LORRACH  , 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 Schutzenhaus, 1085 ft. high . In the neighbourhood also is the castle of Rotteln, formerly the residence of the counts of Hachberg and of the margraves of Baden; this was destroyed by the French in 1678, but was rebuilt in 1867 . Lorrach received market rights in 1403, but did not obtain municipal privileges until 1682 . See Hochstetter, Die Stadt Lorrach (Lorrach, 1882) .