Calw

Calw
Calw
Location of Calw within Calw district
Coordinates	48°43′0″N 8°44′0″E / 48.716667°N 8.733333°E / 48.716667; 8.733333Coordinates: 48°43′0″N 8°44′0″E / 48.716667°N 8.733333°E / 48.716667; 8.733333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Calw
Mayor	Manfred Dunst (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	59.88 km2 (23.12 sq mi)
Elevation	330-630 m
Population	23,230 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	388 /km2 (1,005 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	CW
Postal codes	75351-75365
Area codes	07051, 07053
Website	calw.de

Calw (German pronunciation: [ˈkalf]; locally [kʰalp]) is a municipality in the middle of Baden-Württemberg in the south of Germany, capital of the district Calw. It is located in the northern Black Forest.

History

Calw was first mentioned in records in 1075. In the 11th century the city grew around the older castle of the Grafen (Earls) of Calw. In the Middle Ages Calw was an important commercial town especially for the trade of cloth and leather. In the 18th century Calw flourished from lumbers trade and rafting of timber on the Nagold river. During World War II, a small subcamp of Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration camp, where parts for aircrafts where assembled by female forced laborers, was located here.^[2] The most prominent resident of Calw was the author and Nobel prize winner Hermann Hesse.

Important Facts and Figures on Calw

• Outlying districts: Alzenberg, Wimberg, Heumaden
• Town districts: Altburg, Hirsau, Stammheim, Holzbronn
• Labor force: Compulsorily insured employees 8,014. Of these:
  • Manufacturing industries: 2,763
  • Service industries: 5,251
• Waterways - Nagold river, Tälesbach, Ziegelbach, Wurstbrunnenbach, Schießbach, Schlittenbach, Schweinbach
• Base of the KSK (Special Forces Command)

Tourism and Importance

Calw is heavily pedestrianised, and has begun catering for the tourist trade with numerous shops, restaurants, bistros and ice-cream parlours being opened. This growth has allowed Calw to be considered a large town at the centre of its district.

Famous residents

• Hermann Hesse, author
• Johannes Valentinus Andreae, clergyman
• Rudolf Schlichter, painter
• Marcel Goc, NHL player who currently plays for the Nashville Predators.
• Sascha Goc, NHL player who played for the New Jersey Devils and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Twinnings

• Weida
•  Italy Latsch, South Tyrol

Notes

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

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