Remchingen

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Remchingen

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Remchingen
Coordinates: 48°57′0″N 8°34′35″E / 48.95000°N 8.57639°E / 48.95000; 8.57639Coordinates: 48°57′0″N 8°34′35″E / 48.95000°N 8.57639°E / 48.95000; 8.57639
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Karlsruhe
District Enzkreis
Government
 • Mayor Luca Wilhelm Prayon
Area
 • Total 24.06 km2 (9.29 sq mi)
Elevation 171 m (561 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 11,689
 • Density 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 75196
Dialling codes 07232
Vehicle registration PF
Website www.remchingen.de

Geography

Remchingen is a municipality in the Enz district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Pfinz, 14 km southeast of Karlsruhe, and 12 km northwest of Pforzheim.

Remchingen consists of the former municipalities Nöttingen, Wilferdingen and Singen. On 1 January 1973 Remchingen was formed by joining together the two municipalities Wilferdingen and Singen. On 1 January 1975 the municipality Nöttingen was joined in.

Neighbouring municipalities are Pfinztal, Königsbach-Stein, Kämpfelbach, Keltern and Karlsbad.

Sister cities, twin towns and friendship agreements

Remchingen has sister city agreements with the following cities:

Economy and infrastructure

Infrastructure

Remchingen is situated on the Karlsruhe-Mühlacker railway.

The Bundestraße 10 and the Bundesautobahn 8 link the municipality to the national road network.

Education

In Remchingen you can find a Realschule (Carl-Dittler-Realschule) in Wilferdingen. Further more there is a Gymnasium and an elementary school and a Hauptschule with Werkrealschule in Singen. There are other elementary schools in Wilferdingen and Nöttingen.

Culture and sights

Remchingen is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route which leads from Mannheim to Pforzheim.

Johann Gottfried Tulla, who got known for straightening the river Rhine, grew up in Nöttingen.

Excavations

Discoveries of remains from the Roman Empire were made in and around the church of Nöttingen, which can partly be seen in the church and in a museum in Karlsruhe.

In the development area "Niemandsberg" in Wilferdingen an archeological excavation of a roman farm can be found, which was turned into a museum.

Sports

The football club FC Nöttingen played in the Fußball-Regionalliga in 2004, which was the third highest football league in Germany at that time. Currently they are playing in the Fußball-Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.

Other clubs in Remchingen are FC Germania Singen and FC Alemannia Wilferdingen.

Music

The Folk-Punk-Band Across the Border is from Remchingen

References

  1. ↑ [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

Towns and municipalities in Enz (district)
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