Rottweil | |
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Location of Rottweil within Rottweil district | |
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 (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 25,513 |
• Density | 360/km2 (920/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 (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]