Trossingen

Trossingen
Trossingen
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	Trossingen Location of Trossingen within Tuttlingen district
	Coordinates: 48°04′32″N 08°38′10″E / 48.07556°N 8.63611°ECoordinates: 48°04′32″N 08°38′10″E / 48.07556°N 8.63611°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Tuttlingen
Government
• Mayor	Dr. Clemens Maier
Area
• Total	24.20 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Elevation	699 m (2,293 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	16,123
• Density	670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	78635–78647
Dialling codes	07425
Vehicle registration	TUT
Website	www.trossingen.de

Trossingen is a town in South Germany (Baden-Württemberg). It is in a region called Baar, between the Swabian Alb and the Black Forest. Trossingen is called a "music town". It has around 16,000 people who live there, there is the 'University of Music Trossingen', which is one of Baden-Württemberg's state conservatories, and there are other institutions specialized in musical education, like the 'Bundesakademie für musikalische Jugendbildung' and the 'Hohner Konservatorium'. In 1857 the Matthias Hohner company was founded. Today, Hohner harmonicas and accordions are famous all over the world. Trossingen houses the German Harmonica Museum, too. Trossingen also has a historic railway: the Trossinger Eisenbahn. Several skeletons of the dinosaur Plateosaurus engelhardti were found in Trossingen during excavations in the early 20th century. The local museum Auberlehaus houses several of the original bones.