Böblingen (district) explained

Böblingen
State:Baden-Württemberg
Image Coa:DEU Landkreis Böblingen COA.svg
Capital:Böblingen
Regierungsbezirk:Stuttgart
Area:617.83
Kreisschlüssel:08115
District Admin:Roland Bernhard
Carsign:BB, LEO

Böblingen is a Landkreis (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Calw, Enz, Ludwigsburg, (district) Stuttgart, and the districts Esslingen, Reutlingen and Tübingen.

History

The district was created in 1937 as the successor of the Oberamt Böblingen, which dates back to the Duchy of Württemberg, from the late 15th to the early 19th centuries. In 1973 the majority of the district Leonberg, as well as a few municipalities of the district Calw, were added to the district. A few municipalities were reassigned to the district Ludwigsburg.

Geography

A part of the district is located in the Black Forest, other landscapes covered are the Oberes Gäu and the Schönbuch. The highest elevation is the 626 m high Kühlenberg in the municipality Jettingen; the lowest point, at 315 m, is in the valley of the Glems at the northern boundary of the district.

Coat of arms

The deer antler in the top of the coat of arms is the symbol of Württemberg. Below is a banner (gonfanon) which is the symbol of the Counts of Tübingen.

Towns and municipalities

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width=50%Towns width=50%Municipalities
  1. Böblingen
  2. Herrenberg
  3. Holzgerlingen
  4. Leonberg
  5. Renningen
  6. Rutesheim
  7. Sindelfingen
  8. Waldenbuch
  9. Weil der Stadt
  1. Aidlingen
  2. Altdorf bei Böblingen
  3. Bondorf
  4. Deckenpfronn
  5. Ehningen
  6. Gärtringen
  7. Gäufelden
  8. Grafenau
  9. Hildrizhausen
  10. Jettingen
  11. Magstadt
  12. Mötzingen
  13. Nufringen
  14. Schönaich
  15. Steinenbronn
  16. Weil im Schönbuch
  17. Weissach
Administrative districts
  1. Aidlingen/Grafenau
  2. Gärtringen/Ehningen
  3. Herrenberg
  4. Holzgerlingen
  5. Oberes Gäu
  6. Waldenbuch-Steinenbronn