Königsbach-Stein

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Königsbach-Stein is a municipality in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route.

History

Until German mediatization, the town of Stein was ruled by both the Margraviate of Baden and the Template:Ill. After meditization, it was assigned to the Amt of Königsbach on 24 July 1813. On 25 May 1821, Stein was assigned to Template:Ill and Königsbach to Template:Ill. Stein was reassigned again to the district of Pforzheim in 1920 and was joined on 1 April 1924 by Königsbach. The two towns remained with Pforzheim until, with the Template:Ill, they were assigned to the new Enz district. Stein and Königsbach merged to form Königsbach-Stein on 1 July 1974. On 20 June 1989, Script error: No such module "convert". of the Steiner Mittelberg, a local mountain, became the Template:Ill Federally-protected nature reserve (Naturschutzgebiet).[1]

Karl-Möller-Straße in Königsbach-Stein is named after author Karl Leopold von Möller.

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Königsbach-Stein covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". of the Enz district, within the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Federal Republic of Germany. Physically, it is located at the southern end of Kraichgau, a hilly region formed by layers of Template:Ill and Template:Ill of the Template:Ill. The primary watercourse within the municipal area is the Kämpfelbach. The lowest elevation in the municipality, Script error: No such module "convert". Normalnull (NN), is found where the Kämpfelbach flows into Remchingen. The highest elevation, Script error: No such module "convert". NN, is found at the Langenwald campsite.[1]

Demographics

Population development:[2]

Year Inhabitants
1990 8,700
2001 9,791
2011 9,729
2021 10,179

Coat of arms

Königsbach-Stein's municipal coat of arms were awarded by government of the Enz district on 16 November 1992. It is divided into four sections by quartering. In the top left quarter is a bend in red on a golden field, followed by a bust of a king upon a silver field in the top right. The bottom left quarter, a pair of silver calipers measures a stone on a blue field, and the final quarter is made up by a blue wavy bar on a silver field.[1]

Citations

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External links

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