March, Breisgau

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Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of March within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district

(2015–23) Helmut Mursa^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total17.78 km² (6.86 sq mi)Elevation

201 m (659 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total9,342 • Density530/km² (1,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

79232

Dialling codes07665Vehicle registrationFRWebsitewww.march.de

March is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

History

The four villages of Buchheim, Hugstetten, Neuershausen and Holzhausen merged in 1973 to the new community of March.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows on the left side the cross of the Lorsch Abbey and on the right the silver bear of the Abbey of St. Gall in Switzerland. Both abbeys owned land in the area, what is today March.

Demographics

Population development:^[3]

Year	Inhabitants
1990	8,042
2001	8,825
2011	8,617
2021	9,269

Famous inhabitants

Konrad Stürtzel von Buchheim (* about 1435, + 1509), was chancellor of Maximilian I of Habsburg

References

^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
^ "March (Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-06-22.