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Tbingen
Location of Tbingen within Tbingen district
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Coordinates: 483112N 090320E
Coordinates: 483112N 090320E
Country
Germany
State
Baden-Wrttemberg
Admin. region
Tbingen
District
Tbingen
Government
Lord Mayor
Boris Palmer (Greens)
Area
Total
108.12km2 (41.75sqmi)
Elevation
341m (1,119ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
Total
87,464
Density
810/km2 (2,100/sqmi)
Time zone
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
7200172099
Dialling codes
07071
07073 (Unterjesingen)
07472 (Bhl)
Vehicle registration
T
Website
www.tuebingen.de
Tbingen (German: [tybn], listen(helpinfo)) is a traditional university
town in central Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany. It is situated 30km (19mi)
south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and
Ammer rivers. As of 2014[2] about one in three people living in Tbingen is a
student.
Contents [hide]
1
Geography
2
Regional structure
3
History
4
Overview
5
Main sights
6
Culture
6.1
Events
7
Notable residents
8
Districts
9
Population
9.1
Population development
9.2
Historical population
10
International relations
11
Infrastructure
12
Higher education
13
Schools
14
Gallery
15
References
16
External links
Geography[edit]
Immediately north of the city lies the Schnbuch, a densely wooded nature
park. The Swabian Alb mountains rise about 13 kilometres (8 miles) (beeline
Tbingen City to Roberg (869m)) to the southeast of Tbingen.
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
sterberg in the city centre and the Schnarrenberg and Herrlesberg, among
others, rising immediately adjacent to the inner city.[3]
The highest point is at about 500m (1,640.42ft) above sea level near
Bebenhausen in the Schnbuch forest, while the lowest point is 305m
(1,000.66ft) 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-Wrttemberg.
Regional structure[edit]
Tbingen is the capital of an eponymous district and an eponymous
administrative region (Regierungsbezirk), before 1973 called
Sdwrttemberg-Hohenzollern.
Tbingen is, with nearby Reutlingen (about 15km (9.3mi) east), one of the
two centre cities of the Neckar-Alb region.
Administratively, it is not part of the Stuttgart Region, bordering it to the north
and west (Esslingen district in the north and Bblingen district in the west).
However, the city and northern parts of its district can be regarded as
belonging to that region in a wider regional and cultural context.
History[edit]
Further information: County Palatine of Tbingen
The area was probably first settled in the 12th millennium BC. The Romans
left some traces here in AD 85, when they built a Limes frontier wall at the
Neckar. Tbingen itself dates from the 6th or 7th century, when the region
was populated by the Alamanni. Some even argue that the Battle of
Solicinium was fought at Spitzberg, a mountain in Tbingen, in AD 367,
although there is no evidence for this.
Tbingen first appears in official records in 1191, and the local castle,
Hohentbingen, has records going back to 1078 when it was besieged by
Henry IV, king of Germany, its name transcribed in Medieval Latin as Tuingia
and Twingia.
From 1146, Count Hugo V (112552) was promoted to count palatine, as
Hugo I, establishing Tbingen as the capital of a County Palatine of
Tbingen. By 1231, Tbingen was a civitas indicating recognition of civil
liberties and a court system.
In 1262, an Augustinian monastery was established by Pope Alexander IV in
Tbingen, in 1272, a Franciscan monastery followed. The latter existed until
Duke Ulrich of Wrtemmberg disestablished it in 1535 in course of the
Protestant Reformation, which the Duchy of Wrttemberg followed. In 1300, a
Latin school (today's Uhland-Gymnasium) was founded.
In 1342, the county palatine was sold to Ulrich III, Count of Wrttemberg and
incorporated into the County of Wrttemberg.
Tbingen, Neckar front. Left: plane trees growing on the Neckarinsel.
Stiftskirche.
Tbingen's Altstadt (old town) survived the Second World War due to the
city's lack of heavy industry. The result is a growing domestic tourism
business as visitors come to wander through one of the few completely intact
historic Altstdte in Germany. The highlights of Tbingen include its crooked
cobblestone lanes, narrow-stair alleyways picking their way through the hilly
terrain, streets lined with canals and well-maintained traditional half-timbered
houses.
Old town landmarks include the Rathaus (City Hall) on Marktplatz (Market
Square) and the castle, Schlo Hohentbingen, now part of the University of
Tbingen. The central landmark is the Stiftskirche (Collegiate Church). Along
with the rest of the city, the Stiftskirche was one of the first to convert to
Martin Luther's protestant church. As such, it maintains (and carefully
defends) several "Roman Catholic" features, such as patron saints. Below the
Rathaus is a quiet, residential street called the Judengasse, the former
Jewish neighborhood of Tbingen until the town's Jews were expelled in
1477. On the street corner is a plaque commemorating the fate of Tbingen's
Jews.
The centre of Tbingen is the site of weekly and seasonal events, including
regular market days on the Holzmarkt by the Stiftskirche and the Marktplatz
by the Rathaus, an outdoor cinema in winter and summer, festive autumn and
Christmas markets and Europe's largest Afro-Brazilian festival.
Students and tourists also come to the Neckar river in the summer to visit
beer gardens or go boating in Stocherkhne, the Tbingen equivalent of
Oxford and Cambridge punts, only slimmer. A Stocherkahn carries up to 20
people. On the second Thursday of June all Stocherkahn punts take part in a
major race, the Stocherkahnrennen.
Bebenhausen Abbey lies in the village of Bebenhausen, a district of
Tbingen. A subdivision of the pilgrimage route Way of St. James starts here
and runs through Tbingen.
Culture[edit]
Tbingen has a notable arts culture as well as nightlife. In addition to the full
roster of official and unofficial university events that range from presentations
by the university's official poet in residence to parties hosted by the student
associations of each faculty, the town can boast of several choirs, theatre
companies and nightclubs. Also, Tbingen's Kunsthalle (art exhibition hall),
on the "Wanne", houses two or three exhibits of international note each year.
Events[edit]
There are several festivals and open air markets on a regular basis:
January
Arab Movie Festival Arabisches Filmfestival
April
Latin American Movie Festival CineLatino (usually in April or May)
May
Rock Festival Rock im Tunnel (usually in May or June)
June
Tbingen student
The Eberhard Karls University of Tbingen dates from 1477, making it one of
the oldest in Germany. The city is also host to several research institutes
including the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck
Institute for Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent
Systems, The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the MPG (and formerly the
Max Planck Institute for Biology) and the Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain
Research. The university also maintains an excellent botanical garden, the
Botanischer Garten der Universitt Tbingen.
Schools[edit]
More than 10,000 children and young adults in Tbingen regularly attend
school. There are 30 schools in the town, some of which consist of more than
one type of school. Of these, 17 are primary schools while the others are for
secondary education: four schools are of the lowest rank, Hauptschule, three
of the middle rank, Realschule, and six are Gymnasien (grammar schools).
There also are four vocational schools (Berufsschule) and three special
needs schools.
Primary schools
Freie Aktive Schule Tbingen
Grundschule Innenstadt / Silcherschule
Grundschule Weilheim
Ludwig-Krapf-Schule
Grundschule Hgelstrae
Franzsische Schule
Dorfackerschule Lustnau
Grundschule Hirschau
Grundschule Hechinger Eck
Grundschule auf der Wanne
Grundschule Aischbach
Grundschule Winkelwiese / Waldhuser Ost
Grundschule Bhl
Grundschule Bhl
Grundschule Kilchberg
Grundschule Hagelloch
Grundschule Pfrondorf
Grundschule Unterjesingen
Hauptschulen
Dorfackerschule Lustnau
Mrikeschule
Geschwister-Scholl-Schule
Hauptschule Innenstadt
Realschulen
Walter-Erbe-Realschule
Albert-Schweitzer-Realschule
Geschwister-Scholl-Schule
Gymnasien
Carlo-Schmid-Gymnasium
Geschwister-Scholl-Schule
Kepler-Gymnasium
Uhland-Gymnasium
Wildermuth-Gymnasium
Freie Waldorfschule
Vocational schools (Berufsschulen)
Gewerbliche Schule
Wilhelm-Schickard-Schule
Mathilde-Weber-Schule
Bildungs- und Technologiezentrum
Gallery[edit]
Panorama from the Stiftskirche.
Houses in the snow
Hlderlinturm
Reflection of houses in the Neckar
Fountain in front of the Rathaus
Fountain in front of St-Georg Stiftskirche
St Georg Stiftskirche in snow
St Georg Stiftskirche in winter
Carving at entry to Schlo
Statues
St. George being broken on the wheel, St. Georg Stiftskirche
References[edit]
Notes
1 Jump up
^ "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Flche, Bevlkerung und Postleitzahl am
30.09.2016". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
2 Jump up
^ On student statistics, see here.
3 Jump up
^ On the hilliness of Tbingen, see here.
4 Jump up
^ Faculty List of the Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary current
as of March 3, 2012
5 Jump up
^ Association of twinnings and international relations of Aix-en-Provence
6 Jump up
^ Mairie of Aix-en-Provence - Twinnings and partnerships
7 Jump up
^ "Association Suisse des Communes et Rgions d'Europe". L'Association
suisse pour le Conseil des Communes et Rgions d'Europe (ASCCRE) (in
French). Retrieved 2013-07-20.
8 Jump up
^ Perugia Official site - Relazioni Internazionali(Italian)
9 Jump up
^ Kaiser, Ute (17 November 2009). "Tansanische Stadt auserwhlt. Tbinger
Rat ist fr Partnerschaft mit Moshi." [Tanzanian town chosen. Tbingen city
council in favour of partnership with Moshi.]. Schwbisches Tagblatt (in
German). Tbingen. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009.
Retrieved 14 December 2009.
10 Jump up
^ "Sister Cities". Universittsstadt Tbingen. Archived from the original on 14
December 2009.
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