Bietigheim is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the district of Rastatt

Rastatt (district)

Rastatt is a district in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Karlsruhe, Calw, Freudenstadt and the Ortenaukreis. To the west it borders the French département Bas-Rhin...

 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...

 in Southwestern 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...

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Neighbour towns and villages

Bietigheim borders on the following towns, clockwise beginning from the north:
Durmersheim

Durmersheim

Durmersheim is a small town in the district of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Southwest Germany and has a population of 12,049 .Durmersheim is situated between Karlsruhe and Rastatt, in the valley of the river Rhine near the border to France. There is also a forest in the valley, named Hardtwald, c...

, Malsch

Malsch

Malsch is a municipality in the district of Karlsruhe, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 15 km south of Karlsruhe, and 10 km east of Rastatt, at the eastern border of the Upper Rhine Plain....

, Muggensturm

Muggensturm

Muggensturm is a town in the district of Rastatt in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....

, Ötigheim

Ötigheim

Ötigheim is a town in the district of Rastatt in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.-References:...

, Steinmauern

Steinmauern

Steinmauern is a town in the district of Rastatt in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....

, Elchesheim-Illingen

Elchesheim-Illingen

Elchesheim-Illingen is a village in Southwestern Germany, located between Karlsruhe and Rastatt. The river Rhine flows 5 km west of the village.-Population:...

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Geography

The village is located between the river Rhine and the black forest

Black Forest

The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....

. There is also a forest in the valley, named Hardtwald

Hardtwald

The Hardtwald is a forest in Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany. It is located around Karlsruhe, on the right bank of the Rhine, between Schwetzingen in the north and Rastatt in the south. The Black Forest is located to its east. In the 18th century, Karlsruhe was founded in the Hardtwald....

. The 27 kilometres long Federbach River flows from south to north through the village.

The nearest big city is Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe

The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...

, c. 17 km north of the village. The nearest airport is the Airport Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden.