Urbach, Baden-Württemberg

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Urbach
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Urbach within Rems-Murr-Kreis district
Urbach Show map of Germany Urbach Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°48′48″N 09°34′44″E / 48.81333°N 9.57889°E / 48.81333; 9.57889
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Rems-Murr-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2018–26)	Martina Fehrlen[1]
Area
• Total	20.76 km2 (8.02 sq mi)
Elevation	275 m (902 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	9,095
• Density	440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	73656–73660
Dialling codes	07181
Vehicle registration	WN
Website	www.urbach.de

Urbach is a

Since their formation in 1819, the agricultural Oberurbach and the more industrial Unterurbach were two separate municipalities. Ober-and Unterurbach belonged initially to Oberamt Schorndorf and became part of the district of Waiblingen in 1938. In 1970 Ober- and Unterurbach were merged to form the district of Urbach. When Waiblingen was dissolved in 1973, Urbach became part of Rems-Murr-Kreis.

Culture

Buildings

• The Afrakirche is a
  Protestant
  church with parts built over the course of the 16th to 18th centuries.
• The
  Baptist Church was completed in 1999.^[3] In 2003 it was awarded with the "Freikirchlicher Architekturpreis".^[4]
• Urbach Tower is a 14-metre experimental structure that serves as a lookout point and shelter.^[5]

Museums

In Urbach there are two museums, the Museum am Widumhof and the Museum Farrenstall.

Twin Towns

Urbach is

• Szentlőrinc, Hungary

Sons and daughters of the town

• Theodor Bäuerle (born 16 June 1882 in Unterurbach; died 29 May 1956 in Stuttgart), politician (independent, Minister of Culture of Württemberg-Baden)
• Eleonore Dehnerdt (born 1956), writer
• KPD
  -politician, (Bundestag, Landtag Württemberg-Baden)

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