Bösingen, Baden-Württemberg Explained

Bösingen
Image Coa:DEU Bösingen COA.svg
Coordinates:48.2392°N 8.5581°W
Image Plan:Bösingen in RW.svg
State:Baden-Württemberg
Region:Freiburg
District:Rottweil
Elevation:649
Area:22.45
Postal Code:78662
Area Code:07404
Licence:RW
Gemeindeschlüssel:08 3 25 009
Divisions:2 Ortsteile
Website:www.boesingen.de
Mayor:Peter Schuster[1]
Leader Term:2022 - 30

Bösingen is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Geography

Geographical location

Bösingen is located in Upper Neckar valley between the Black Forest and the Swabian Jura.

Neighboring communities

The municipality is bordered to the south by Villingendorf and the Rottweil exclave Hochwald, on the west by Dunningen, north by Schramberg and Oberndorf am Neckar and on the east by Epfendorf.

Municipality arrangement

The municipality Bösingen belonged formerly to independent municipality Herrenzimmern. For former municipality Herrenzimmern includes the village Herrenzimmern and the homestead Stittholzhof. In the hamlet Herrenzimmern the Burgstall Lußburg/Nußburg and lying proofs of the abandoned village Hinterhofen can be found.[2]

History

Municipality Bösingen was newly formed on 1 October 1974 by the association of Bösingen and Herrenzimmern.

Museums

Farmer museum in Bösingen

Buildings

The ruins Herrenzimmern in the district Herrenzimmern is above the upper Neckar valley.

Regular events

Swabian-Alemannic FastnachtLarge village festival (annually, alternately in Bösingen and Herrenzimmern)

Economy and Infrastructure

The 81 connects Bösingen to the north with the state capital Stuttgart and to the south with the Lake Constance region and Switzerland. The exit Oberndorf am Neckar is located halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. Both destinations can be reached within one hour. The railway line Stuttgart - Zürich - Milan leads through nearby Rottweil. There are hourly connections from there to Stuttgart or Singen.

Personality

Notes and References

  1. https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/buergermeisterwahl-boesingen-2022/ Bürgermeisterwahl Bösingen 2022
  2. Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band VI: Regierungsbezirk Freiburg Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1982, . S. 520–522