Type: | Stadtteil |
Wurmlingen | |
Image Coa: | Wappen Wurmlingen (Rottenburg).SVG |
Coordinates: | 48.5022°N 8.9653°W |
State: | Baden-Württemberg |
Region: | Tübingen |
District: | Tübingen |
Town: | Rottenburg am Neckar |
Elevation: | 335-475 |
Area: | 7.14 |
Population: | 2600 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Pop Ref: | [1] |
Postal Code: | 72108 |
Area Code: | (+49) 07472 |
Licence: | TÜ |
Website: | www.rottenburg.de |
Mayor: | Hans-Dieter Bauschert |
Bürgermeistertitel: | Ortsvorsteher |
Wurmlingen (pronounced as /de/) is a suburban district of Rottenburg am Neckar in the administrative district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). It is famous for its chapel, located atop a hill, which is the subject of a famous poem by Ludwig Uhland.
Wurmlingen is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northeastern from Rottenburg and 8 km (5 mi) southwestern from Tübingen in valley of the Neckar.
The area of the district is 714 hectares. Thereof fall 68.6% upon agriculturally used area, 15.1% upon forest area, 15.1% upon settlement area and roads, 0.1% upon water expanse and 1.1% upon other.
The territories of the following localities adjoin to Wurmlingen, they are called clockwise beginning in the north: Unterjesingen, Hirschau, Rottenburg (Town), Wendelsheim. All bordering localities are in the administrative district of Tübingen. Unterjesingen and Hirschau are suburban districts of Tübingen, Wendelsheim belongs to Rottenburg.
Wurmlingen has 2487 residents (31/01/08). It is the second largest suburb of Rottenburg. At an area of 7.14 km² (2.8 sq mi) this corresponds to a population density of 348 people per km², or 902 per sq mi.
The population is predominantly Roman Catholic.