| Friolzheim | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
 Friolzheim town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Friolzheim within Enzkreis district
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  Friolzheim Show map of Germany Friolzheim Show map of Baden-Württemberg | |
| Coordinates: 48°50′10″N 8°50′12″E / 48.83611°N 8.83667°E / 48.83611; 8.83667 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
| District | Enzkreis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.54 km (3.30 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 453 m (1,486 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,310 |
| • Density | 500/km (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 71292 |
| Dialling codes | 07044 |
| Vehicle registration | PF |
| Website | www |
Friolzheim is a municipality of the Enz district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Friolzheimer Riese telecommunications tower was located here.
History
The village of Friolzheim gradually became a possession of the House of Gemmingen [de] in the 15th century, but then sold the village to Hirsau Abbey. Friolzheim remained a possession of the monastery until it was dissolved in 1807 following German mediatization. Under the Kingdom of Württemberg, Friolzheim was first assigned to Oberamt Calw [de] in 1807, then to Oberamt Leonberg [de] on 26 April 1808. Following the 1973 reorganization of Baden-Württemberg's districts [de], Friolzheim was assigned to the Enz district.
Geography
The municipality (Gemeinde) of Friolzheim covers 8.54 square kilometers (3.30 sq mi) of the Enz district of Baden-Württemberg, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. Friolzheim is physically located at the edge of the Black Forest and the Upper Gäu [de]. Most of the municipal area lies in the Heckengäu, a region characterized by karstified and forested muschelkalk hills covered with thin layers of soil.
A portion of the Federally-protected Tiefenbronner Seewiesen [de] natural reserve is located in the southeast of the municipality.
Coat of arms
Friolzheim's municipal coat of arms is divided vertically between an image of a stag in gold upon a field of blue on the right, and five bars – three gold and two blue – on the left. The bars on the left are from the coat of arms of the House of Gemmingen [de], while the stag is a reference to Hirsau Abbey. This pattern was drafted and accepted on the suggestion of the Central State Archive Stuttgart [de] in 1937, as Friolzheim had had no coat of arms until then. It was officially approved by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on 11 December 1957.
References
- "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ "Friolzheim". LEO-BW (in German). Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
