It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, on the river Kinzig, 20 km south of Freudenstadt.

[3] The district of Lehengericht also consists of the settlements and hamlets of Herdweg, Auf dem Hof, Schmelzle, Vor dem unteren Erdlinsbach, Vor Reichenbächle, Welschdorf, Höllgraben, Im Eulersbach, Im hinteren Erdlinsbach, Kienbronn, Rohrbach, Rubstock, Deisenbauernhof and several isolated farms.

[4] Even in Roman times the road through the Kinzig valley was already part of a link through the Black Forest from the Strasbourg area towards Rottweil.

The Dukes of Teck probably founded the town of Schiltach in the middle of the 13th century to secure their territories.

The town was intended to act as a stop for travellers and as a trading post before the road descended to Rottweil.

In the "Gränzvertrag zwischen dem Königreich Württemberg und dem Großherzogthum Baden"[5] (border treaty between the Kingdom of Württemberg and Grand Duchy of Baden), which was negotiated in Paris on October 2, 1810, several areas of the Oberamt Hornberg, besides Schiltach also the town of Hornberg and the communities Gutach and Kirnbach, got to the Grand Duchy of Baden.

Almost the same emblem can be found in Alsace at the house of the Rappolstein, which castle stands above Ribeauvillé.

The local election took place on 7 June 2009 and had following results: The town district Lehengericht has a Ortsschaftsrat with eight members.

Today these branches of industries have vanished except for the famous tannery Trautwein and some small saw mills.

The earlier privileged timber rafting is kept alive by an active rafter group to keep the once important industry of Schiltach in mind.

There are still some companies which were established at the turn of the twentieth century like Hansgrohe (1901), and (BBS; VEGA Grieshaber KG etc.)

Schiltach's local political leaders are willing to support the companies in order to encourage them to stay in the town.

Secondary Schools are in the surrounding towns, e.g. in Schramberg, Wolfach, Alpirsbach and Hausach.

The marketplace includes the town hall, which was designed by architect Heinrich Schickhardt and built during the Kingdom of Württemberg.

[6] As part of an old tradition, the citizens walk through the streets with lanterns from the marketplace to the town church and sing hymms of Pietistic origins.

[6] The local pastor gives a speech from the window of the town rectory, accompanied by the performance of a choir and trombone ensemble.