wine-growing area of Baden. Transport Even though Ortenberg is located on Black Forest Railway, which leads from Offenburg to Singen, the train station has been out of use since the 1980s. At the moment, Ortenau S-Bahn company is planning to re-open the stop. Education Von-Berckholtz-Schule is the only elementary school in Ortenberg. For the younger children, there is a kindergarten. Well-known People Coming from Ortenberg Theodor von Brand: a German-American parasitologist Angelica Schwall-Düren (born in 1948), a German politician (member of the SPD), was brought up in Ortenberg. Honorary citizens 1938: Gabriel Leonhard von Berckholtz 1987: Franz Vollmer, a German author and local historian 1998: René Weisgerber, former mayor of the Alsatian sister city of Stotzheim 2008: Herrmann Litterst, former mayor of Ortenberg (from 1969 to 2008) 2009: Richard Huber, former priest of Ortenberg (from 1991 to 2009) References Ortenaukreis