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Balingen

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thumb|280px|Balingen with Industrial Area Gehrn in the foreground Balingen (; Swabian: Balenga) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, capital of the district of Zollernalbkreis. It is located near the Swabian Jura, approximately 35 km to the south of Tübingen, 35 km northeast of Villingen-Schwenningen, and 70 km south southwest of Stuttgart.

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Balingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and serves as the capital of the Zollernalbkreis district. It is strategically located near the Swabian Jura, roughly 35 kilometers south of Tübingen and 70 kilometers south-southwest of Stuttgart.

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Key facts

German place.type
Stadt
German place.image_coa
DEU Balingen COA.svg
German place.image_photo
Balingen Zollernschloss.jpg
German place.image_caption
Zollernschloss in Balingen
German place.image_plan
Balingen in BL.svg
German place.state
Baden-Württemberg
German place.region
Tübingen
German place.district
Zollernalbkreis
German place.elevation
517
German place.area
90.32
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
08417002
German place.postal_code
72301–72336
German place.area_code
07433
German place.licence
BL
German place.website
www.balingen.de
German place.mayor
Dirk Abel
German place.leader_term
2023–31
German place.party
CDU

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thumb|280px|Balingen with Industrial Area Gehrn in the foreground Balingen (; Swabian: Balenga) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, capital of the district of Zollernalbkreis. It is located near the Swabian Jura, approximately 35 km to the south of Tübingen, 35 km northeast of Villingen-Schwenningen, and 70 km south southwest of Stuttgart.

Balingen is the second largest town in the Zollernalb district after Albstadt. It is a medium-sized center for the surrounding municipalities and was named a large district town in 1974. The town of Balingen has undergone dynamic development since 1945. The town, officially designated a "Große Kreisstadt" (large district town) since January 1, 1974, has entered into an administrative partnership with the neighboring town of Geislingen.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balingen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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