Denzlingen

Denzlingen is a municipality inside the district of Emmendingen, in Baden Wurttemberg, Germany. It is located 8 kilometers north of Freiburg. Denzlingen changed into already settled at some stage in the time of the Roman Empire. It turned into named after the Alemannic tribal chief Denzilo who lived right here in the 5^th century. The first express mention of the metropolis dates lower back to the year 984. Medieval Denzlingen consisted of separate settlements, Niederdorf and Oberdorf both at the Glotter and alongside an antique road from Riegel to the Glottertal. The settlements finally grew together into one stretched out town, which led to the sobriquet of Langendenzlingen, meaning Long Denzlingen.

The cities become destroyed at some point of the 30 Years' War. The 30 Years' War veteran Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen defined the conflict between Imperial and Swedish troops at Denzlingen within the novel Simplicius Simplicissimus. The metropolis has grown rapidly because the 19^th century, especially after being linked to the Baden railroad device in 1845. As a former part of the Margraviate Baden, Denzlingen became predominantly Protestant. Today, 34% of the residents are Protestant.