takes place every other year during the second weekend in July The Achern City Soccer Championship is an annual event where the boroughs compete for the title of City Champion. Economy and infrastructure As Achern is the center of the otherwise rural region of northern Ortenau District, small merchant enterprises are very important. Infrastructure Achern is located off the Autobahn A 5, Exit Achern (between Karlsruhe and Basel), and is easily accessed by car or truck also via Bundesstraße B 3 that runs through the city. Achern's railway station is a stop on the Karlsruhe-Basel route, a stop on line S32 and S4 of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe and used as the starting point of the SWEG line to Ottenhöfen. Public transport within the city and its immediate surroundings is provided by several bus lines. Media In Achern, the Badischen Neuesten Nachrichten (BNN), a daily newspaper operating out of Karlsruhe, publishes a local edition by the name of Acher und Bühler Bote and the Offenburger Tageblatt publishes its local edition as Acher-Rench-Zeitung. Public service Achern is the seat of a district court, the Finance Ministry maintains an office, and residents can find a notary public. In addition, the Ortenau District Hospital is also located in Achern. Education Achern has a college-track highschool (Gymnasium Achern), a non-college-track highschool (Robert-Schumann-Realschule), a school for the learning disabled (Achertalschule), three grammar and middle schools with a vocational highschool (Antoniusschule Oberachern, Grund- und Hauptschule mit Werkrealschule Achern, Grund- und Hauptschule Önsbach and Vinzenz-Wachter-Schule), as well as five grammar schools, one each in the boroughs of Gamshurst, Grossweier, Mösbach, Sasbachried and Wagshurst. Ortenau District operates two vocational training schools (Gewerbeschule Achern and Kaufmännische und Hauswirtschaftliche Schule), the Maiwaldschule for the language handicapped, and the nursing school that is attached to the District Hospital in Achern. Furthermore, Achern is home of the Music and Art School Achern-Oberkirch. Notable people Sons and daughters of Achern Joseph Ignatz Peter (1789–1872), politician and revolutionary Max Weber (1824–1901), officer of the Badische Army, revolutionary and general of the northern states in the American Civil War Alfred Kast (1856–1903), internist, professor at the University of Breslau Oscar Burkard (1877–1950), recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration given in the United States Julius Hirsch (1892–1945), murdered in Auschwitz, Olympian soccer player and first Jewish member of the national team, two-time Germany team champion, awarded the Iron Cross during World War I