Singen is the second largest district of the municipality of

Remchingen Remchingen () is a municipality in the Enz district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the river Pfinz, 14 km southeast of Karlsruhe, and 12 km northwest of Pforzheim. History Older history * 1st millennium BC: Celti ...

in the

Enzkreis Enzkreis is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the northwest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Karlsruhe, Heilbronn, Ludwigsburg, Böblingen and Calw. The district-free Pforzheim area in the south is nearl ...

district in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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Geography

Singen is the northernmost district of Remchingen, its settlement area lies predominantly on the right side of the

Pfinz The Pfinz is a right tributary of the Rhine in Baden-Württemberg. Its origin is located at the northern edge of the Black Forest near the Straubenhardt borough of Pfinzweiler. Near Durlach it enters the Upper Rhine Plain and continues, splittin ...

running north-northwest there, which is joined by the

Kämpfelbach Kämpfelbach is a municipality in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, 7 km away from the town of Pforzheim. Geography The municipality of Kämpfelbach is located in the transition area between the Kraichgau and the no ...

from the east in the area of the village. There is a weir and a water mill on the river. The district's territory extends far to the southwest across the Pfinz and includes the large forest Buchwald and even further to the north-northeast into the forest Hegenach. Singen borders in the south on the settlement area of

Wilferdingen Remchingen Wilferdingen is the largest district of the municipality of Remchingen in the Enzkreis region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History In former times Wilferdingen was inhabited by Romans. At the Niemandsberg in Wilferdingen an old Rom ...

, which lies for the most part beyond the Pfinztal railroad, which runs from the Kämpfelbachtal into the lower Pfinztal. The

Bundesstraße 10 The Bundesstraße 10 (abbr. B10) is a German federal highway. It leads from Eppelborn, near the city of Lebach in Saarland, eastward to Neusäß near Augsburg in Bavaria. The Bundesautobahn 8 mostly runs in parallel to the Bundesstraße 10. Afte ...

on the left bank of the Pfin River connects Singen with

Pforzheim Pforzheim () is a city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the nickname "Goldstadt" ("Golden City") ...

in the southeast and

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the German States of Germany, state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital o ...

in the northwest. The town lies on the

Bertha Benz Memorial Route The Bertha Benz Memorial Route is a German tourist and theme route in Baden-Württemberg and member of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It opened in 2008 and follows the tracks of the world's first long distance road trip by a vehic ...

. Singen borders the communities of

Pfinztal Pfinztal is a municipality in the district Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its municipality consists of the villages Wöschbach, Berghausen, Söllingen and Kleinsteinbach, which were merged to one municipality in 1974. Pfinztal is locat ...

to the northwest,

Königsbach-Stein Königsbach-Stein is a municipality in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. History Until German mediatization, the town of Stein was ruled by both the Margraviate of Baden and t ...

to the east,

Nöttingen Remchingen Nöttingen is a district of the southwestern German municipality of Remchingen in the Enzkreis district and is located exactly between Pforzheim and Karlsruhe, which is why the place was an important transit point in history. The churc ...

and

Karlsbad Karlsbad may refer to: *Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (formerly known by its German name Karlsbad, and known as Carlsbad in English) *Karlsbad (Baden) Karlsbad (; South Franconian: ''Kallsbad'') is a municipality in the district of Karlsruhe, in ...

to the southwest.

History

Singen merged with Wilferdingen on January 1, 1973 to form the municipality of Remchingen. The Enzkreis in its current form also came into being on this day.

Transportation

The railroad station of Singen forms the local border to Wilferdingen. The station Wilferdingen-Singen connects Singen with Wilferdingen through an underpass. From the station you can reach Karlsruhe, Pforzheim and Stuttgart, among others. Light rail trains, the Interregio-Express and the Regional-Express stop here.

Education

In Singen there is a

Werkrealschule Werkrealschule is a relatively young branch of German secondary education (e.g. in Baden-Württemberg), which offers pupils additional lessons in grades 8 and 9 and allows them to qualify after ten years with a final exam which is equal to graduatio ...

, an

elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...

and a

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

References

{{Commons category, Singen (Remchingen)

External links

Site on remchingen.de
Villages in Baden-Württemberg Remchingen