Ergenzingen is a suburban district of

Rottenburg am Neckar Rottenburg am Neckar (; until 10 July 1964 only ''Rottenburg''; Swabian: ''Raodaburg'') is a medium-sized town in the administrative district (''Landkreis'') of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies about 50 kilometres (31 miles) s ...

in the administrative district of Tübingen in

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 ...

(

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Geography

Ergenzingen is located 12 km (7.45 mi) western from

, 11 km (6.83 mi) southeastern from

Nagold Nagold is a town in southwestern Germany, bordering the Northern Black Forest. It is located in the ''Landkreis'' (district) of Calw (Germany/Baden-Württemberg). Nagold is known for its ruined castle, Hohennagold Castle, and for its road viaduc ...

and 13 km (8.07 mi) northeastern from

Horb am Neckar Horb am Neckar is a town in the southwest of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river, between Offenburg to the west (about away) and Tübingen to the east (about away). It has around 25,000 inhabitants, of whom ...

. The elevation is 436 to 499 m.

Extent

The territory of the district is 1004

hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is a ...

s. Thereof fall 70.4% upon agriculturally used area, 11% upon forest area, 18.3% upon settlement area and roads and 0.3% upon other.

Population

The population of Ergenzingen counts 4166 people (31/01/08). So Ergenzingen is the largest district of Rottenburg. At an area of 10.04 km² (3.9 sq mi) this corresponds to a population density of 415 people per km², or 1,075 per sq mi.

Faiths

The population of the village is predominantly Roman Catholic. Katholische Kirche Heilig Geist in Ergenzingen - panoramio

Politics

Sister villages

* Gols (

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

) since 2000

References

External links

Official Webpage (German)
{{Authority control Rottenburg am Neckar