Blick über Lahr zum Schutterlindenberg

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Lahr has around 46,000 inhabitants and is an attractive business location. Situated in the Upper Rhine Valley between the cities of Strasbourg and Freiburg, and very close to the Black Forest and the Europa-Park, Lahr offers a high standard of housing and living.

Lahr has very good connections to the regional traffic network. The A5 Karlsruhe-Basel motorway, the Rhine Valley railway line and Lahr Airport provide easy access to the city.

In addition to excellent transport links, Lahr also offers companies the benefits of purpose-built commercial and business parks, and a healthy mix of industries. Successful national and international companies choose Lahr as their base, including tool and machinery manufacturers, automotive suppliers, printing companies, and manufacturers of sanitaryware and packaging. Lahr is also particularly well positioned in the markets for healthcare, the creative industries and logistics.

A total of 25,000 people are employed in skilled jobs in 3,500 companies in Lahr. The startkLahr Airport & Business Park in the Lahr area, and Lahr's other industrial and business parks, offer companies all the flexibility they need to develop further.