Bösingen is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the district of Rottweil, in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...

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Gallery

File:Ruine Herrenzimmern.jpg, Lithography of the castle ruin of the noble family of Zimmern

Geography

Geographical location

Bösingen is located in Upper Neckar valley between the

Black Forest The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is th ...

and the

Swabian Jura The Swabian Jura ( , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of Swabia. It is part of th ...

Neighboring communities

The municipality is bordered to the south by

Villingendorf Villingendorf (Swabian German, Swabian: ''Villingedorf'') is a town in the Rottweil (district), district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. References

Rottweil (district) Populated places on the Neckar basin Populated riversi ...

and the Rottweil exclave Hochwald, on the west by

Dunningen Dunningen ( Swabian: ''Dunninga'') is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Dunningen Geography Dunningen is located at the centre of the administrative district of Rottweil in the south western part of Bad ...

, north by

Schramberg Schramberg is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, 25 km northwest of Rottweil. With all of its districts (Talstadt, Sulgen, Waldmössingen, Heiligenbronn, Schönbron ...

and

Oberndorf am Neckar Oberndorf am Neckar (; Swabian: ''Oberndorf am Näggô'') is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Neckar, north of Rottweil. It historically was and currently is a major center of th ...

and on the east by

Epfendorf Epfendorf ( Swabian: ''Äpfedorf'') is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Epfendorf is located in the Upper Neckar valley between Oberndorf am Neckar and Rottweil. Neighboring communities The municipality ...

Municipality arrangement

The municipality Bösingen belonged formerly to independent municipality Herrenzimmern. For former municipality Herrenzimmern includes the village Herrenzimmern and the homestead Stittholzhof. In the hamlet Herrenzimmern the Burgstall Lußburg/Nußburg and lying proofs of the abandoned village Hinterhofen can be found.''Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band VI: Regierungsbezirk Freiburg''

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, Stuttgart 1982, . S. 520–522

History

Municipality Bösingen was newly formed on 1 October 1974 by the association of Bösingen and Herrenzimmern.

Museums

Farmer museum in Bösingen

Buildings

The ruins Herrenzimmern in the district Herrenzimmern is above the upper Neckar valley.

Regular events

Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht The Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht, Fasnacht (in Switzerland) or Fasnat/Faschnat (in Vorarlberg) is the pre-Lenten carnival of Alemannic folklore in Switzerland, southern Germany, Alsace and Vorarlberg. Etymology Popular etymology often links ' ...

Large village festival (annually, alternately in Bösingen and Herrenzimmern)

Economy and Infrastructure

The 81 connects Bösingen to the north with the state capital

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

and to the south with the

Lake Constance Lake Constance (, ) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein (). These ...

region and

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

. The exit

is located halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. Both destinations can be reached within one hour. The railway line Stuttgart -

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Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

leads through nearby Rottweil. There are hourly connections from there to Stuttgart or

Singen Singen (; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Singe'') is an industrial city in the very south of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany and just north of the German-Swiss border. Location Singen is an industrial city situated in the far sout ...

Personality

Joshua Kimmich Joshua Walter Kimmich (; born 8 February 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back or defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the Germany national team. Widely regarded as one of the best mid ...

(born 1995), Football player for

FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional association foo ...

and

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References

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