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{{Expand German|topic=geo|date=February 2009|Baiersbronn}}

{{Infobox German place
|image_coa            = DEU Baiersbronn COA.svg
|image_photo = Baiersbronn 2012.jpg
|image_caption = Baiersbronn
|coordinates       = {{coord|48|30|21|N|8|22|16|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Karte Baiersbronn.png
|state        = Baden-Württemberg
|region  = Karlsruhe
|district         = Freudenstadt
|elevation              = 584
|area            = 189.58
|postal_code               = 72270
|area_code           = 07442, 07447, 07449
|licence               = FDS, HCH, HOR, WOL
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 2 37 004
|website           = https://www.gemeinde-baiersbronn.de/
|mayor             = Michael Ruf<ref>[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 12 September 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;27
|party             = Independent
}}

'''Baiersbronn''' ({{IPA|de|ˈbaɪɐsˌbʁɔn}}) is a [[Municipalities of Germany|municipality]] and a village in the district of [[Freudenstadt (district)|Freudenstadt]] in [[Baden-Württemberg]] in southern [[Germany]]. It is situated in the [[Black Forest]] on the [[Murg (Northern Black Forest)|Murg]] river. Nearby is the mountain of [[Rinkenkopf]] (759.6 m) with its [[hillfort]], the [[Rinkenwall]].

Administratively, Baiersbronn consists of the following nine villages:

* Baiersbronn
* Friedrichstal
* Huzenbach
* Klosterreichenbach
* Mitteltal
* Obertal
* Röt-Schönegründ
* Schönmünzach-Schwarzenberg
* Tonbach

In its current form, Baiersbronn was created in the 1960s and 1970s by joining five municipalities. Its main industry is tourism.

Baiersbronn is twinned with [[Midhurst]] in West Sussex, England. [[Reichenbach Priory (Baden-Württemberg)|Reichenbach Priory]], a medieval monastery building, is located in the village of Klosterreichenbach.

Baiersbronn is famous as a centre of [[haute cuisine]] in Germany, having 8 Michelin stars in total. According to the New York Times of April 2013, Baiersbronn has the same number of Michelin three-star restaurants as London and twice as many as Chicago.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kulish |first=Nicholas |date=2013-04-04 |title=One Tiny German Town, Seven Big Michelin Stars |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/magazine/one-tiny-german-town-seven-big-michelin-stars.html |access-date=2023-04-06 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> According to the New York Times, "Baiersbronn is now on its way to becoming recognized as the world’s most unexpected restaurant capital."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/magazine/one-tiny-german-town-seven-big-michelin-stars.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&|title = One Tiny German Town, Seven Big Michelin Stars|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 4 April 2013|last1 = Kulish|first1 = Nicholas}}</ref>

== Born in Baiersbronn ==
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F052013-0020, Kiel, FDP-Bundesparteitag, Klumpp (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|upright|Werner Klumpp]]
* [[Ferdinand Oechsle]] (1774–1852), developer of a most scale, Mostwaage     ("Oechsle degree")
* [[Emil Georg von Stauß]] (1877-1942), German banker
* [[Werner Klumpp]] (born 1928), politician (FDP), Saarland Minister for Economic Affairs, President of the Savings Banks Association Saar
* [[Stefan Wisniewski]] (born 1953), ex-terrorist and former member of the [[Red Army Faction]]
* [[Jens Gaiser]] (born 1978), Nordic combiner
* [[Melanie Faisst]] (born 1990), ski jumper
* [[Manuel Faisst]] (born 1993), Nordic combiner
* [[David Siegel (ski jumper)|David Siegel]] (born 1996), ski jumper

== See also ==
;Lakes within the municipality
*[[Buhlbachsee]]
*[[Sankenbachsee]]

;Waterfalls
*[[Sankenbach Waterfalls]]

==References==
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{{Germany tourism Freiburg area}}
{{Cities and towns in Freudenstadt (district)}}

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