Sulzburg is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the western slope of the Black Forest, 20 km southwest of Freiburg.

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Sulzburg
Town
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Sulzburg within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
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Coordinates: 47°50′25″N 7°42′33″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Government
• Mayor (2021–29)	Dirk Blens[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	22.73 km2 (8.78 sq mi)
Elevation	337 m (1,106 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,781
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	79295
Dialling codes	07634
Vehicle registration	FR
Website	www.sulzburg.de

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Sulzburg had a long tradition of continuous Jewish settlement since medieval times. Around 1850 almost one third of its population of around 1200 was Jewish. Sulzburg's lovely, barrel-vaulted synagogue has been completely restored.^[3] There exists an old Jewish cemetery near the town.

• 1594 Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Markgraf of Baden-Durlach (1622-1659)
• 1694 Johann Daniel Schöpflin, professor of history, eloquence and the theory of law at the University of Strasbourg
• 1808 Gustav Weil, † 1889 in Freiburg im Breisgau, first orientalist, first Jewish professor in Germany
• 1843 Ernst Leitz, † 1920 in Solothurn, founder of the Ernst Leitz Optical Works Wetzlar
• 1925, Erich Bloch, † 2016 in Washington, computer scientist and engineer, director of the American National Science Foundation,