Zollernalbkreis

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State:	Baden-WÃÂ¼rttemberg
Adm. Region:	TÃÂ¼bingen
Region:	Neckar-Alb
Capital:	Balingen
Area:	917.7 kmÃÂ²
Inhabitants:	193,552 (2002)
pop. density:	211 inh./km²
Car identification:	BL
Homepage:	http://www.zollernalbkreis.de
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The Zollernalbkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-WÃÂ¼rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) TÃÂ¼bingen, Reutlingen, Sigmaringen, Tuttlingen, Rottweil and Freudenstadt.

Table of contents

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

History

The district was created in 1973 when the two previous districts Balingen and Hechingen were merged.

The district is located in the Swabian Alb, and contains the second highest elevation of this mountains, the 1005 meter high Plettenberg. In the south-east the district nearly reaches till the river Danube.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms show the black-and-white checkered symbol of the Hohenzollern in the left half, and the triple black deer antler on yellow ground as the symbol of WÃÂ¼rttemberg. Almost all of the districts area belonged to there two states historically.

Towns and municipalities

Cities	Municipalities
Albstadt Balingen Burladingen Geislingen Haigerloch Hechingen MeÃÂstetten Rosenfeld SchÃÂ¶mberg	Bisingen Bitz Dautmergen Dormettingen Dotternhausen Grosselfingen Hausen am Tann Jungingen Nusplingen Obernheim Rangendingen Ratshausen StraÃÂberg Weilen unter den Rinnen Winterlingen Zimmern unter der Burg
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
Albstadt Balingen Bisingen Hechingen MeÃÂstetten Oberes Schlichemtal Winterlingen

External links

Official website (German)

Districts and district-free towns in Baden-WÃÂ¼rttemberg