Leibertingen is a municipality in the district of

Sigmaringen Sigmaringen ( Swabian: ''Semmerenga'') is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district. Sigmaringen is renowned for its castle, Schloss Sigmaringen ...

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 ...

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Geography

Geographical location

Leibertingen is located 600 to 850 meters above sea level directly over the

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valley in the Heuberg region, a plateau at the southern bound corner of the

Swabian Jura The Swabian Jura (german: Schwäbische Alb , 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 ...

, with a distance of 22 km to

and 24 km to

Tuttlingen Tuttlingen (Alemannic: ''Duttlinga'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the district Tuttlingen. Nendingen, ''Möhringen'' and ''Eßlingen'' are three former municipalities that belong to Tuttlingen. Tuttlingen is located in Swabia eas ...

and belongs to the

Naturpark Obere Donau The Upper Danube Nature Park (German: ''Naturpark Obere Donau''), founded in 1980, is located in the south of Baden-Württemberg in Germany and encloses primarily the districts of Tuttlingen and Sigmaringen. It encompassed initially 860 km2 ...

. Of the total area of around 4720 hectare (as of Dec. 31 2010Angaben nach Auskunft aus dem Vorzimmer des Bürgermeisters der Gemeinde Leibertingen, vom 12. Januar 2011.), 2127 hectare are forest, 2328 hectare are farmland and 257 hectare consist of residential and circulation areas.http://www.leibertingen.de/ Homepage der Gemeinde The so-called "Dreiländereck" (Eng. border triangle) is located underneath the nearby Wildenstein mountain. This is where

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Würt ...

(

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parish),

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Beuron Beuron (Swabian: ''Beira'') is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Beuron is known for the Beuron Archabbey and the Beuron Art School for religious art. Geography Beuron is divided into subdistricts ( ...

parish) and

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden is ...

(Leibertingen parish) come together.

Municipality

Leibertingen forms the name-giving municipality with the adjoining villages of Altheim,

Kreenheinstetten Kreenheinstetten (municipality Leibertingen) is a village located in the district of Sigmaringen (Baden-Württemberg) in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second ...

and Thalheim.

Administration

Leibertingen forms with the neighboring towns of

Sauldorf Sauldorf is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen (district), Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. References

Sigmaringen (district) Baden {{Sigmaringen-geo-stub ...

and

Meßkirch Meßkirch (; Swabian: ''Mässkirch'') is a town in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The town was the residence of the counts of Zimmern, widely known through Count Froben Christoph's '' Zimmern Chronicle'' (1559– ...

an association of its municipal administration.

History

In historic documents Leibertingen was mentioned in the year 1275 for the first time; Altheim however already in the year 768, and Kreenheinstetten in 793.

Economy

Transport

Architecture, people and yearly events

Historical buildings

* Burg Wildenstein

Notable people

* Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644–1709) born at

Yearly events

* The "Wildensteiner Jahrmarkt"

Sport

* Leibertingen harbors a gliding airfield, where during the year various events take place.

References

* Christoph Schmider & Edwin Ernst Weber: ''Kommunale und kirchliche Archivpflege im ländlichen Raum: Geschichte, Probleme und Perspektiven am Beispiel des Gemeinde- und Pfarrarchivs Kreenheinstetten''. Heimatkundliche Schriftenreihe des Landkreises Sigmaringen, Band 5. Saulgau: Gebr. Edel & Co., 1997. .

External links

Official Homepage of Leibertingen

Naturpark Obere Donau
Sigmaringen (district) Baden {{Sigmaringen-geo-stub