Lahr is a city in western Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, about 50 kilometers north of Freiburg and 40 kilometers southeast of Strasbourg, with a population of 50,775 as of the end of 2024, making it the second-largest city in the Ortenau district after Offenburg. Founded around 1220 and chartered in 1278, it grew as a trade center, was burned by French troops in 1677, and hosted Canadian NATO forces at CFB Lahr from 1967 to 1994; its population passed 20,000 after 1950 amid postwar growth. The Storchenturm, a surviving tower of the former Geroldseck castle, remains one of the city's best-known landmarks.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude48.339167 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Lahr (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 51,208 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 48.339167, longitude 7.872222
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 170 m
P2046 (area)
area 69.76 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 51208 (2025)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Lahr - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2881885
48.34042 7.86886 P PPL DE 01 083 08317 08317065 50775 176 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 176 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 48.25, 7.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 48.25, 7.75
48.25 7.75 Cfb
Lahr (Wikipedia)
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
[laːɐ̯] ); Low Alemannic: Lohr) is a city in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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