Coordinates: 47°95′N 8°49′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...

Tuttlingen
Federal state	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region	Freiburg
District	Tuttlingen
Population	34,940 (2005)
Area	90.48 km²
Population density	386 /km²
Elevation	644 m
Coordinates	47°95′ N 8°49′ E
Postal code	78501-78532
Area code	07461
Licence plate code	TUT
Mayor	Michael Beck (CDU)
Website	tuttlingen.de

Tuttlingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the district Tuttlingen. The license plate denotation for this district is TUT, indicating a small district, where larger towns have two letters (VS), and the largest cities have only one (H). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2211x2428, 795 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tuttlingen ... Image File history File links Karte_Tuttlingen_in_Deutschland. ... 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). ... Freiburg is one of the four Regierungsbezirke of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the south-west of the country. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Tuttlingen is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... 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) The metre (in the U.S., chiefly meter) is a measure of length, approximately equal to 3. ... 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 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. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in southwestern Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Tuttlingen is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

The town is wrapped around a small mountain called the Honberg where the ruin of a medieval fort by the same name stands overlooking the town. Festivals and art exhibitions are held here and it is displayed for its historical value. The center of town is a designated pedestrian area and features many shops and businesses, an open marketplace, a fountain, and many other art pieces.

External links

• Official Tuttlingen home page (In German)

Tuttlingen is the home for more than 200 surgical equipment companies including Karl Storz GmbH, Aesculap, and KLS martin. 50% of the world's surgical equipment is manaufactured in this village.