Rottweil

Rottweil
Rottweil
Town
	Main street
	Coat of arms
	Location of Rottweil within Rottweil district
	Rottweil Rottweil
	Coordinates: 48°10′5″N 8°37′29″E / 48.16806°N 8.62472°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Rottweil
Government
• Lord mayor	Ralf Broß
Area
• Total	71.76 km2 (27.71 sq mi)
Elevation	557 m (1,827 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	24,977
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	78628, 78652 (Unterrotenstein)
Dialling codes	0741, 07427 (Neukirch)
Vehicle registration	RW
Website	www.rottweil.de

Rottweil (German: [ˈʁɔtvaɪl] (listen^ⓘ)) is the oldest town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.^[2] It has almost 25,000 inhabitants as of 2015.

The Rottweiler dog breed is named after this town.

In 2015, the company ThyssenKrupp started to build a 807-foot (246 m) tower for $45 million in Rottweil.^[3] The tower was completed in 2017. It was the tallest elevator test tower in the world when it was finished.^[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

Rottweil is twinned with:^[5]

L'Aquila, Italy
Brugg, Switzerland
Hyères, France
Imst, Austria

References

↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2023 (Fortschreibung auf Basis des Zensus 2022)" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2023 (updated based on the 2022 census)] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.
↑ "Rottweil: Warum die älteste Stadt in Baden-Württemberg einen Besuch wert ist".
↑ Brown, Eliot (September 15, 2015). "Elevators Elevate German City's Image". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
↑ Dillon, Conor (2015-06-26). "World's tallest elevator tower rises in Rottweil, Germany | DW | 26.06.2015". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
↑ "Rottweil und seine Partnerschaften". rottweil.de (in German). Rottweil. Retrieved 2021-03-16.

Other websites

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Official website (in German)

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[1] "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2023 (Fortschreibung auf Basis des Zensus 2022)" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2023 (updated based on the 2022 census)] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.

[2] "Rottweil: Warum die älteste Stadt in Baden-Württemberg einen Besuch wert ist".

[3] Brown, Eliot (September 15, 2015). "Elevators Elevate German City's Image". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[4] Dillon, Conor (2015-06-26). "World's tallest elevator tower rises in Rottweil, Germany | DW | 26.06.2015". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2021-12-13.

[5] "Rottweil und seine Partnerschaften". rottweil.de (in German). Rottweil. Retrieved 2021-03-16.

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