Dietingen

Dietingen

Coat of arms
Dietingen

Coordinates: 48°12′20″N 08°38′46″E / 48.20556°N 8.64611°E / 48.20556; 8.64611Coordinates: 48°12′20″N 08°38′46″E / 48.20556°N 8.64611°E / 48.20556; 8.64611
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Rottweil
Government
  Mayor Frank Scholz
Area
  Total 42.25 km2 (16.31 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 3,939
  Density 93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 78661
Dialling codes 0741 bzw. 07404
Vehicle registration RW
Website www.dietingen.de

Dietingen is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Geography

Dietingen is located in the Upper Neckar valley between the Black Forest and the Swabian Jura in 544–623 meters altitude, about five kilometers away from the town of Rottweil.

Neighboring communities

The municipality borders to Epfendorf, on the east to Rosenfeld and Zimmern unter der Burg in the Zollernalbkreis, in the south to the county town Rottweil and in the west to Villingendorf.

Municipality arrangement

The municipality Dietingen includes the formerly independent municipalities Böhringen, Gößlingen, Irslingen and Rotenzimmern.

Dietingen-Irslingen-Maria Hochheim

In the hamlet of Irslingen is situated Burgstall Tierstein respectively castle Wildeck.[2]

Crests of the former municipalities

Tourism

Tourist trains on weekends in the summer

About Schömberg and Balingen the station Rotenzimmern can be reached over a wheel hiking shuttle from Tübingen. (free bicycle transport on weekends and holidays in the summer).[3] The Hohenzollerische Landesbahn reaches with coupled railcars from Tübingen to Kleinengstingen the Upper Danube Nature Park and continues by bus till the starting point of the Schlichem hiking trail in Tieringen. Since 2015 an early train allows full-day excursions.[4] Less experienced hikers can divide the Schlichem hiking trail in stages.[5]

Freeman

Franz Müller, mayor, received at its adoption in January 1968, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

References

  1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Postleitzahl am 30.09.2016". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
  2. Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band VI: Regierungsbezirk Freiburg Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2. S. 492–495
  3. Rad Wander Shuttle. In: Schwarzwälder Bote. 24. April 2015.
  4. Premiere. In: Schwarzwälder Bote. 28. April 2015.
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