Tuningen

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Tuningen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Tuningen
Tuningen (Germany)
Tuningen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Municipal assoc. Villingen-Schwenningen
Mayor Jürgen Roth
Basic statistics
Area 15.59 km² (6 sq mi)
Elevation 743 m  (2438 ft)
Population 2,914  (31/03/2007)
 - Density 187 /km² (484 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate VS
Postal code 78609
Area code 07464
Website www.tuningen.de

Coordinates: 48.0268°0′0″N 08.6019°0′0″E / 48.0268, 8.6019

Tuningen is a municipality (Gemeinde) located in the Schwarzwald-Baar district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

The municipality belongs to the administrative authority (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Villingen-Schwenningen.

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[edit] Geography

Tuningen is located at the east border of the Black Forest about 14 km south-east of the district town Villingen-Schwenningen, 6 km east of Bad Dürrheim and 5 km south-west of Trossingen.

[edit] History

The first explicit reference to Tuningen dates to 797, in a deed of donation by the cloister St. Gallen.

[edit] Partnerships

Tuningen cultivates a partnership to the Italian town Camogli in the Province of Genoa since 1998.

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