Neulingen is a municipality in the Enz district in

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. It was created on 1 January 1974 from the three independent villages of Bauschlott, Göbrichen, and Nußbaum. It is located on

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History

Bauschlott and Göbrichen were long-time possessions of the Margraviate and later Grand Duchy of Baden, but Nussbaum belonged to first

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and then the

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until being ceded to Baden by treaty on 17 October 1806. Upon annexation, Nussbaum joined the other two towns in the district of

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. The three were reassigned on 25 May 1821 to the district of

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, which became on 25 June 1939. On 1 January 1973, as part of the , the Enz district was created and Bauschlott, Nussbaum, and Göbrichen were assigned to it. The next year, the three towns merged to form the municipality of Neulingen. The latter town changed its name to Neulingen, after a nearby village named neither Nidlingen or Neidlingen that had ceased to exist in the 14th century.

Geography

The municipality ('' Gemeinde'') of Neulingen covers of the Enz district of

, a

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of the

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. It is located entirely within the

Kraichgau The Kraichgau () is a hilly region in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Odenwald and the Neckar to the North, the Black Forest to the South, and the Upper Rhine Plain to the West. To the east, its boundary is c ...

, specifically on the , and so its geography is made up by the region's characteristic loess-coated, forested and

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hills of

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. Elevation above sea level within the municipal area varies from a low of

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(NN) to a high of NN.

Nature reserves

The Bauschlotter Schlosspark, , and Federally-protected nature reserves are located within Neulingen's municipal area.

Coat of arms

Neulingen's municipal coat of arms displays a

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crossed by a diagonal

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bar, a reference to the House of Zähringen, who ruled the Margraviate and later Grand Duchy of Baden, though the

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is inverted. The items on this pattern are references to the three towns that merged to form Neulingen. The two

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diamonds inside the bar are from Nußbaum, while the golden 'G' above it and the

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below it are from Göbrichen and Bauschlott respectively. The municipal coat of arms was approved by the Enz district office on 15 June 1984.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Enzkreis Baden