Calw (district)

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Calw
District

Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Karlsruhe
Capital	Calw
Area
• Total	797.54 km² (307.93 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2012)^[1]
• Total	150,709
• Density	190/km² (490/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	CW
Website	http://www.landkreis-calw.de

Marketplace Calw

City of Zavelstein near Calw

Calw is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Karlsruhe, Enz, the district-free city Pforzheim, Böblingen, Freudenstadt and Rastatt.

History

The district was created in 1938, when the Oberamt Calw together with the neighboring Neuenbürg und Nagold were merged into a district. During the communal reform in 1973 the district at first was planned to be dissolved and its municipalities split to neighboring district. However it already had the right size and population which was planned for the newly created districts, and thus this plan was abandoned. But some changes in the outline of the districts happened - 15 municipalities of the district changed to the neighboring districts Enz, Rastatt and Böblingen, and in return it gained 6 municipalities from the districts Freudenstadt and the dissolved district Horb.

Geography

The district belongs to the northern part of the Black Forest mountains. The main river is the Nagold and the Enz.

Partnerships

Since 1991 the district has partnership with the district Freiberg in Saxony.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms, which is nearly identical with the coat of arms of the city Calw, shows the lion of the Counts of Calw on top of three mountains. The three mountains represent the three former counties over which the Counts of Calw once reigned, namely Calw, Löwenstein and Vaihingen. (The latter two cities are not part of the present-day district of Calw) The fountain in the bottom represents the springs and spas in the district.

Cities and towns

Cities	Administrative districts	Towns
Altensteig Bad Herrenalb Bad Liebenzell Bad Teinach-Zavelstein Bad Wildbad Calw Haiterbach Nagold Neubulach Wildberg	Altensteig Althengstett Bad Herrenalb Bad Liebenzell Teinachtal Calw Nagold Bad Wildbad	Althengstett Dobel Ebhausen Egenhausen Enzklösterle Gechingen Höfen an der Enz Neuweiler Oberreichenbach Ostelsheim Rohrdorf Schömberg Simmersfeld Simmozheim Unterreichenbach

References

↑ [Statistisches Bundesamt – Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31.12.2012 (XLS-Datei; 4,0 MB) (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31.12.2012"]. Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 12 November 2013.

External links

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Official website (German)

v t e Regions, and urban and rural districts in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany

Regions	Freiburg Karlsruhe Stuttgart Tübingen

Urban districts	Baden-Baden Freiburg Heidelberg Heilbronn Karlsruhe Mannheim Pforzheim Stuttgart Ulm

Rural districts	Alb-Donau Biberach Bodensee Böblingen Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Calw Emmendingen Enz Esslingen Freudenstadt Göppingen Heidenheim Heilbronn Hohenlohe Karlsruhe Konstanz Lörrach Ludwigsburg Main-Tauber Neckar-Odenwald Ortenau Ostalbkreis Rastatt Ravensburg Rems-Murr Reutlingen Rhein-Neckar Rottweil Schwarzwald-Baar Schwäbisch Hall Sigmaringen Tübingen Tuttlingen Waldshut Zollernalb

Coordinates: 48°42′N 8°44′E / 48.7°N 8.74°E / 48.7; 8.74

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