Urbach, Baden-Württemberg

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)
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. It is east of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg. It belongs to the metropolitan region of Stuttgart.

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.

Twin Towns

Urbach is twinned with:

• Szentlőrinc, Hungary

References

Towns and municipalities in Rems-Murr (district) Alfdorf Allmersbach im Tal Althütte Aspach Auenwald Backnang Berglen Burgstetten Fellbach Großerlach Kaisersbach Kernen Kirchberg an der Murr Korb Leutenbach Murrhardt Oppenweiler Plüderhausen Remshalden Rudersberg Schorndorf Schwaikheim Spiegelberg Sulzbach an der Murr Urbach Waiblingen Weinstadt Weissach im Tal Welzheim Winnenden Winterbach