Lichtenstein, Baden-Württemberg

Lichtenstein

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Lichtenstein
Location of Lichtenstein within Reutlingen district
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Coordinates: 48°25′37″N 09°15′13″E / 48.42694°N 9.25361°E / 48.42694; 9.25361Coordinates: 48°25′37″N 09°15′13″E / 48.42694°N 9.25361°E / 48.42694; 9.25361
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Tübingen
District Reutlingen
Government
 • Mayor Peter Nußbaum
Area
 • Total 34.24 km2 (13.22 sq mi)
Elevation 507 m (1,663 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 9,196
 • Density 270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 72805
Dialling codes 07129
Vehicle registration RT
Website www.gemeinde-lichtenstein.de

Lichtenstein is a municipality in the Tübingen administrative region (Regierungsbezirk) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies at the foot of the Swabian Jura (plateau).

It was formed on 1 January 1975 from the former independent municipalities of Honau (Traifelberg), Holzelfingen, and Unterhausen.

Town twinning

Lichtenstein has been twinned with Voreppe, France, since 1992.

Main sights

  • Lichtenstein Castle is located above Honau.
  • Johannes Church is in Unterhausen.
  • Sankt-Blasius Church is in Holzelfingen.

References

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

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