Bisingen | |
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 Bisingen seen from the east | |
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Location of Bisingen within Zollernalbkreis district  | |
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  Bisingen  Bisingen | |
| Coordinates:48°18′43″N08°55′04″E / 48.31194°N 8.91778°E /48.31194; 8.91778 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Tübingen |
| District | Zollernalbkreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2021–29) | Roman Waizenegger[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.83 km2 (12.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 561 m (1,841 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,848 |
| • Density | 300.0/km2 (776.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 72406 |
| Dialling codes | 07476 |
| Vehicle registration | BL |
| Website | www |
Bisingen (German pronunciation:[ˈbiːzɪŋən]) is a municipality in theZollernalbkreis district ofBaden-Württemberg,Germany.
Bisingen is one of the oldest settlements of the area, verified by several findings of theNeolithic Age, theBronze Age, the earlyIron Age and theLa Téne time period. The founding of Bisingen and Wessingen is ascribed to theAlemanni around 300 A.D., and Steinhofen, Thanheim & Zimmern being founded around 500 A.D. The first recorded mention of Bisingen and Wessingen was in 786 A.D.: the Franconian Count Gerold in der Baar gifted goods fromPisinguin (Bisingen) andUassingun (Wessingen) to theSt. Gallen monastery.[3]
The towns of Bisingen,Thanheim [de],Wessingen [de], andZimmern [de] were part ofOberamt Hechingen [de], adistrict [de] of the Principality ofHohenzollern-Hechingen and, from 1850, theKingdom of Prussia. The Oberamt was dissolved in 1925 and mixed withOberamt Haigerloch [de] into the newLandkreis Hechingen [de].[4] Over the 1930s, the population ofRomani that had grown up in Steinhof to escape persecution in Württemberg was, despite the efforts of local lawyer Julius Klink, expelled.[5] During the later part ofWorld War II, from August 1944 to March 1945,a forced labor camp [de] operated at Bisingen.[6] After the war, Bisingen began expanding dramatically. The town itself grew until the 1970s to the north and east, and politically over the same decade with the merging of Wessingen and Zimmern into Bisingen in 1972, followed by Thanheim in 1974. WhenBaden-Württemberg reformed its districts in 1973 [de], Hechingen's district was as a consequence dissolved, and Bisingen was assigned to the newZollernalb district. Bisingen's industrial capacity began expanding in the 1980s, and this growth continued well into the 1990s.[4]
Bisingen is physically located along the northern edge of theSwabian Jura, between theHundsrücken and theHohenzollern mountains. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a low of 485 meters (1,591 ft)Normalnull (NN) on the Klingenbach to a high of 912 meters (2,992 ft) NN at the top of theZeller Horn.[4]
Portions of the Federally-protectedHohegert [de],Irrenberg-Hundsrücken [de], andZollerhalde [de]nature reserves are located in Bisingen.[4]
The municipality (Gemeinde) of Bisingen covers 32.84 square kilometers (12.68 sq mi) of theZollernalb district ofBaden-Württemberg, astate of theFederal Republic of Germany.[4]
Theabandoned villages of Hofen and Weiler are located within Bisingen. Weiler was first mentioned in 1328 as "Wiler hinter Zollern" and vanished by the 15th century; it likely belonged to theMaria Zell [de] pilgrimage church.[7]
Bisingen's municipalcoat of arms isdividedparty per pale into aredfield on the left and ayellow one on the right. Inside the red portion is a yellowmiter while in the yellow half is half of a red gear wheel. These are, respectively, references to the Lords of Bisingen and to Bisingen's industry. This pattern was first approved by the provisional government ofWürttemberg-Hohenzollern on 14 September 1953. The Zollernalb district office reapproved the pattern for municipal use on 30 June 1982.[4]
Bisingen is connected toGermany's network of highways byBundesstraße 27 and to its railways by theTübingen–Sigmaringen railway. Public transport is provided by theVerkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau [de].[4]
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