Wurmlingen () 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
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). It is famous for its chapel, located atop a hill, which is the subject of a famous poem by Ludwig Uhland.
Geography
Wurmlingen is located 4 km (2.5
mi) northeastern from Rottenburg and 8 km (5 mi) southwestern from
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in three ...
in valley of the
Neckar.
Extent
The area of the district is 714
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 ...
s. Thereof fall 68.6% upon agriculturally used area, 15.1% upon forest area, 15.1% upon settlement area and roads, 0.1% upon water expanse and 1.1% upon other.
Neighbour localities
The territories of the following localities adjoin to Wurmlingen, they are called clockwise beginning in the north:
Unterjesingen
Unterjesingen is a village in the centre of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Tübingen district. Since 1971, it is a part of the city of Tübingen.
Unterjesingen lies in the valley of the small Ammer river, about 2 km to the east of Pf ...
,
Hirschau
Hirschau () is a municipality in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.
Geography
Hirschau lies directly on the Bundesstraße 14 (Nuremberg - Rozvadov), 13 km northeast of Amberg and about 65 km east of Nur ...
,
Rottenburg (Town),
Wendelsheim
Wendelsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
As ...
. All bordering localities are in the administrative district of
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in three ...
. Unterjesingen and Hirschau are suburban districts of
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in three ...
, Wendelsheim belongs to Rottenburg.
Population
Wurmlingen has 2487 residents
(31/01/08). It is the second largest suburb of Rottenburg. At an area of 7.14 km² (2.8 sq mi) this corresponds to a population density of 348 people per km², or 902 per sq mi.
Faiths
The population is predominantly Roman Catholic.
References
External links
Official Webpage (German)
{{Authority control
Rottenburg am Neckar