Dietingen is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in

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Geography

Dietingen is located in the Upper Neckar valley between the

Black Forest The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is th ...

and the

Swabian Jura The Swabian Jura ( , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of Swabia. It is part of th ...

in 544–623 meters altitude, about five kilometers away from the town of Rottweil.

Neighboring communities

The municipality borders to

Epfendorf Epfendorf ( Swabian: ''Äpfedorf'') is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Epfendorf is located in the Upper Neckar valley between Oberndorf am Neckar and Rottweil. Neighboring communities The municipality ...

, on the east to

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and

Zimmern unter der Burg Zimmern unter der Burg is a municipality in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Before 1806, Zimmern unter der Burg was a possession of the County of Waldburg-Zeil, but after that date was mediatized to the King ...

in the

Zollernalbkreis The Zollernalbkreis () is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The district is located in the Swabian Alb, and contains the second highest elevation of this range, the high '' Oberhohenberg''. In the south-e ...

, in the south to the county town Rottweil and in the west to

Villingendorf Villingendorf (Swabian German, Swabian: ''Villingedorf'') is a town in the Rottweil (district), district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. References

Rottweil (district) Populated places on the Neckar basin Populated riversi ...

Municipality arrangement

The municipality Dietingen includes the formerly independent municipalities Böhringen, Gößlingen, Irslingen and Rotenzimmern. *To Böhringen belonged the village Böhringen and residential spaces Böhringer mill and chapel courtyard. *To Dietingen belonged before the local government reform in the 1970s the village Dietingen, the castle and farmstead Hohenstein, the farm Tierstein and the living space Hasler-Wasen. *To Gößlingen belonged the village Gößlingen. *To Irslingen belonged the village Irslingen, Häuser, chapel Maria Hochheim. Dietingen-Irslingen-Maria Hochheim110050

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*To Rotenzimmern belonged the village Rotenzimmern and the Bettenberger Hof. In the hamlet of Irslingen is situated

Burgstall A ''burgstall'' is a German term referring to a castle of which so little is left that its appearance cannot effectively be reconstructed.

Tierstein respectively castle Wildeck.

Crests of the former municipalities

File:Wappen Boehringen (Dietingen).png, Crest of Boehringen File:Wappen Dietingen-alt.png, Old crest of Dietingen File:Wappen Goesslingen.png, Crest of Goesslingen File:Wappen Irslingen.png, Crest of Irslingen

Tourism

Tourist trains on weekends in the summer

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). The

Hohenzollerische Landesbahn The Hohenzollerische Landesbahn (HzL) was the largest non-federally owned railway company in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft and Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft. It operated passenger an ...

reaches with coupled railcars from Tübingen to

Kleinengstingen Engstingen is a municipality in the Tübingen (region), Tübingen administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies in the Swabian Jura (plateau), about south of Reutlingen. It was formed on January 1, 1975 from ...

the

Upper Danube Nature Park The Upper Danube Nature Park (German: ''Naturpark Obere Donau''), founded in 1980, is located in the south of Baden-Württemberg in Germany and encloses primarily the districts of Tuttlingen and Sigmaringen. It encompassed initially 860 k ...

and continues by bus till the starting point of the Schlichem hiking trail in

Tieringen Tieringen is a district of the town of Meßstetten in the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2010 Tieringen had a population of 1069. Tieringen is a capital of textile production. Urtica dioica L. convar. fibra is gro ...

. Since 2015 an early train allows full-day excursions.:
Rad Wander Shuttle
'' In: ''Schwarzwälder Bote.'' 24. April 2015. Less experienced hikers can divide the Schlichem hiking trail in stages.:

'' In: ''Schwarzwälder Bote.'' 28. April 2015.

Freeman

Franz Müller, mayor, received at its adoption in January 1968, the

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...

References

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