Remchingen Wilferdingen is the largest district of the municipality of

Remchingen Remchingen () is a municipality in the Enz district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the river Pfinz, 14 km southeast of Karlsruhe, and 12 km northwest of Pforzheim. History Older history * 1st millennium BC: Celtic ...

in the Enzkreis region 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 ...

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History

In former times Wilferdingen was inhabited by

Romans Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

. At the Niemandsberg in Wilferdingen an old Roman house could be excavated. Wilferdingen was an independent municipality until 1973. On January 1, 1973 Wilferdingen merged with

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 very south ...

to form the municipality of Remchingen.

Geography

Wilferdingen is located in the center of Remchingen. It is central and is bordered by Singen and Darmsbach. Darmsbach borders the district at the southwestern tip. The northern border of Wilferdingen converges at the border of Singen. The river

Pfinz The Pfinz is a right tributary of the Rhine in Baden-Württemberg. Its origin is located at the northern edge of the Black Forest near the Straubenhardt borough of Pfinzweiler. Near Durlach it enters the Upper Rhine Plain and continues, splittin ...

, which is a tributary of the

Rhine ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , so ...

, runs through Wilferdingen. Remchingen train station night s5

Transportation

Through Wilferdingen runs the

Bundesstraße 10 The Bundesstraße 10 (abbr. B10) is a German federal highway. It leads from Eppelborn, near the city of Lebach in Saarland, eastward to Neusäß near Augsburg in Bavaria. The Bundesautobahn 8 mostly runs in parallel to the Bundesstraße 10. Afte ...

which leads further to

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

and

Pforzheim Pforzheim () is a city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the nickname "Goldstadt" ("Golden City") ...

. There are also bus stops in Wilferdingen. On the border between Wilferdingen and Singen runs the railroad line Karlsruhe-Mühlacker. Thus, there is the station Wilferdingen-Singen in Wilferdingen. The station also connects Wilferdingen and Singen with the help of an underpass. From the station you can get to Karlsruhe, Pforzheim and Stuttgart, among other places. Light rail, Interregio-Express and Regional-Express stop here. Furthermore, a small airfield can be found in Wilferdingen. Römermuseum remchingen

Tourism

Museums

There are two museums in Wilferdingen. The Roman Museum Remchingen is a museum in Wilferdingen. There an old Roman house is exhibited together with other exhibits. There is also a telephone booth museum on the Wilferdingen side of the railroad tracks at the "Old Signal Box", which exhibits telephones and telephone booths.

References

{{Commons category, Wilferdingen

External links

Site on remchingen.de
Villages in Baden-Württemberg