Bad Niedernau
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Bad Niedernau is a suburban district of Rottenburg am Neckar
Rottenburg am Neckar
Rottenburg am Neckar is a medium-sized town in the administrative district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It rests about 50 km southwest of the provincial capital Stuttgart and about 12 km southwest of the district town Tübingen...

 in the administrative district of Tübingen
Tübingen (district)
Tübingen is a district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Böblingen, Reutlingen, Zollernalbkreis and Freudenstadt.-History:...

 in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

 (Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

).

Geography

Bad Niedernau is located 3 km (1.86 mi) southwestern from Rottenburg am Neckar
Rottenburg am Neckar
Rottenburg am Neckar is a medium-sized town in the administrative district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It rests about 50 km southwest of the provincial capital Stuttgart and about 12 km southwest of the district town Tübingen...

 in the Neckar-valley with an elevation from 430 to 475 m.

Extent

The area of the district is 410 hectare
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...

s. Thereof fall 52.5 % upon agriculturally used area, 32.3 % upon forest area, 7.7 % upon settlement area and roads, 5.3 % upon waterexpanse and 2.2 % upon other.

Neighbour localities

The following territories adjoin to Bad Niedernau , they are called clockwise beginning in the north: Rottenburg (town), Weiler
Weiler (Rottenburg)
Weiler is a suburban district of Rottenburg am Neckar in the administrative district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg .-Geography:Weiler is located 4 km southern from Rottenburg am Neckar on a plateau with an elevation from 373 to 558 m.-Extent:The area of the district is 384 hectares...

, Schwalldorf
Schwalldorf
Schwalldorf is a suburban district of Rottenburg am Neckar in the administrative district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg .- Geography :...

 and Obernau
Obernau (Rottenburg)
Obernau is a suburban district of Rottenburg am Neckar in the administrative district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg .-Geography:...

 (all in the admin. district of Tübingen
Tübingen (district)
Tübingen is a district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Böblingen, Reutlingen, Zollernalbkreis and Freudenstadt.-History:...

). Weiler, Schwalldorf and Obernau are districts of Rottenburg am Neckar.

Population

Bad Niedernau has a current population of 569 people (31/01/08). In order to that Bad Niedernau is among the smaller districts of Rottenburg. The population density is 139 people per km² (359 per sq mi), according to an area of 4.10 km² (1.6 sq mi).

Honorary Citizens

The former municipality of Bad Niedernau has awarded the honorary citizenship to Kilian von Steiner
Kilian von Steiner
Kilian von Steiner was a German banker and industrialist.Born in Laupheim as the eighth child of Jewish merchant Viktor Steiner and his wife Sophie, Kilian Steiner spent his youth in the small Upper Swabian town...

(Banker) in 1891.

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