Neubulach is a town in the district of Calw, in

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History

Neubulach was probably founded in the late 13th century by the

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, who possessed the ''

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'' over local silver mining. The earliest document to refer to Neubulach comes from 1300, and it refers to Neubulach as a town (''Stadt'').

Geography

The township ('' Stadt'') of Neubulach is located at the center of

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Calw Calw (; previously pronounced and sometimes spelled ''Kalb'' accordingly) is a town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg in the south of Germany, capital and largest town of the district Calw. It is located in the Northern Black Forest and is a ...

, in

, one of the 16 States of the

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. Neubulach's municipal area stretches over the plateau of the Enz and

Nagold Nagold is a town in southwestern Germany, bordering the Northern Black Forest. It is located in the ''Landkreis'' (district) of Calw (Germany/Baden-Württemberg). Nagold is known for its ruined castle, Hohennagold Castle, and for its road viad ...

river valleys, between those of the

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to the north and the Zingelbach to the south. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of

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(NN) to a low of NN.

Politics

Neubulach has five boroughs (''Ortsteil'') – Altbulach, Liebelsberg, Martinsmoos, Neubulach, and Oberhaugstett – and eight villages: Elektrizitätswerk, Kohlerstal, Lautenbachhof, Lochsägmühle, Marmorwerk, Seitzental, Talmühle, and Teinachtal.

Coat of arms

Neubulach's municipal

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, in

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, with red feet and beak and wearing a red crown, upon a field of

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. Over the eagle's chest is a small

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with a

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field with crossed hammer and pick, both red. The crowned eagle is a motif that has been associated with Neubulach since its foundation, first appearing in the 1300 document and then again in 1535. This was the coat of arms of Neubulach until 1975, when the blazon upon the eagle's chest was added to reference the town's mining history. This coat of arms was awarded to Neubulach along with a municipal flag by the Calw district office on 19 November 1976.

Transportation

Neubulach is connected to Germany's network of roadways by and to its system of railways by the

Nagold Valley Railway The Nagold Valley Railway (German: ''Nagoldtalbahn'') is a railway line in the northern part of the Black Forest in Germany which links Pforzheim with Horb am Neckar and, for most of its route, follows the valley of the River Nagold. Trains on t ...

. Local public transportation is provided by the .

References

External links

* (in German) {{Authority control Calw (district) Württemberg