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Tübingen

Tübingen
Tübingen Altstadt from the Stiftskirche bell tower.
Tübingen Altstadt from the Stiftskirche bell tower.
Coat of arms of Tübingen
Coat of arms
Tübingen   is located in Germany
Tübingen
Tübingen
Coordinates: 48°31′12″N 09°03′20″E / 48.52000°N 9.05556°E / 48.52000; 9.05556Coordinates: 48°31′12″N 09°03′20″E / 48.52000°N 9.05556°E / 48.52000; 9.05556
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Tübingen
District Tübingen
Government
 • Lord Mayor Boris Palmer (Greens)
Area
 • Total 108.12 km2 (41.75 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 87,464
 • Density 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 72001–72099
Dialling codes 07071
07073 (Unterjesingen)
07472 (Bühl)
Vehicle registration
Website www.tuebingen.de

Tübingen (German: [ˈtyːbɪŋən], About this sound listen ) is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 30 km (19 mi) south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers. As of 2014 about one in three people living in Tübingen is a student.

Immediately north of the city lies the Schönbuch, a densely wooded nature park. The Swabian Alb mountains rise about 13 kilometres (8 miles) (air line Tübingen City to Roßberg (869m)) to the southeast of Tübingen.

The Ammer and Steinlach rivers discharge into the Neckar river, which flows right through the town, just south of the medieval old town in an easterly direction. Large parts of the city are hilly, with the Schlossberg and the Österberg in the city centre and the Schnarrenberg and Herrlesberg, among others, rising immediately adjacent to the inner city.

The highest point is at about 500 m (1,640.42 ft) above sea level near Bebenhausen in the Schönbuch forest, while the lowest point is 305 m (1,000.66 ft) in the town's eastern Neckar valley. Nearby the Botanical Gardens of the city's university, in a small forest called Elysium, lies the geographical centre of the state of Baden-Württemberg.


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