Inzigkofen

Inzigkofen
Inzigkofen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Tübingen
District Sigmaringen
Mayor Bernd Gombold
Basic statistics
Area 28.76 km2 (11.10 sq mi)
Elevation 590 m  (1936 ft)
Population 2,904 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 101 /km2 (262 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SIG
Postal code 72514
Area code 07571
Website www.inzigkofen.de

Inzigkofen is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Historically, it is part of the Swabian north Alpine foreland basin.[2]

It consists of three districts:

Coat of
Arms		 District
(Teilort)		 Population[3] Area[3]
Inzigkofen
with Nickhof
und Pault		 1372 931 hectares (2,300 acres)
Engelswies 611 749 hectares (1,850 acres)
Vilsingen
with Dietfurt		 845 1,196 hectares (2,960 acres)

Within Engelswies is the now-abandoned Talsberg quarry, known for its fossiliferous layers, and the site of evidence of the oldest Eurasian hominoids; a molar tooth found there in June 1973 was reported in June 2011 to have been "dated with relative precision at 17 to 17.1 Ma" (million years ago).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 20 July 2011. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b "Oldest Eurasian Hominoids Lived in Swabia: Molar Tooth Dated at 17 Million Years Old". Science Daily. June 22, 2011. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110622072744.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-23. 
  3. ^ a b Sonja Köser, Inzigkofen Community Office, 18 January 2011.
Towns and municipalities in Sigmaringen