Friolzheim is a municipality of the Enz district in

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. The Friolzheimer Riese telecommunications tower was located here.

History

The village of Friolzheim gradually became a possession of the in the 15th century, but then sold the village to Hirsau Abbey. Friolzheim remained a possession of the monastery until it was dissolved in 1807 following

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. Under the

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, Friolzheim was first assigned to in 1807, then to on 26 April 1808. Following the , Friolzheim was assigned to the Enz district.

Geography

The municipality ('' Gemeinde'') of Friolzheim covers of the Enz district of

, a

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of the

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. Friolzheim is physically located at the edge of the

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and the . Most of the municipal area lies in the

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, a region characterized by karstified and forested

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hills covered with thin layers of soil. A portion of the Federally-protected natural reserve is located in the southeast of the municipality.

Coat of arms

Friolzheim's municipal

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is divided vertically between an image of a stag in

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upon a field of

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on the right, and five bars – three gold and two blue – on the left. The bars on the left are from the coat of arms of the , while the stag is a reference to Hirsau Abbey. This pattern was drafted and accepted on the suggestion of the in 1937, as Friolzheim had had no coat of arms until then. It was officially approved by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on 11 December 1957.

References

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