Königsbach-Stein is a municipality in the district of
Enz in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...
in
Germany
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. It is located on
Bertha Benz Memorial Route
The Bertha Benz Memorial Route is a German tourist and theme route in Baden-Württemberg and member of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It opened in 2008 and follows the tracks of the world's first long distance road trip by a vehi ...
.
History
Until
German mediatization
German mediatisation (; ) was the major redistribution and reshaping of territorial holdings that took place between 1802 and 1814 in Germany by means of the subsumption and Secularization (church property), secularisation of a large number of ...
, the town of Stein was ruled by both the
Margraviate of Baden
The Margraviate of Baden () was a historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire. Spread along the right banks of the Upper Rhine in south-western Germany, it was named a margraviate in 1112 and existed until 1535, when it was split into the tw ...
and the . After meditization, it was assigned to the ''
Amt'' of Königsbach on 24 July 1813. On 25 May 1821, Stein was assigned to and Königsbach to . Stein was reassigned again to the district of
Pforzheim
Pforzheim () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, 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 ...
in 1920 and was joined on 1 April 1924 by Königsbach. The two towns remained with Pforzheim until, with the , they were assigned to the new
Enz district. Stein and Königsbach merged to form Königsbach-Stein on 1 July 1974. On 20 June 1989, of the Steiner Mittelberg, a local mountain, became the Federally-protected nature reserve (''
Naturschutzgebiet'').
Karl-Möller-Straße in Königsbach-Stein is named after author
Karl Leopold von Möller.
Geography
The municipality (''
Gemeinde'') of Königsbach-Stein covers an area of of the
Enz district, within the
state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...
and the
Federal Republic of Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen constituent states have a total population of over 84 ...
. Physically, it is located at the southern end of
Kraichgau, a hilly region formed by layers of and of the . The primary watercourse within the municipal area is the
Kämpfelbach
Kämpfelbach is a municipality in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, 7 km away from the town of Pforzheim.
Geography
The municipality of Kämpfelbach is located in the transition area between the Kraichgau and the n ...
. The lowest elevation in the municipality,
Normalnull
("standard zero") or (short N. N. or NN) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked (“meters above standard zero”). has been replaced by (NHN).
History
In 187 ...
(NN), is found where the Kämpfelbach flows into
Remchingen. The highest elevation, NN, is found at the Langenwald campsite.
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]
Demographics
Population development:
Coat of arms
Königsbach-Stein's municipal coat of arms
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were awarded by government of the Enz district on 16 November 1992. It is divided into four sections by quartering. In the top left quarter is a bend in red
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a seconda ...
on a golden field, followed by a bust of a king upon a silver
Silver is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag () and atomic number 47. A soft, whitish-gray, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. ...
field in the top right. The bottom left quarter, a pair of silver calipers
Calipers or callipers are an instrument used to measure the linear dimensions of an object or hole; namely, the length, width, thickness, diameter or depth of an object or hole. The word "caliper" comes from a corrupt form of caliber.
Many ty ...
measures a stone on a blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB color model, RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB color model, RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between Violet (color), violet and cyan on the optical spe ...
field, and the final quarter is made up by a blue wavy bar on a silver field.[
]
Citations
External links
Official website
(in German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Konigsbachstein
Enzkreis