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Tuttlingen (district)

Statistics
State:	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. Region:	Freiburg
Region:	Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg
Capital:	Tuttlingen
Area:	734.4 km²
Inhabitants:	134,047 (2002)
pop. density:	183 inh./km²
Car identification:	TUT
Homepage:	http://www.landkreis-tuttlingen.de
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Tuttlingen is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Rottweil, Zollernalbkreis, Sigmaringen, Constance and Schwarzwald-Baar.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links

History

The district dates back to the Oberamt Tuttlingen, which was created in 1806. After several minor changes it was was merged with the Oberamt Spaichingen and converted into the district in 1938. In 1973 it was enlarged by some municipalities from the dissolved districts Donaueschingen and Stockach.

Geography

The landscape of the district are the hills of the Swabian Alb, with the Danube as the main river.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms show a deer antler in the top part, the symbol of the state of Württemberg. The area of the district became part of Württemberg in the 14th century. The half wheel in the bottom is the symbol of the Lords of Hohenberg, representing an Austrian possession in the district.

Towns and municipalities

Cities	Municipalities
Fridingen (Donau) Geisingen Mühlheim (Donau) Spaichingen Trossingen Tuttlingen	Aldingen Balgheim Bärenthal Böttingen Bubsheim Buchheim Deilingen Denkingen Dürbheim Durchhausen Egesheim Emmingen-Liptingen Frittlingen Gosheim Gunningen	Hausen ob Verena Immendingen Irndorf Kolbingen Königsheim Mahlstetten Neuhausen ob Eck Reichenbach (Heuberg) Renquishausen Rietheim-Weilheim Seitingen-Oberflacht Talheim (Tuttlingen) Wehingen Wurmlingen (Tuttlingen)
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
Donau-Heuberg Heuberg Immendingen-Geisingen Spaichingen Trossingen Tuttlingen

External links

• Official website (German)

Districts and district-free towns in Baden-Württemberg

Alb-Donau | Baden-Baden | Biberach | Bodenseekreis | Böblingen | Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | Calw | Constance | Emmendingen | Enzkreis | Esslingen | Freiburg | Freudenstadt | Göppingen | Heidelberg | Heidenheim | Heilbronn (city) | Heilbronn (district) | Hohenlohekreis | Karlsruhe (city) | Karlsruhe (district) | Lörrach | Ludwigsburg | Main-Tauber | Mannheim | Neckar-Odenwald | Ortenaukreis | Ostalbkreis | Pforzheim | Rastatt | Ravensburg | Rems-Murr | Reutlingen | Rhein-Neckar | Rottweil | Schwarzwald-Baar | Schwäbisch Hall | Sigmaringen | Stuttgart | Tuttlingen | Tübingen | Ulm | Waldshut | Zollernalbkreis

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