Waldshut-Tiengen

Waldshut-Tiengen
Coat of arms of Waldshut-Tiengen
Location of Waldshut-Tiengen within Waldshut district
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Waldshut-Tiengen is located in Germany
Waldshut-Tiengen
Waldshut-Tiengen
Waldshut-Tiengen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Waldshut-Tiengen
Waldshut-Tiengen
Coordinates: 47°37′23″N 08°12′52″E / 47.62306°N 8.21444°E / 47.62306; 8.21444
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictWaldshut
Subdivisions2 Kernstädte und 10 Stadtteile
Government
 • Lord mayor (2023–31) Martin Gruner[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total77.98 km2 (30.11 sq mi)
Elevation
341 m (1,119 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total24,605
 • Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
79741–79761
Dialling codes07751, 07741, 07755 (Oberalpfen, Waldkirch)
Vehicle registrationWT
Websitewww.waldshut-tiengen.de

Waldshut-Tiengen (German pronunciation: [ˈvaltshuːt ˈtiːŋən]; Alemannic: Waldshuet-Düenge), commonly known as Waldshut, is a city in southwestern Baden-Württemberg right at the Swiss border. It is the district seat and at the same time the biggest city in Waldshut district and a "middle centre" in the area of the "high centre" Lörrach/Weil am Rhein to whose middle area most towns and communities in Waldshut district belong (with the exception of seven communities that belong to Bad Säckingen's area). There are furthermore complexities arising from cross-border traffic between this area and the Swiss cantons of Aargau, Schaffhausen and Zürich. This classification relates to Walter Christaller's Central Place Theory, however, and not to any official administrative scheme.

The city, which was newly created in the framework of the 1975 municipal reform, at that time passed the 20,000 mark in population. City council then applied to have the city raised to Große Kreisstadt, which the government of Baden-Württemberg granted on 1 July 1976. Waldshut-Tiengen is also in an "administrative community" (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) with the communities of Dogern, Lauchringen and Weilheim.

  1. ^ [1], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.