Badenweiler is a
health resort and spa in the
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of
Baden-Württemberg,
Germany, historically in the
Markgräflerland. It is 28 kilometers by road and rail from
Basel, 10 kilometers from the French border, and 20 kilometers from
Mulhouse. The permanent population is about 600; the nearest big city on the German side of the border is
Freiburg, about 30 kilometers away. Badenweiler lies at the western edge of the
Black Forest. It is sheltered by the Blauen, 1,164 m (3,820 ft), and the climate is excellent. Its parish (Evangelical) church (1897) was built at the foot of an 11th-century castle which belonged to the
margraves of
Baden and was destroyed by the French during the wars of
Louis XV.