Inzigkofen

Inzigkofen
Coat of arms
Inzigkofen
Location of Inzigkofen within Sigmaringen district
Coordinates: 48°4′18″N 9°10′32″E / 48.07167°N 9.17556°ECoordinates: 48°4′18″N 9°10′32″E / 48.07167°N 9.17556°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Sigmaringen
Government
• Mayor	Bernd Gombold
Area
• Total	28.76 km^2 (11.10 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,737
• Density	95/km^2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	72514
Dialling codes	07571
Vehicle registration	SIG
Website	www.inzigkofen.de

Inzigkofen is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Historically, it is part of the Swabian north Alpine foreland basin.^[2]

It consists of three districts:

Coat of Arms	District (Teilort)	Population[3]	Area[3]
	Inzigkofen with Nickhof und Pault	1372	931 hectares (2,300 acres)
	Engelswies	611	749 hectares (1,850 acres)
	Vilsingen with Dietfurt	845	1,196 hectares (2,960 acres)

Within Engelswies is the now-abandoned Talsberg quarry, known for its fossiliferous layers, and the site of evidence of the oldest Eurasian hominoids; a molar tooth found there in June 1973 was reported in June 2011 to have been "dated with relative precision at 17 to 17.1 Ma" (million years ago).^[2]

References

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.
2. "Oldest Eurasian Hominoids Lived in Swabia: Molar Tooth Dated at 17 Million Years Old". Science Daily. June 22, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
3. Sonja Köser, Inzigkofen Community Office, 18 January 2011.