Mühlacker

Mühlacker
Mühlacker
Coordinates	48°57′0″N 8°50′22″E / 48.95°N 8.83944°E / 48.95; 8.83944Coordinates: 48°57′0″N 8°50′22″E / 48.95°N 8.83944°E / 48.95; 8.83944
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Enzkreis
Town subdivisions	6
Mayor	Arno Schütterle (Greens)
Basic statistics
Area	54.32 km2 (20.97 sq mi)
Elevation	240 m  (787 ft)
Population	25,369 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	467 /km2 (1,210 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	PF
Postal codes	75401–75417
Area code	07041
Website	www.muehlacker.de

Mühlacker is a town in the eastern part of the Enz district in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Mühlacker station has direct rail connections with Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Pforzheim and the Northern Black Forest.

Since 1930, Mühlacker has been transmitter site, at which between 1934 and 1945 the tallest tower ever built of wood stood (height: 190 metres).

A further landmark is the water tower.

Water tower

Mühlhausen an der Enz where Spree killer Ernst August Wagner killed 13 people in 1913 has been a part of the city since 1972.

The community of Ötisheim joined onto the city so as to act as a single municipality for certain tasks.

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Mühlacker is twinned with:

• Bassano del Grappa, Italy

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 31 December 2009. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf. 

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

External links

• Official Web site
• War memorials in Muehlacker cemetery at "Sites of Memory" webpage