Inzigkofen Explained

Image Coa:	Wappen Inzigkofen.svg
Coordinates:	48.0717°N 9.1756°W
Image Plan:	Karte Inzigkofen.png
State:	Baden-Württemberg
Region:	Tübingen
District:	Sigmaringen
Elevation:	590
Area:	28.76
Postal Code:	72514
Area Code:	07571
Licence:	SIG
Gemeindeschlüssel:	08 4 37 059
Website:	www.inzigkofen.de
Mayor:	Bernd Gombold^[1]
Leader Term:	2020 - 28

Inzigkofen is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Historically, it is part of the Swabian north Alpine foreland basin.

It consists of three districts:

Coat of Arms	District (Teilort)	Population^[2]	Area
	Inzigkofen with Nickhof und Pault	1372
	Engelswies	611
	Vilsingen with Dietfurt	845

Within Engelswies is the now-abandoned Talsberg quarry, known for its fossiliferous layers, and the site of evidence of the oldest Eurasian hominoids; a molar tooth found there in June 1973 was reported in June 2011 to have been "dated with relative precision at 17 to 17.1 Ma" (million years ago).^[3]

Mayors

In November 2004 Bernd Gombold,^[4] was elected mayor with 96,8 % of the vote.^{[5] [6]}

• 1946–1949: Fridolin Oswald
• 1949–1966: Johann Scherer
• 1967–1972: Manfred Sailer
• 1973–2005: Pius Widmer
• since 2005: Bernd Gombold

Notes and References

1. https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse
2. Sonja Köser, Inzigkofen Community Office, 18 January 2011.
3. Web site: Oldest Eurasian Hominoids Lived in Swabia: Molar Tooth Dated at 17 Million Years Old . June 22, 2011 . . 2011-06-23.
4. Sebastian Pantel (sep): Vom Lausbub zum Stadtvater. In: Südkurier vom 4. Dezember 2010.
5. Hermann-Peter Steinmüller (hps): Kompliment vom Landrat. In: Südkurier vom 30. November 2004.
6. Manfred Dieterle-Jöchle (dim): Zur Person. In: Südkurier vom 28. Mai 2005.