Inzigkofen

Inzigkofen

Coat of arms
Inzigkofen

Coordinates: 48°4′18″N 9°10′32″E / 48.07167°N 9.17556°E / 48.07167; 9.17556Coordinates: 48°4′18″N 9°10′32″E / 48.07167°N 9.17556°E / 48.07167; 9.17556
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Tübingen
District Sigmaringen
Government
 • Mayor Bernd Gombold
Area
 • Total 28.76 km2 (11.10 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 2,746
 • Density 95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 72514
Dialling codes 07571
Vehicle registration SIG
Website www.inzigkofen.de

Inzigkofen is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Historically, it is part of the Swabian north Alpine foreland basin.[2]

It consists of three districts:

Coat of
Arms		 District
(Teilort) 		Population[3] Area[3]
Inzigkofen
with Nickhof
und Pault 		1372 931 hectares (2,300 acres)
Engelswies 611 749 hectares (1,850 acres)
Vilsingen
with Dietfurt 		845 1,196 hectares (2,960 acres)

Within Engelswies is the now-abandoned Talsberg quarry, known for its fossiliferous layers, and the site of evidence of the oldest Eurasian hominoids; a molar tooth found there in June 1973 was reported in June 2011 to have been "dated with relative precision at 17 to 17.1 Ma" (million years ago).[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Postleitzahl am 30.09.2016". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Oldest Eurasian Hominoids Lived in Swabia: Molar Tooth Dated at 17 Million Years Old". Science Daily. June 22, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
  3. 1 2 Sonja Köser, Inzigkofen Community Office, 18 January 2011.


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