Bad Herrenalb
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Location of the town of Bad Herrenalb within Calw district
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| Coordinates | 48°48′2″N 8°26′27″E / 48.80056°N 8.44083°ECoordinates: 48°48′2″N 8°26′27″E / 48.80056°N 8.44083°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
| District | Calw |
| Mayor | Norbert Mai |
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| Area | 33.03 km2 (12.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 365 m (1198 ft) |
| Population | 7,330 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 222 /km2 (575 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | CW |
| Postal code | 76332 |
| Area code | 07083 |
| Website | www.badherrenalb.de |
Bad Herrenalb is a municipality in the district of Calw, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the northern Black Forest, 15 km east of Baden-Baden, and 22 km southwest of Pforzheim.
The town grew up around Herrenalb Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1148 and dissolved in the Reformation.
The town is connected to the city of Karlsruhe by the Albtalbahn, an electric railway that forms part of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. Bad Herrenalb is the terminus of one of the branches of the Albtalbahn, which operates as line S1.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 20 July 2011. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 93. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
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