Böblingen (district)

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Böblingen
Map of Baden-Württemberg highlighting the district Böblingen
State	Baden-Württemberg
County seat	Böblingen
Adm. region	Stuttgart
Region	Stuttgart
Area	617.86 km²
Population	369,068 (2002)
pop. density	597 inh./km²
Car identification	BB
Web page	http://www.landkreis-boeblingen.de

Böblingen is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Calw, Enz, Ludwigsburg, (district) Stuttgart, and the districts Esslingen and Tübingen.

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

[edit] History

The district was created in 1938 as the successor of the Oberamt Böblingen, which dates back to the duchy of Württemberg. In 1973 the majority of the district Leonberg as well as a few municipalities of the district Calw were added to the district, and a few municipalities moved to the district Ludwigsburg.

[edit] Geography

A part of the district is located in the Black Forest, other landscapes covered are the Oberes Gäu and the Schönbuch. The highest elevation is the 626 m high Kühlenberg in the municipality Jettingen; the lowest point with 315 m is in the valley of the Glems at the northern boundary of the district.

[edit] Coat of arms

Image:Wappen Landkreis Boeblingen.png

The deer antler in the top of the coat of arms is the symbol of Württemberg. Below is a banner (gonfanon) which is the symbol of the Counts of Tübingen.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Cities	Towns
Böblingen Herrenberg Holzgerlingen Leonberg Renningen Sindelfingen Waldenbuch Weil der Stadt	Aidlingen Altdorf bei Böblingen Bondorf Deckenpfronn Ehningen Gärtringen Gäufelden Grafenau Hildrizhausen Jettingen Magstadt Mötzingen Nufringen Rutesheim Schönaich Steinenbronn Weil im Schönbuch Weissach
Administrative districts
Aidlingen/Grafenau Gärtringen/Ehningen Herrenberg Holzgerlingen Oberes Gäu Waldenbuch-Steinenbronn

[edit] External links

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Official website (German)

Image:Germany baden-wurttemberg.svg	Urban districts and districts in the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg in Germany	Image:Flag of Germany.svg
Urban districts	Baden-Baden · Freiburg · Heidelberg · Heilbronn · Karlsruhe · Mannheim · Pforzheim · Stuttgart · Ulm
Rural districts	Alb-Donau · Biberach · Bodensee · Böblingen · Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald · Calw · Konstanz (Constance) · Emmendingen · Enz · Esslingen · Freudenstadt · Göppingen · Heidenheim · Heilbronn (district) · Hohenlohe · Karlsruhe (district) · Lörrach · Ludwigsburg · Main-Tauber · Neckar-Odenwald · Ortenau · Ostalbkreis · Rastatt · Ravensburg · Rems-Murr · Reutlingen · Rhein-Neckar · Rottweil · Schwarzwald-Baar · Schwäbisch Hall · Sigmaringen · Tuttlingen · Tübingen · Waldshut · Zollernalb