Tuttlingen (district)

Tuttlingen
District
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Freiburg
Capital	Tuttlingen
Area
• Total	734.4 km2 (283.6 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	134,047
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	TUT
Website	http://www.landkreis-Tuttlingen.de

Tuttlingen is a county (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring counties are (from north clockwise) Rottweil, Zollernalbkreis, Sigmaringen, Constance and Schwarzwald-Baar.

History

The county dates back to the Oberamt Tuttlingen, which was created in 1806. After several minor changes it was merged with the Oberamt Spaichingen and converted into the county in 1938. In 1973 it was enlarged by some municipalities from the dissolved counties Donaueschingen and Stockach.

Geography

The landscape of the county are the hills of the Swabian Alb, with the Danube as the main river.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms show a deer antler in the top part, the symbol of the state of Württemberg. The area of the district became part of Württemberg in the 14th century. The half wheel in the bottom is the symbol of the Lords of Hohenberg, representing an Austrian possession in the district.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Fridingen (Donau) Geisingen Mühlheim (Donau) Spaichingen Trossingen Tuttlingen	Aldingen Balgheim Bärenthal Böttingen Bubsheim Buchheim Deilingen Denkingen Dürbheim Durchhausen Egesheim Emmingen-Liptingen Frittlingen Gosheim Gunningen	Hausen ob Verena Immendingen Irndorf Kolbingen Königsheim Mahlstetten Neuhausen ob Eck Reichenbach (Heuberg) Renquishausen Rietheim-Weilheim Seitingen-Oberflacht Talheim (Tuttlingen) Wehingen Wurmlingen (Tuttlingen)
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
Donau-Heuberg Heuberg Immendingen-Geisingen Spaichingen Trossingen Tuttlingen

External links

• Official website (German)