Zimmern ob Rottweil is a town in the district of Rottweil, in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...

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. The municipality includes the former independent municipalities Zimmern ob Rottweil, Flözlingen, Horgen and Stetten ob Rottweil. Zimmern is located on a plateau over the upper

Neckar The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar ...

valley, the villages Horgen, Stetten and Flözlingen are located in the Eschach valley.

Nearby towns and municipalities

The following towns and municipalities border Zimmern ob Rottweil:

Rottweil Rottweil (; Alemannic: ''Rautweil'') is a town in southwest Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rottweil was a free imperial city for nearly 600 years. Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alps, Rottweil has over 25,000 ...

Deißlingen Deißlingen (Swabian German, Swabian: ''Deißlinge'') is a municipality of the Rottweil (district), district of Rottweil of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History In 1802–03, Deißlingen, a possession of the Free Imperial City of Rottweil, and L ...

Niedereschach Niedereschach is a town, with 6000 inhabitants, in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Niedereschach lies in the Eschach valley on the eastern edge of the Black Forest between 620 and 720 metres above se ...

Königsfeld im Schwarzwald Königsfeld im Schwarzwald (Low Alemannic: ''Kinnigsfeld'') is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is the northernmost town of the district Schwarzwald Baar. Königsfeld has six boroughs (Königsfeld, ...

Eschbronn Eschbronn is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History and name The municipality of Eschbronn was created on 1 January 1972 by the merging of the towns of Locherhof and Mariazell as part of the . A prev ...

Dunningen Dunningen ( Swabian: ''Dunninga'') is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Dunningen Geography Dunningen is located at the centre of the administrative district of Rottweil in the south western part of Bad ...

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 ...

History

The first reference of Zimmern ob Rottweil dates back to 1275 AD, Flözlingen was mentioned for the first time in 779 AD, Horgen in 1306 AD, Setten ob Rottweil in 882 AD. There are archaeological proofs for Roman and Celtic settlements on the area of the contemporary municipality.

Notable people

Erwin Teufel Erwin Teufel (born 4 September 1939, in Zimmern ob Rottweil) is a German politician of the CDU. Political career Teufel was the leader of the CDU parliamentary group in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1978 to 1991. Teufel was Minis ...

(born 1939), German politician (CDU)

References

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