Rottweil (district)

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State:	Baden-Württemberg
Capital:	Rottweil } } |- | Area:||769.48 km² |- | Inhabitants:||142,054 (2002) |- | pop. density:||185 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||RW |- | Homepage:||http://www.landkreis-rottweil.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Rottweil is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Freudenstadt, Zollernalbkreis, Tuttlingen, Schwarzwald-Baar and Ortenaukreis. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Cities and towns 5 External links History The district dates back to the Oberamt Rottweil, which was created in 1806/08 when the previously free imperial city Rottweil became part of Württemberg. In 1934 it was renamed to Landkreis (district). 1938 the two neighboring districts Sulz and Oberndorf were dissolved, and most of the district Oberndorf and a small part of Sulz was added to the district Rottweil. In 1973 in another communal reform several municipalities from the districts Horb, Wolfach, Hechingen and Villingen were added. Geography The district covers part of the mountains of the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb, including the highest elevation of the Alb, the 1.015 meter high Lemberg. Coat of arms The imperial eagle in the coat of arms derives from the coat of arms of the free imperial city Rottweil. Below the eagle is a deer antler, the symbol of Württemberg, as part of the district belonged to the kingdom Württemberg well before Rottweil itself became part of it. The shield on the breast pf the eagle show the colors of Austria, symbolizing the area around the city of Oberndorf which was acquired by Austria in 1381. Cities and towns Cities Administrative districts Towns Dornhan Oberndorf (Neckar) Rottweil Schiltach Schramberg Sulz am Neckar Dunningen Oberndorf Rottweil Schiltach Schramberg Sulz Villingendorf Aichhalden Bösingen Deißlingen Dietingen Dunningen Epfendorf Eschbronn Fluorn-Winzeln Hardt (Black Forest) Lauterbach (Rottweil) Schenkenzell Tennenbronn Villingendorf Vöhringen (Rottweil) Wellendingen Zimmern ob Rottweil External links [Official website] (German) [History and territory of the former Reichsstadt Rottweil] Cities and districts in the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg in Germany Cities Baden-Baden · Freiburg · Heidelberg · Heilbronn · Karlsruhe · Mannheim · Pforzheim · Stuttgart · Ulm Rural districts Alb-Donau · Biberach · Bodensee · Böblingen · Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald · Calw · Konstanz (Constance) · Emmendingen · Enz · Esslingen · Freudenstadt · Göppingen · Heidenheim · Heilbronn (district) · Hohenlohe · Karlsruhe (district) · Lörrach · Ludwigsburg · Main-Tauber · Neckar-Odenwald · Ortenau · Ostalbkreis · Rastatt · Ravensburg · Rems-Murr · Reutlingen · Rhein-Neckar · Rottweil · Schwarzwald-Baar · Schwäbisch Hall · Sigmaringen · Tuttlingen · Tübingen · Waldshut · Zollernalb   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: