Alfdorf is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Alfdorf
Municipality
Altdorf Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Alfdorf within Rems-Murr-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 48°50′43″N 9°43′09″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Rems-Murr-Kreis
Area
• Total	68.52 km2 (26.46 sq mi)
Elevation	487 m (1,598 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	7,113
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	73553
Dialling codes	07172
Vehicle registration	WN
Website	www.alfdorf.de

History

The municipality of Alfdorf was formed in 1972 by the merging of the municipalities of Alfdorf, Pfahlbronn, and Vordersteinenberg.[2]

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Alfdorf lies at the easternmost extremity of the Rems-Murr district, along its border with the Ostalb district. Alfdorf is physically located in the Schurwald and Welzheim Forest, regions of the larger Swabian-Franconian Forest. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of 566 meters (1,857 ft) Normalnull (NN) to a low of 307 meters (1,007 ft) NN.[2]

Portions of the Federally protected Lein river valley between Leinecksee and Leinhäusle [de], Rottal zwischen Hüttenbühl und Buchengehren, and Wiesentäler bei der Menzlesmühle nature reserves are located in Alfdorf's municipal area.[2]

Politics

Alfdorf has three boroughs (Ortsteile), Alfdorf, Pfahlbronn, and Vordersteinenberg, and 64 villages. The abandoned villages of Eisenmühle, Felgensägmühle, Geiersweiler, Geren, Tierbad, and Webersgehren are found in the municipal area.[2]

Coat of arms

Alfdorf's municipal coat of arms displays a blue lily with a beech bundle and an oak acorn, in green, growing on a green, three-pointed hill in front of a black fence with four posts upon a field of yellow. The lily is a motif of Alfdorf dated to as early as 1550, which occasionally sported additional acorns. The fence refers to Pfahlbronn and the hill Vordersteinenberg. This coat of arms was awarded to Alfdorf with a municipal flag by the Rems-Murr district office on 19 May 1980.[2]

Transportation

Alfdorf is connected to Germany's network of roadways by the Bundesautobahn 7, Bundesstraße 14, and Bundesstraße 29 [de]. Local public transportation is provided by the Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart and OstalbMobil [de].[2]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alfdorf.

• Official website (in German)

На других языках

[de] Alfdorf

[ru] Альфдорф