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Reutlingen
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region	Tübingen
District	Reutlingen
Administrative unit
Population	112,099 source (2005)
Area	87.06 km²
Population density	1,288 /km²
Elevation	380 m
Coordinates	48°29′ N 9°13′ E
Postal code	72701-72770
Area code	07121, 07072, 07127
Licence plate code	RT
Mayor	Barbara Bosch
Website	reutlingen.de

Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the same-named district Reutlingen. As of September 2004 it has a population of 109,939. Reutlingen has a university of applied sciences, which was founded in 1855, originally as a weaver's school. Image File history File links Wappen_Reutlingen. ... Image File history File links Reutlingen-Position. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (transliterated as Laender in English, singular Land). ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in southwestern Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Tübingen is one of the four Administrative Districts (Regierungsbezirke) of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the south-east of the country. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Reutlingen is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... An Amt is a name for subnational administrative units used in some northern European countries. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) A metre or meter[1] (symbol: m) is a unit of length and the current base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... Website - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in southwestern Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Reutlingen is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

Geography

Reutlingen is located at 48° 29' 34 North, 9° 12' 45 East, 380 m above sea level. It lies right next to the Swabian Jura, hence why it is often called The gate to the Swabian Jura (German: Das Tor zur Schwäbischen Alb). A view on the Swabian Alb with its typical hills and a juniper meadow The Albtrauf which forms the western border of the Swabian Alb The Swabian Alb (German: Schwäbische Alb) is a middle mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

History

Wilhelm Street and Maria's Church, 1918

The first settlements in the area are believed to date from the 4th/5th century. Some time around 1030, Count Egino started to build a castle on top of the Achalm, one of the largest mountains in Reutlingen (about 706 m). One of the towers of this castle stands until today and is open for visitors. The name Reutlingen was first mentioned in writing in the so-called Bempflingen Treaty (German: Bempflinger Vertrag) which is dated approximately 1089-1090. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x748, 61 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Reutlingen ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x748, 61 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Reutlingen ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... Events July 29 - Battle of Stiklestad in Norway. ... Events Northumbria divided by the Normans into the counties of Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire, Westmorland and Lancashire August 11, powerful Britain Coronation of Rama Varma Kulasekhara in Kerala Synod of Melfi under Pope Urban II imposes slavery on the wives of priests Palmyra destroyed by earthquake Byzantine conquest of Crete... Events Granada captured by Yusuf Ibn Tashfin, King of the Almoravides Beginnings of troubadours in Provence Bejaia becomes the capital of the Algeria Births William of Malmsbury Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Saint Famianus Eliezer ben Nathan of Mainz Deaths Saint Malcoldia of Asti Saint Adalbero Categories: 1090 ...

Around 1180, Reutlingen receives market rights and between 1220 and 1240 it is promoted to city status and city-walls and fortifications are built. Shortly thereafter, from 1247-1343, the town's landmark, the Maria's Church (German: Marienkirche) was built. Events April 13 - Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter November 18 - France Emperor Antoku succeds Emperor Takakura as emperor of Japan Afonso I of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II of Leon Artois is annexed by France Prince Mochihito amasses a large army and instigates the Genpei War between... // The world in 1220 Middle Ages in Europe Fifth Crusade (1217-1221) Events Mongols first invade Abbasid caliphate - Bukhara and Samarkand taken End of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, destroyed by Genghis Khans Mongolian cavalry Dominican Order approved by Pope Honorius III Frederick II crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope... Events Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kyiv Births Pope Benedict XI Deaths April 11 - Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, also known as Llywelyn The Great Prince of Gwynedd Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile... Events Shams ad-Din disappears resulting in Jalal Uddin Rumi writing 30,000 verses of poetry about his disappearance. ... Events Magnus II of Sweden abdicates from the throne of Norway in favor of his son Haakon VI of Norway. ...

Reutlingen became a city of the Holy Roman Empire, and therefore subject to the Holy Roman Emperor rather than the Duke of Württemberg. The Holy Roman Empire and from the 16th century on also The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation was a political conglomeration of lands in Central Europe in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. ...

Reutlingen's city council signed the Augsburg Confession in 1530 and the Formula of Concord in 1580 (key Documents of Lutheranism). Mr wadawits smells Luthers seal Lutheranism is a Christian tradition based upon the main theological insights of Martin Luther. ...

The largest disaster in the history of Reutlingen happened in 1726, when a large fire swept through the city, destroying 80% of all residential houses and almost all public buildings, making 1200 families homeless. The impact of this fire, which lasted three days, can be seen in various spots throughout the city until today.

External links

• Homepage of Reutlingen
• The University of applied sciences in Reutlingen

Cities and towns in Reutlingen (district)

Bad Urach | Dettingen an der Erms | Engstingen | Eningen | Gomadingen | Grabenstetten | Grafenberg (Reutlingen) | Hayingen | Hohenstein (Reutlingen) | Hülben | Lichtenstein (Reutlingen) | Mehrstetten | Metzingen | Münsingen | Pfronstetten | Pfullingen | Pliezhausen | Reutlingen | Riederich | Römerstein | Sonnenbühl | St. Johann (Reutlingen) | Trochtelfingen | Walddorfhäslach | Wannweil | Zwiefalten Image File history File links Coat of arms of the district Reutlingen File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Reutlingen is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Bad Urach is a town in the district of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Engstingen is a municipality in the Tübingen administrative region (Regierungsbezirke) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Eningen is a municipality in the district of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Hayingen is a town in the district of Reutlingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Lichtenstein is a municipality in the Tübingen administrative region (Regierungsbezirke) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Metzingen is a city with about 22,000 inhabitants, located in the province of Baden Württemberg in the southwest of Germany; 30 km south of Stuttgart. ... Münsingen is a town in the district of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Pfullingen is a town in the district of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The community of Römerstein, consisting of three formerly independent villages is the result of the great communal reform which happened in Baden-Württemberg, Germany in 1975. ... Trochtelfingen is a town in the district of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...