A blossoming city on the River Murg

Embedded between Mahlberg and Merkur, Gaggenau is roughly eight kilometers north-east of Baden-Baden: surrounded by valleys of hayfields, expansive forests with 500 kilometers of paths and blossoming fruit trees in spring – truly a paradise for hikers and walkers. Open-air swimming pools, an indoor pool and the Rotherma spa, with its impressive sauna facilities, and the idyllic forest lake pool offer watery fun for all the family year-round. With over 4,500 m² of water, the forest lake pool is the largest natural pool in Southern Germany.

Other highlights include the Kurpark and Rotenfels, a former palace of the margrave which is now home to the State Academy for School Arts, School and Amateur Theater. In Hörden, the epitome of a rafting region, a Raftsmen Museum has been created with great attention to detail. Michelbach boasts a greater concentration of idyllic half-timbered houses than anywhere else. Several thousand pilgrims make the journey to the pilgrimage church of Moosbrunn every year.

As a business location, Gaggenau is home to globally successful companies, while remaining both traditional and progressive. An industrial location with a long tradition, Gaggenau is still characterized by the manufacturing industry today: roughly 70% of employees who pay social security here work in this sector. Largely thanks to the Mercedes-Benz factory founded in 1894 – the oldest automobile factory in the world – the automotive sector remains extremely important. However, companies from other sectors which enjoy global success have also grown in Gaggenau.