Königsbach-Stein

History

Until German mediatization, the town of Stein was ruled by both the Margraviate of Baden and the . After meditization, it was assigned to the Amt of Königsbach on 24 July 1813. On 25 May 1821, Stein was assigned to and Königsbach to . 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 , they were assigned to the new Enz district. Stein and Königsbach merged to form Königsbach-Stein on 1 July 1974. On 20 June 1989, 39 ha of the Steiner Mittelberg, a local mountain, became the Federally-protected nature reserve (Naturschutzgebiet).

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 33.72 km2 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 and of the . The primary watercourse within the municipal area is the Kämpfelbach. The lowest elevation in the municipality, 161 m Normalnull (NN), is found where the Kämpfelbach flows into Remchingen. The highest elevation, 333 m NN, is found at the Langenwald campsite.

Demographics

Population development:

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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.

Citations

References

1. "Königsbach-Stein". [[Baden-Württemberg]].
2. "Königsbach-Stein (Enzkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen".