Nöttingen

Remchingen

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Remchingen

Coordinates: 48°57′0″N 8°34′35″E / 48.95000°N 8.57639°ECoordinates: 48°57′0″N 8°34′35″E / 48.95000°N 8.57639°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Luca Wilhelm Prayon

Area

• Total

24.06 km² (9.29 sq mi)

Elevation

171 m (561 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

11,748

• Density

490/km² (1,300/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

75196

07232

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Remchingen is a municipality in the Enz district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the river Pfinz, 14 km southeast of Karlsruhe, and 12 km northwest of Pforzheim.

Remchingen consists of the former municipalities Nöttingen, Wilferdingen and Singen. Remchingen was originally formed on 1 January 1973 by the merging of the municipalities Wilferdingen and Singen with Nöttingen also being included on 1 January 1975.

Neighbouring municipalities are Pfinztal, Königsbach-Stein, Kämpfelbach, Keltern and Karlsbad.

Remchingen has sister city agreements with the following cities:

Approximately 300 Sanbiagesi along with their families now live in Remchingen as well as another 100 former residents of Remchingen can be found in San Biagio Platani having returned to their hometown.

Remchingen is situated on the Karlsruhe-Mühlacker railway.

The Bundestraße 10 and the Bundesautobahn 8 link the municipality to the national road network.

In Remchingen you can find a Realschule (Carl-Dittler-Realschule) in Wilferdingen. Further more there is a Gymnasium and an elementary school and a Hauptschule with Werkrealschule in Singen. There are other elementary schools in Wilferdingen and Nöttingen.

Remchingen is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route which leads from Mannheim to Pforzheim.

Johann Gottfried Tulla, who got known for straightening the river Rhine, grew up in Nöttingen.

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