Bitz is a municipality in the
Zollernalbkreis
The Zollernalbkreis is a Districts of Germany, ''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The district is located in the Swabian Alb, and contains the second highest elevation of this range, the high ''Oberhohenberg'' ...
district of
Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
Bitz was a possession of the until 1386. Bitz became an independent municipality within the
Kingdom of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which exist ...
in 1832. It was assigned in 1806 to , reorganized in 1938 as . Bitz enjoyed large-scale industrial growth in the 1960s in every direction but south. In 1973, following , Bitz was reassigned to the newly created
Zollernalb district. Another period of expansion, this time residential, elapsed in the 1980s.
Geography
The municipality (''
Gemeinde'') of Bitz is politically located in the
Zollernalb district of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
, a
state
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of the
Federal Republic of Germany
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. Bitz is physically located in a
depression of the and . Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a low of
Normalnull
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History
In 187 ...
(NN) to a high of NN.
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Coat of arms
Bitz's municipal coat of arms
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displays a white
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eagle's wing on a field
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of blue
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below a chief of yellow
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containing a black
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stag's antler. This pattern was awarded to the municipality of by the Federal Ministry of the Interior
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on 17 April 1958. A flag was issued by the government of the provisional Württemberg-Hohenzollern
Württemberg-Hohenzollern (french: Wurtemberg-Hohenzollern ) was a West German state created in 1945 as part of the French post-World War II occupation zone. Its capital was Tübingen. In 1952, it was merged into the newly founded state of Bad ...
on 8 May 1951. The first pattern was a seal
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from 1930 with two bobbin
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s and two sewing needles
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. This was replaced on 14 March 1938 with a coat of arms displaying a silver loom with blue thread, which was approved by the local Reichsstatthalter, Wilhelm Murr
Wilhelm Murr (16 December 1888 – 14 May 1945) was a Nazi German politician. From 1928 until his death he was ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern, and from early 1933 held the offices of State President and '' Reichsstatthalter'' (Re ...
. Both these patterns recalled Bitz's industrial history, but in 1958 the loom was replaced with the eagle wing to represent the House of Lichtenstein; the stag horn, references Württemberg.[
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Transportation
Bitz is connected to the network of German roadways by the L448. The is located about northwest of Bitz. Local public transport is provided by the .[
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References
External links
* (in German)
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