Urbach is a municipality in the district of Rems-Murr in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is east of Stuttgart. It belongs to the metropolitan region of Stuttgart.
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Municipality | |
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Location of Urbach within Rems-Murr-Kreis district ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 48°48′48″N 09°34′44″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Stuttgart |
District | Rems-Murr-Kreis |
Government | |
• Mayor (2018–26) | Martina Fehrlen[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 20.76 km2 (8.02 sq mi) |
Elevation | 275 m (902 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,853 |
• Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 73656–73660 |
Dialling codes | 07181 |
Vehicle registration | WN |
Website | www.urbach.de |
On 25 May 1181 Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor "Barbarossa" issued a certificate in which he took the monastery at Adelberg under his protection. In the document, Urbach was referred to as Uracbach.
Since their formation in 1819, the agricultural Oberurbach and the more industrial Unterurbach were two separate municipalities. Ober-and Unterurbach belonged initially to Oberamt Schorndorf and became part of the district of Waiblingen in 1938. In 1970 Ober- and Unterurbach were merged to form the district of Urbach. When Waiblingen was dissolved in 1973, Urbach became part of Rems-Murr-Kreis.
In Urbach there are two museums, the Museum am Widumhof and the Museum Farrenstall.
Urbach is twinned with:
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