Lörrach is located in the southernmost part of the Rhine Rift valley.
The depression is created by tectonic movements, and the area has a high earthquake risk.

Several times a year, Lörrach is afflicted by slight and medial earthquakes.

The city is located in a valley of the Quaternary period.
Lörrach is surrounded by slopes on two sides.
The slopes create the southern part of the Wiesental, that is the valley where the Wiese river flows.

Geographical locations of the subdistrict Lörrach:
Elevation of the deepest place: 272 m (in the valley Wiesental at the border with Switzerland)
Elevation of the highest place: 570 m (in the forest of Rötteln)
The extent of the urban area from south to north is 6.0 km and from east to west 4.6 km.

Lörrach is also the capital city of Markgräflerland and a part of the tri-national agglomeration area of Basel.
Stuttgart is 220 km away from Lörrach, and it takes one hour to drive to Bern or Zürich.
The city has several forested hills along the valley Wiesental: Schädelberg, Homburg, Röttler Wald, and Tüllinger Berg.

Lörrach is bounded by many municipalities and the city of Basel.
In addition, it is located in the foothills of the Black Forest and on the border of Switzerland.
Lörrach is located in the southernmost part of the Rhine Rift valley. The depression is created by tectonic movements, and the area has a high earthquake risk.
Several times a year, Lörrach is afflicted by slight and medial earthquakes.
The city is located in a valley of the Quaternary period. Lörrach is surrounded by slopes on two sides. The slopes create the southern part of the Wiesental, that is the valley where the Wiese river flows.
Geographical locations of the subdistrict Lörrach:
Elevation of the deepest place: 272 m (in the valley Wiesental at the border with Switzerland)
Elevation of the highest place: 570 m (in the forest of Rötteln)
The extent of the urban area from south to north is 6.0 km and from east to west 4.6 km.
Lörrach is also the capital city of Markgräflerland and a part of the tri-national agglomeration area of Basel. Stuttgart is 220 km away from Lörrach, and it takes one hour to drive to Bern or Zürich. The city has several forested hills along the valley Wiesental: Schädelberg, Homburg, Röttler Wald, and Tüllinger Berg.
Lörrach is bounded by many municipalities and the city of Basel. In addition, it is located in the foothills of the Black Forest and on the border of Switzerland.
Lörrach