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Villingen-Schwenningen
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Location of Villingen-Schwenningen within Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 48°03′37″N 08°27′31″E / 48.06028°N 8.45861°E / 48.06028; 8.45861
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Subdivisions	Stadtbezirk
Government
• Mayor	Jürgen Roth (CDU)
Area
• Total	165.47 km2 (63.89 sq mi)
Elevation	704 m (2,310 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	88,213
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	78001–78056
Dialling codes	07721, 07720, 07425, 07705
Vehicle registration	VS
Website	www.villingen-schwenningen.de

Villingen-Schwenningen (German pronunciation: [ˈfɪlɪŋən ˈʃvɛnɪŋən]; Low Alemannic: Villinge-Schwenninge) is a town in Schwarzwald-Baar, a district (Landkreis) in Freiburg. It has 85,838 inhabitants (as of September 2019).^[2] It is also the capital of Schwarzwald-Baar.

Villingen-Schwenningen lies on the eastern edge of the Black Forest about 700 metres (2,300 feet) above sea level.

• Villingen
• Schwenningen
• Obereschach
• Weilersbach
• Weigheim
• Mühlhausen
• Marbach
• Rietheim
• Pfaffenweiler
• Herzogenweiler
• Tannheim

• 1912–1930: Guido Lehmann
• 1931–1933: Adolf Gremmelspacher
• 1933: Gutmann, temporary
• 1933–1937: Hermann Schneider
• 1937–1940: Karl Berckmüller
• 1940–1945: Hermann Riedel
• 1945–1946: Walter Bräunlich
• 1946: Edwin Hartmann
• 1946–1950: Edwin Nägele
• 1950–1972: Severin Kern

• 1797–1816: Erhard Bürk
• 1816–1819: (Vogt)
• 1819–1821: Thomas Wegler
• 1821–1825: ?
• 1825–1835: Matthias Rapp
• 1835–1841: Johann Georg Koch
• 1841–1852: Andreas Bürk
• 1852–1857: Christian Strohm
• 1857–1887: Erhard Müller
• 1887–1912: David Würth
• 1912–1925: Emil Braunagel
• 1925–1930: Ingo Lang von Langen
• 1930–1948: Otto Gönnenwein
• 1949–1962: Hans Kohler
• 1962–1972: Gerhard Gebauer

• 1972–1994: Gerhard Gebauer (SPD)
• 1994–2002: Manfred Matusza (CDU)
• 2002–2019: Rupert Kubon (SPD)
• since 2019: Jürgen Roth (CDU)

Source: State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg

Italy
Turkey
Croatia
Romania
Syria
Serbia
Greece
Poland
Kosovo
Bosnia

• Town wall
• Municipal Art Gallery
• Franciscan Monastery Museum
• Schwenningen Clock Museum
• Minster of Our Lady
• Theater am Ring
• Wanne Observation Tower, one of the oldest towers built of iron
• Internationales Luftfahrt-Museum, aviation museum

Villingen-Schwenningen is twinned with:^[3]

• Robert Prosinečki (born 1969), Croatian footballer and coach
• Dennis Seidenberg (born 1981), ice hockey player

Media related to Villingen-Schwenningen at Wikimedia Commons

Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Villingen-Schwenningen

• Villingen-Schwenningen: history & pictures Archived 2018-07-01 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
• The siege of Villingen in 1702 Archived 2010-07-21 at the Wayback Machine