- Tuttlingen
Infobox German Location
Art = Town
Wappen = Wappen_Tuttlingen.png
lat_deg = 47 |lat_min = 59 |lat_sec = 06
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 49 |lon_sec = 24
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Freiburg
Landkreis = Tuttlingen
Höhe = 645
Fläche = 90.48
Einwohner = 34775
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 78501–78532
PLZ-alt = 7200
Vorwahl = 07461
Kfz = TUT
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 27 050
Website = [http://www.tuttlingen.de/ www.tuttlingen.de]
Bürgermeister = Michael Beck
Partei = CDUTuttlingen is a town in
Baden-Württemberg , capital of the district Tuttlingen. The county (Kreis) includes several surrounding towns includingTrossingen ,Spaichingen , andMühlheim . The town is built around the Honberg mountain where a ruined fort built in theMiddle Ages still stands and is a site for festivals and concerts. A fire in 1803 destroyed most of the town and only a small section of the original town remains.Today Tuttlingen has many businessess and considerable industry. Tuttlingen is the home for more than 200 surgical equipment companies, including Karl Storz GmbH, Aesculap, KLS Martin and Instrumed International Inc. Fifty percent of the world's surgical equipment is manufactured in this town. The town centre includes a pedestrian zone, a market twice a week, a fountain, shops, and art displays.
The source of the
Danube is located nearby inDonaueschingen and is stream-sized here in comparison to its more famous, grander appearance inVienna . Tuttlingen is located inSwabia east of theBlack Forest region in theSchwäbische Alb .The German poet Goethe wrote that the town and surrounding area has a strange and beautiful landscape, hilly with fields and patches of forest. He is said to have left his watch in the town.
Twin towns
*flagicon|Italy
Battaglia Terme , Italy
*flagicon|SwitzerlandBex , Switzerland
*flagicon|SwitzerlandBischofszell , Switzerland
*flagicon|FranceDraguignan , France
*flagicon|AustriaWaidhofen an der Ybbs , Austria
*flagicon|PakistanSialkot , PakistanExternal links
* [http://www.tuttlingen.de/ Official Tuttlingen home page (In German)]
* [http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2004/05/notes-from-tuttlingen.html Notes from Tuttlingen] - a description of the surgical instruments industry in the town
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