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Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dietingen is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Dietingen | |
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Location of Dietingen within Rottweil district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 48°12′20″N 08°38′46″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Freiburg |
District | Rottweil |
Government | |
• Mayor (2016–24) | Frank Scholz[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 42.25 km2 (16.31 sq mi) |
Elevation | 575 m (1,886 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,291 |
• Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 78661 |
Dialling codes | 0741 bzw. 07404 |
Vehicle registration | RW |
Website | www.dietingen.de |
Dietingen is located in the Upper Neckar valley between the Black Forest and the Swabian Jura in 544–623 meters altitude, about five kilometers away from the town of Rottweil.
The municipality borders to Epfendorf, on the east to Rosenfeld and Zimmern unter der Burg in the Zollernalbkreis, in the south to the county town Rottweil and in the west to Villingendorf.
The municipality Dietingen includes the formerly independent municipalities Böhringen, Gößlingen, Irslingen and Rotenzimmern.
In the hamlet of Irslingen is situated Burgstall Tierstein respectively castle Wildeck.[3]
About Schömberg and Balingen the station Rotenzimmern can be reached over a wheel hiking shuttle from Tübingen. (free bicycle transport on weekends and holidays in the summer).[4] The Hohenzollerische Landesbahn reaches with coupled railcars from Tübingen to Kleinengstingen the Upper Danube Nature Park and continues by bus till the starting point of the Schlichem hiking trail in Tieringen. Since 2015 an early train allows full-day excursions.[5] Less experienced hikers can divide the Schlichem hiking trail in stages.[6]
Franz Müller, mayor, received at its adoption in January 1968, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.