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a town in the grand-duchy of Baden, in the valley of the Wiese, 6 m. by rail N.E. of Basel. Pop. (1905) 10,794. It is the seat of considerable industry, its manufactures including calico, shawls, cloth, silk, chocolate, cotton, ribbons, hardware and furniture, and has a trade in wine, fruit and timber. There is a fine view from the neighbouring Schiitzenhaus, 1085 ft. high. In the neighbourhood also is the castle of Rotteln, formerly the residence of the counts of Hochberg and of the margraves of Baden; this was destroyed by the French in 1678, but was rebuilt iri 1867. Lorrach received market rights in 1403, but did not obtain municipal privileges until 1682.

See Hochstetter, Die Stadt Lorrach (LOrrach, 1882).