993), German ski racer