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Gengenbach is a town in the district of Ortenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and a famous tourist destination on the western edge of the Black Forest with about 11,000 inhabitants. Gengenbach is well known for its traditional Swabian-Alemanic "fasnacht", ("Fasend"), a kind of historically influenced celebration of carnival, where tradition is followed, from wearing costumes with carved wooden masks to clapping with a "Ratsche" (a traditional-classic wooden "sound-producing" toy). Further, Gengenbach has a beautiful, traditional, by medieval-era, old-historical influenced old town ("Altstadt"). The traditional town Gengenbach is the proud owner of the world's biggest advent calendar. The 24 windows of the 18th century town hall stand for the "doors" in a classical one. In Gengenbach is a division of the University of Applied Science, Offenburg. Greater cities in the local area around Gengenbach are Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden and Strasbourg/France.
The twin city of Gengenbach is Obernai, Alsace, France.
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Gengenbach was founded in the 13th century and became an Imperial Free City in 1360.
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