DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk: Karlsruhe
Landkreis: Rastatt

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Gaggenau is situated at an elevation of 141 m on the river Murg in the Rastatt district of Germany's state of Baden-Württemberg. Besides Gaggenau proper, the municipality also encompasses the city districts Bad Rotenfels, Freiolsheim, Hörden, Michelbach, Oberweier, Ottenau, Selbach and Sulzbach. The municipality Gaggenau has a population of about 29,200 (2008).

Gaggenaw was first mentioned in a written document of 1243, while Rothenfels already had been mention two hundred years earlier, in 1041. Up until the 19th century, Gaggenau was a modest village, wich from the 13th century on belonged to the margraviate Baden (1535 margraviate Baden-Baden). In 1691 the village was almost completely destroyed by French troops during the Palatine War of Succession. In the late 19th century the place began to prosper due to the foundation of industrial iron works. In 1922 Gaggenau obtained the official status of a town. During World War II about 70% of the town were destroyed. After the war the town was rebuilt on a new, regular ground plan. Ottenau was incorporated into Gaggenau in 1935, the remaining city districts followed between 1970 and 1975.

The Catholic church of St. Josef [left, no. 3129: bottom left picture] was built in 1899 in Romanesque revival style. It was severely damaged during a bomb raid in 1944. After the war the church was reconstructed until 1950 in modified form.

The bottom right picture on glass no. 3129 [left] shows a monument, which, according to its style and type, quite likely has been a monument to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1871. No information could be found on this monument.

The old own hall [near left, no. 3751. bottom left picture] had been built in 1908 (this is depicted on the glass). The building was destroyed during the bomb raid of 10 September 1944. The ruins were removed only in February 1957 and a new, modern construction was built in its place in 1957–1958.

The bottom right picture on glass no. 3751 [near left] shows a view of Hauptstraße ('Main Street').

The Glassworks settlement [near left, no. 3752] was founded by Anton Rindenschwender in 1772 when the margrave of Baden issued a patent for a glass factory. The original industrial buildings were followed by a mansion, workers' houses and an inn. The overall arrangement of the buildings followed a truely Baroque idea of construction. The former mansion building was demolished in 1977. The Gaggenau ironwoks (Gaggenauer Eisenwerke, today a subsidiary of Bosch-Siemens BSH Hausgeräte) relocated into the former glassworks complex in 1962.
[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaggenau; http://www.manfred-wanierke.de/Reiseberichte/Rastatt/Gaggenau/gaggenau.html; https://ka.stadtwiki.net/Rathaus_Gaggenau; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Rindenschwender, https://www.bauforschung-bw.de/objekt/id/191214409241/glashuettensiedlung-ensemble-in-76571-gaggenau/, https://wiki.bsh-group.com/de/wiki/Gaggenau]