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State: | Baden-Württemberg |
Adm. Region: | Freiburg |
Region: | Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg |
Capital: | Villingen-Schwenningen[?] |
Area: | 1,025.27 km² |
Inhabitants: | 211,535 (2002) |
pop. density: | 206 inh./km² |
Car identification: | VS |
Homepage: | http://www.schwarzwald-baar-kreis.de | Map |
Rottweil is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Ortenaukreis, Rottweil, Tuttlingen, Constance, the Swiss canton Schaffhausen, and the district Waldshut[?], Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Emmendingen.
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The coat of arms is modeled after the two coat of arms of the cities Villingen and Schwenningen. Villingen had an horizontally divided blue-and-white arms, while Schwenningen had a vertically divided blue-and-white arms. Combining both divisions give the four fields. The eagle in the top-left quarter is taken from the coat of arms of the city Villingen, and derives from the Zähringen family who ruled that city in the 13th century. |
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