Gernsbach is a town in the district of Rastatt, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the river Murg, 7 km east of Baden-Baden in the Black Forest.
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The town is the historic centre of the lower Murg Valley and forms a central place of mid-size with Gaggenau. Gernsbach is an officially recognised climatic spa with a historic centre.
Tudor Style House In Gernsbach, Germany
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Furthermore, Gernsbach is noted for its paper industry and Paper Centre, a service provider in the field of training, staff qualification and management consultancy for the German and Swiss paper and pulp industry.
Compact Buildings In Tudor Style, Gernsbach, Germany
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A permanent settlement of Gernsbach before the 12th century is not verified. At the beginning of the 12th century the Counts of Eberstein bought the “predium” Rotenfels thus allowing the initial settlement of the lower Murg vally.
Gernsbach old town, Germany
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From Rotenfels the counts of Eberstein ordered to uproot the wooded and swampy valley and to found new settlements. By 1200 the route Loffenau–Scheuern–Gernsbach–Staufenberg was established. In an ebersteinian inheritance document Gernsbach is first mentioned in written form in 1219 as ‘’Genrespach’’.
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Tudor Style House In Gernsbach, Germany
Compact Buildings In Tudor Style, Gernsbach, Germany
A permanent settlement of Gernsbach before the 12th century is not verified. At the beginning of the 12th century the Counts of Eberstein bought the “predium” Rotenfels thus allowing the initial settlement of the lower Murg vally.
Gernsbach old town, Germany
Gernsbach in Murg vally
Fot. Elisabeth Fazel, Adi Gatz. August 2016.