Spiegelberg

Spiegelberg
Spiegelberg
Municipality
	Spiegelberg, June 2013
	Coat of arms
	Location of Spiegelberg within Rems-Murr-Kreis district
	Spiegelberg Spiegelberg
	Coordinates: 49°02′15″N 09°26′45″E / 49.03750°N 9.44583°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Rems-Murr-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2023–31)
Area
• Total	28.22 km2 (10.90 sq mi)
Elevation	383 m (1,257 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,169
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	71579
Dialling codes	07194
Vehicle registration	WN
Website	www.gemeinde-spiegelberg.de

Spiegelberg is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

History

Spiegelberg's name comes from a glassworking manufactory built in the town in 1699 that produced mirrors from 1705 to 1794.^[3]

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Spiegelberg is located at the northern edge of the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, along its border with the district of Heilbronn. Spiegelberg is situated in the valley of the Lauter and within the Swabian-Franconian Forest. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of 566 meters (1,857 ft) Normalnull (NN) to a low of 291 meters (955 ft) NN.^[3]

A portion of the Federally protected Bodenbach gorge [de] nature reserve is located in Spiegelberg's municipal area.^[3]

Politics

Spiegelberg has three boroughs (Ortsteile) – Jux, Nassach, and Spiegelberg – and ten villages: Dauernberg, Eisenlautern, Gieshof, Großhöchberg, Hüttlen, Kurzach, Neuhöchberg, Obere Roßstaig, Roßsteig, and Vorderbüchelberg. The industrial district of Roßstaig and the abandoned villages of Glashausen and Lassweiler are also located in the municipal area.^[3]

Coat of arms

Spiegelberg's municipal coat of arms is divided party per pale into a left, yellow half and a right, green half. Alternating between these two colors is an oak tree rooted to a three-pointed mountain.^[3]