Creglingen

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Creglingen
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Main-Tauber-Kreis
Mayor	Hartmut Holzwarth
Basic statistics
Area	117.22 km² (45.3 sq mi)
Elevation	278 m  (912 ft)
Population	4,874  (31/12/2006)
- Density	42 /km² (108 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	TBB
Postal code	97993
Area code	07933
Website	www.creglingen.de Coordinates: 49°28′00″N 10°2′00″E / 49.466667, 10.033333

Creglingen is a town in the Main-Tauber district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Celts who founded the town between 200 and 100 B.C. also farmed the surrounding plateaus and valleys. The town was named after Prince Crago,'The Crow', a member of the Alamanni, in the late fourth or early fifth century A.D. In 1349, Creglingen received its town charter from the German Kaiser Karl IV.

The town Creglingen contains the following quarters (since the municipal reform of 1972): Archshofen, Blumweiler, Craintal, Erdbach, Finsterlohr (together with the villages Schonach, Burgstall and Seldeneck), Frauental, Freudenbach, Münster, Niederrimbach, Oberrimbach, Lichtel, Reinsbronn, Reutsachsen, Schirmbach, Schmerbach, Schön, Schwarzenbronn, Waldmannshofen (together with the village of Sechselbach and the hamlets Fuchshof und Seewiesenhof), Wolfsbuch, Weiler.

[edit] External links

• Official town website

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