Zwingenberg (Baden)

Zwingenberg
Municipality
Zwingenberg, May 2008
Coat of arms
Location of Zwingenberg within Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis district
Zwingenberg Show map of Germany Zwingenberg Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 49°24′55″N9°2′35″E / 49.41528°N 9.04306°E / 49.41528; 9.04306
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
Area
• Total	4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Elevation	148 m (486 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31) [1]
• Total	670
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	69439
Dialling codes	06263
Vehicle registration	MOS, BCH
Website	www.zwingenberg-neckar.de

Zwingenberg (South Franconian: Zwingeberg) is a village in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

History

Zwingenberg developed in the valley of the Neckar, below Zwingenberg Castle, as a possession of the Electoral Palatinate ruled via Oberamt Mosbach  [ de ]. In 1803, Zwingenberg became a possession of the Principality of Leiningen, which was mediatized to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806. Zwingenberg was assigned to the district of Eberbach in 1813. ^[2]

Geography

The municipality ( Gemeinde ) of Zwingenberg covers 4.7 square kilometers (1.8 sq mi) of the Neckar-Odenwald district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany. Zwingenberg is physically located in the valley of the Neckar, which has cut itself deep into the local sandstone. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area varies wildly, from a high of 424 meters (1,391 ft) Normalnull (NN) to a low of 128 meters (420 ft) NN where the Neckar flows out of the municipality. ^[2]

The Federally protected Zwerrenberg nature reserve lies within the municipal areas of Zwingenberg and Neuenkirchen. ^[2]

Politics

Zwingenberg has one borough (Ortseil), Zwingenberg, and two villages, Burg Zwingenberg and Zwingenberger Hof. ^[2]

Coat of arms

Zwingenberg's coat of arms displays three swan's heads, in white with yellow bills, upon a field of blue. This was the coat of arms of the House of Zwingenberg, which began to see local official use again in 19th century town seals. The Karlsruhe General State Archives  [ de ] redesigned these seals into a coat of arms for Zwingenberg in 1913 and it was subsequently adopted by the municipal council. ^[2]

References

1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022](CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
2. "Zwingenberg". LEO-BW (in German). Baden-Württemberg . Retrieved 31 July 2020.

External links

• Official website (in German)