Winterlingen | |
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 Benzingen parish church | |
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Location of Winterlingen within Zollernalbkreis district  | |
 Location of Winterlingen | |
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| Coordinates:48°10′47″N09°06′55″E / 48.17972°N 9.11528°E /48.17972; 9.11528 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Tübingen |
| District | Zollernalbkreis |
| Subdivisions | 3Ortsteile |
| Area | |
• Total | 50.63 km2 (19.55 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 789 m (2,589 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 6,356 |
| • Density | 125.5/km2 (325.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 72470–72474 |
| Dialling codes | 07434 |
| Vehicle registration | BL |
| Website | www |
Winterlingen (German pronunciation:[ˈvɪntɐlɪŋən]) is a municipality in theZollernalbkreis district ofBaden-Württemberg,Germany.
Winterlingen was first documented around 1264 as a possession of theCounty of Hohenberg. It was purchased by theCounty of Württemberg around 1387. After 1469, Winterlingen was permanently a possession of Württemberg. It was assigned toOberamt Balingen [de], though it was briefly reassigned in 1810 toOberamt Ebingen [de]. In 1938, theOberamt ofBalingen was reorganized asLandkreis Balingen [de]. Some residential and commercial expansion of Winterlingen took place beforeWorld War II, and it slowly expanded after the war starting in the 1950s to the north and southwest. In 1942 Selma Burkard killed in tragedy of the Holocaust.[2] There was additional development in the 1970s, and the reassignment of Winterlingen in 1973, following the1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform [de], to the newly created Zollernalb district.[3]
Winterlingen is a municipality (Gemeinde) ofZollernalb district ofBaden-Württemberg, one of the16 States of theFederal Republic of Germany. It lies along the south-eastern edge of the district and bordersthe district ofSigmaringen to the east. Winterlingen is physically located in theMiddle Flächenalb [de], between the valleys of theSchmiech andLauchert rivers. A small portion of the area is located in theBaar region to the west. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of 902 meters (2,959 ft)Normalnull (NN) to a low of 632 meters (2,073 ft) NN.[3]
Thecoat of arms for Winterlingen displays two general areas, divided vertically into two halves. The left half has twofields: an upperwhite and a lowerred, and the right half has ayellow half with threestag antlers. These are, respectively, the coats of arms for the County of Hohenberg,impaled withthat of Württemberg. This pattern is from aseal that began usage in Winterlingen's town hall in 1930 and replaced an earlier seal, used by the localSchultheiß. This coat of arms was approved by the post-WWII provisionalWürttemberg-Hohenzollern government on 13 July 1951.[3]
The following people have been memorialized withstolpersteine:
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