Horb am Neckar | |
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Location of Horb am Neckar within Freudenstadt district | |
Coordinates: 48°26′43″N 8°41′28″E / 48.44528°N 8.69111°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
District | Freudenstadt |
Government | |
• Lord mayor (2017–25) | Peter Rosenberger[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 119.84 km2 (46.27 sq mi) |
Elevation | 437 m (1,434 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 25,752 |
• Density | 210/km2 (560/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 72160 |
Dialling codes | 07451, 07482, 07483, 07486 |
Vehicle registration | FDS, HCH, HOR, WOL |
Website | www.horb.de |
Horb am Neckar is a town in the southwest of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river, between Offenburg to the west (about 56 kilometres (35 mi) away) and Tübingen to the east (about 29 kilometres (18 mi) away). It has around 25,000 inhabitants, of whom about 6,000 live in the main town of Horb, and the remainder in 18 associated villages and districts which form part of the same municipality. If the entire municipality is counted, it is the largest town in the District of Freudenstadt.
Since 1 January 1981 Horb am Neckar has had the status of a Große Kreisstadt, serving as a mid-sized center within the Northern Black Forest Region of the Karlsruhe Administrative Region. It also belongs to the "Cooperative Zone" of the Stuttgart Metropolitan Region. Horb am Neckar operates a combined administration with the neighbouring communities of Empfingen and Eutingen im Gäu.