Illingen, Baden-Württemberg

Coordinates: 48°57′19″N 8°55′8″E / 48.95528°N 8.91889°E / 48.95528; 8.91889
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Illingen
Municipality
St. Cyriacus's Church
St. Cyriacus's Church
Coat of arms of Illingen
Coat of arms
Location of Illingen within Enzkreis district
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Illingen is located in Germany
Illingen
Illingen
Illingen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Illingen
Illingen
Coordinates: 48°57′19″N 8°55′8″E / 48.95528°N 8.91889°E / 48.95528; 8.91889
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionKarlsruhe
DistrictEnzkreis
Subdivisions2
Government
 • Mayor (2021–29) Armin Pioch[1] (Greens)
Area
 • Total29.36 km2 (11.34 sq mi)
Elevation
235 m (771 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total7,949
 • Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
75424 75428
Dialling codes07042 (Illingen)
07043 (Schützingen)
Vehicle registrationPF
Websitewww.illingen-online.de

Illingen is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 10,000, it is 27 kilometers (89,000 ft) to the west of Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg.

History

The towns of Illingen and

district of Enz. In 1974, Illingen and Schützingen were joined into a single municipality.[3]

Geography

The municipality (

Federal Republic of Germany. It covers an area of 29.36 square kilometers (11.34 sq mi) that lies within the metropolitan areas of Karlsruhe and Pforzheim. Illingen is physically located on the Keuper Uplands, just north of the Enz valley, between the Neckar basin [de] and the hilly Stromberg region. The largest watercourses within the municipality are the Schmiebach and Metter rivers. The lowest elevation in the municipality, 208 meters (682 ft) NN, lies along the Schmie while the highest, 395 meters (1,296 ft) NN, is the top of the Burgberg in the west.[3]

The geological makeup of Illingen varies by area. The south is composed of Keuper from the Stromberg's Keuperberg subregion. In and around the town of Illingen, this Keuper is covered by layers of loess and loam.[3]

North of Schützingen is the Federally protected Schützinger Spiegel [de] nature reserve. In the municipality's southern reaches are the Enzaue bei Roßwag und Burg [de] and Füllmenbacher Hofberg [de] reserves.[3]

Coat of arms

The municipality of Illingen's coat of arms displays the historical coats of arms for the towns of Illingen and Schützingen. On the left is Schützingen's, displaying a red key upon a yellow field, and on the right is Illingen's, a red spear with a golden flag upon a blue field. The flag upon Illingen's dates to 1937 while Schützingen's key was associated with the township by the time of its documentation in the 1684 cartographic book Kiesersche Forstkarte [de]. That municipal coat of arms and flag were approved by the Karlsruhe General State Archives [de] on 1 March 1974.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Illingen 2021, Staatsanzeiger.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg
    . June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Illingen". LEO-BW. Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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