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Calw (district)

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Country
  
Adm. region
  
Vehicle registration
  
CW

Administrative region
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Capital
  
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Colleges and Universities
  
SRH University Calw, Internationale Hochschule Liebenzell

Points of interest
  
Baumwipfelpfad Schwarzwald, Burgruine Zavelstein, Hohennagold Castle, Schweizer Wiese, Bahnhof Calw

Destinations
  

Calw is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Karlsruhe, Enz, the district-free city Pforzheim, Böblingen, Freudenstadt and Rastatt.

Contents

Map of Calw, Germany

History

The district was created in 1938, when the Oberamt Calw together with the neighboring Neuenbürg und Nagold were merged into a district. During the communal reform in 1973 the district at first was planned to be dissolved and its municipalities split to neighboring district. However it already had the right size and population which was planned for the newly created districts, and thus this plan was abandoned. But some changes in the outline of the districts happened - 15 municipalities of the district changed to the neighboring districts Enz, Rastatt and Böblingen, and in return it gained 6 municipalities from the districts Freudenstadt and the dissolved district Horb.

Geography

The district belongs to the northern part of the Black Forest mountains. The main river is the Nagold and the Enz.

Partnerships

Since 1991 the district has partnership with the district Freiberg in Saxony.

References

Calw (district) Wikipedia