on a small island in the Murg River just south of the town centre. The island is connected to the town via a bridge which spans a canal used to generate hydroelectric electric power. After the Second World War, this island cemetery was closed for further interments and the current cemetery was built between the town centres of Rotenfels and Gaggenau. Regular events / festivities May Market (now called "Gaggenau May Days"), arose from the former Bad Rotenfels annual fair and market Autumn Fair Artists and crafts market Nicholas Market Economy and infrastructure Transport Gaggenau is located on the Rastatt-Freudenstadt Highway 462 (Black Forest Valleys road). The nearest motorway junction is Federal Highway 5 at Karlsruhe-Basel in Rastatt. The Rastatt-Freudenstadt (Murgtalbahn) line also runs through the town, having done so since the line was electrified in 2002. The Karlsruhe light rail line has also provided direct service to Gaggenau since that time. Local industry Daimler AG, Mercedes-Benz plant in Gaggenau, the largest employer in the town Dambach Group of Companies Grötz GmbH & Co. KG King Metal Kohlbecker Architects & Engineers KWH Automotive GmbH Gerhard Lang GmbH & Co. KG and scrap metal recycling company Lang GmbH & Co. KG Builders Florence Mash Protektorwerk Precitec KG PolyOne Th Bergmann GmbH Local media The Badisches Tagblatt (BT), based in Baden-Baden, reports on local happenings and provides local editorials to Gaggenau through their local edition of Murgtäler. Their daily circulation figure is 11,000. The Badische Neueste Nachrichten (BNN), based in Karlsruhe, also provides local coverage of Rastatt and Gaggenau in their local edition with daily circulation figures of 10,000. Gaggenau Week is a local weekly newsletter. It is distributed free of charge once per week to Gaggenau households, with a circulation of about 16,000 copies. This newsletter is published by Walnut Media, based in Weil. They maintain a field office in the town of Gaggenau. The Badisches Tagblatt also publishes two local business news journals and a weekly magazine for the Rastatt / Murgtal areas called WO, delivered to households free of charge, with a special Murgtal weekend edition on Sunday. Circulation of WO is about 25,000 copies, the Sunday weekend edition approximately 73,000 copies. Südwestrundfunk serves as the regional television station, broadcast out of Karlsruhe. It also provides reporting of local events in Gaggenau. Education The town of Gaggenau has one high school (Goethe Gymnasium), a secondary school (Realschule Gaggenau), and