Rottweil
Rottweil | |
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 Main street | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Rottweil within Rottweil district  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°10′5″N 8°37′29″E / 48.16806°N 8.62472°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Rottweil |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor | Ralf Broß |
| Area | |
| • Total | 71.76 km2 (27.71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 557 m (1,827 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 25,513 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (920/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 78628, 78652 (Unterrotenstein) |
| Dialling codes | 0741, 07427 (Neukirch) |
| Vehicle registration | RW |
| Website | www |
Rottweil (German: [ˈʁɔtvaɪl] (
listen)) is the oldest town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.[2] It has almost 25,000 inhabitants as of 2015.
The Rottweiler dog breed is named after this town.
In 2015, the company ThyssenKrupp started to build a 807-foot (246 m) tower for $45 million in Rottweil.[3] The tower was completed in 2017. It was the tallest elevator test tower in the world when it was finished.[4]
Twin towns – sister cities
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ↑ "Rottweil: Warum die älteste Stadt in Baden-Württemberg einen Besuch wert ist".
- ↑ Brown, Eliot (September 15, 2015). "Elevators Elevate German City's Image". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ↑ Dillon, Conor (2015-06-26). "World's tallest elevator tower rises in Rottweil, Germany | DW | 26.06.2015". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- ↑ "Rottweil und seine Partnerschaften". rottweil.de (in German). Rottweil. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
Other websites
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Media related to Rottweil at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
(in German)
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