Image Coa: | Wappen Winden im Elztal.svg |
Coordinates: | 48.15°N 11°W |
Image Plan: | Winden im Elztal in EM.svg |
State: | Baden-Württemberg |
Region: | Freiburg |
District: | Emmendingen |
Elevation: | 292 |
Area: | 21.96 |
Postal Code: | 79297 |
Area Code: | 07682 |
Licence: | EM |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 08 3 16 055 |
Divisions: | 2 |
Website: | www.winden-im-elztal.de |
Mayor: | Klaus Hämmerle[1] |
Leader Term: | 2023 - 31 |
Winden is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
In a document by Pope Alexander III dating to 1178, the church mentioned a place called "wineden inferius et superius"which refers to Niederwinden and Oberwinden (lower and upper Winden in German), first as a possession of the monastery of Waldkirch, as mentioned by St. Margaret.
Later by selling Niederwinden, the two districts were separated in 1293.In 1567 Austria took over Oberwinden and made it a part of the Habsburgpossession in the Breisgau region of Further Austria.By 1805 both districts were part of the Grand Duchy of Baden.
On 1 January 1975 the two communities were brought together through local government reform to create the community of Winden im Elztal.