Urbach, Baden-Württemberg

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Urbach

Coat of arms
Urbach
Coordinates: 48°48′48″N 09°34′44″E / 48.81333°N 9.57889°E / 48.81333; 9.57889Coordinates: 48°48′48″N 09°34′44″E / 48.81333°N 9.57889°E / 48.81333; 9.57889
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Stuttgart
District Rems-Murr-Kreis
Government
  Mayor Jörg Hetzinger
Area
  Total 20.76 km2 (8.02 sq mi)
Elevation 275 m (902 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 8,678
  Density 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 73656–73660
Dialling codes 07181
Vehicle registration WN
Website www.urbach.de

Urbach is a municipality in the district of Rems-Murr in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Culture

The Afra Church
The Baptist Church

Buildings

  • The Afra Church is an Protestant church with parts built over the course of the 16th to 18th centuries.
  • The Baptist Church was finished in 1999.[2] In 2003 it was awarded with the "Freikirchlicher Architekturpreis".[3]

Museums

In Urbach there are two museums, the Museum am Widumhof and the Museum Farrenstall.

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. 
  2. http://www.baptisten-urbach.de/section/view/10 "Gemeindezentrum" on baptisten-urbach.de; accessed 12 January 2014
  3. http://www.architektur-und-freikirche.de/ "Der 3. Architekturpreis für freikirchliches Bauen 2003" on http://www.architektur-und-freikirche.de/; accessed 12 January 2014
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