Fridingen

Fridingen

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Fridingen
Location of Fridingen within Tuttlingen district
Konstanz (district)Rottweil (district)Sigmaringen (district)Schwarzwald-Baar-KreisZollernalbkreisAldingenBalgheimBärenthalBöttingenBubsheimBuchheimDeilingenDenkingenDürbheimDurchhausenEgesheimEmmingen-LiptingenFridingenFrittlingenGeisingenGosheimGunningenHausen ob VerenaImmendingenIrndorfKönigsheimKolbingenMahlstettenMühlheim an der DonauNeuhausen ob EckReichenbach am HeubergRenquishausenRietheim-WeilheimSeitingen-OberflachtSpaichingenTalheimTrossingenTuttlingenWehingenWurmlingenFridingen an der Donau in TUT.svg
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Coordinates: 48°01′14″N 08°55′58″E / 48.02056°N 8.93278°E / 48.02056; 8.93278Coordinates: 48°01′14″N 08°55′58″E / 48.02056°N 8.93278°E / 48.02056; 8.93278
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Bärenthal
District Tuttlingen
Government
 • Mayor Stefan Waizeneggger
Area
 • Total 22.47 km2 (8.68 sq mi)
Elevation 626 m (2,054 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 3,176
 • Density 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 78567
Dialling codes 07463
Vehicle registration TUT
Website www.fridingen.de

Fridingen is a town in the district of Tuttlingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 10 km east of Tuttlingen, and 23 km west of Sigmaringen. A large hoard of Bronze Age jewellery (mostly armlets and bracelets) was discovered in the vicinity of the town in the nineteenth century. It is now part of the British Museum's prehistoric European collection.[2]

Sons and daughters of the city

  • Josef Feger (1920-2010), mayor of Leutkirch im Allgäu
  • Josef Hipp (1927-1959), athlete
  • Paul Ackermann (born 1939), political scientist

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2017". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ British Museum Collection
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