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Alfdorf

German municipality

Summary

German municipality

Field	Value
type	Gemeinde
image_photo	Rathaus Alfdorf.jpg
image_caption	Altdorf Town Hall
image_coa	DEU Alfdorf COA SK.svg
image_plan	Alfdorf im Rems-Murr-Kreis.png
coordinates
state	Baden-Württemberg
region	Stuttgart
district	Rems-Murr-Kreis
elevation	487
area	68.52
postal_code	73553
area_code	07172
licence	WN
Gemeindeschlüssel	08 1 19 001
website

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

History

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

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 m Normalnull (NN) to a low of 307 m NN.

Portions of the Federally protected , Rottal zwischen Hüttenbühl und Buchengehren, and Wiesentäler bei der Menzlesmühle nature reserves are located in Alfdorf's municipal area.

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.

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.

Transportation

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

References

"Alfdorf". [[Baden-Württemberg]].

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