Remchingen

Remchingen
Coat of arms
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	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Enzkreis
Government
• Mayor	Luca Wilhelm Prayon
Area
• Total	24.06 km^2 (9.29 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	11,662
• Density	480/km^2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	75196
Dialling codes	07232
Vehicle registration	PF
Website	www.remchingen.de

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.

Geography

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.

Sister cities, twin towns and friendship agreements

Remchingen has sister city agreements with the following cities:

• San Biagio Platani in Italy
• Sisak, Croatia.

Economy and infrastructure

Infrastructure

Remchingen is situated on the Karlsruhe-Mühlacker railway.

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

Education

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.

Culture and sights

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.

Excavations

Discoveries of remains from the Roman Empire were made in and around the church of Nöttingen, which can partly be seen in the church and in a museum in Karlsruhe.

In the development area "Niemandsberg" in Wilferdingen an archeological excavation of a Roman farm can be found, which was turned into a museum.

Sports

The football club FC Nöttingen played in the Fußball-Regionalliga in 2004, which was the third highest football league in Germany at that time. Currently they are playing in the Fußball-Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.

Other clubs in Remchingen are FC Germania Singen and FC Alemannia Wilferdingen.

Music

The Folk-Punk-Band Across the Border is from Remchingen

References

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.

External links

• Official Webpage
• Bertha Benz Memorial Route (English)