Albstadt

City
	Coat of arms
	Location of Albstadt within Zollernalbkreis district
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	Coordinates: 48°12′43″N 09°01′26″E / 48.21194°N 9.02389°ECoordinates: 48°12′43″N 09°01′26″E / 48.21194°N 9.02389°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Zollernalbkreis
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Konzelmann (FW)
Area
• Total	134.41 km2 (51.90 sq mi)
Elevation	731 m (2,398 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	44,431
• Density	330.563/km2 (856.15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	72421–72461
Vehicle registration	BL
Website	www.albstadt.de

Albstadt [ˈalpʃtat] is a city in the district of Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is in the Swabian Alb mountains, about halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. Albstadt is the largest city in the district.

Albstadt was damaged by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in 1911, which was the second most powerful earthquake recorded in Germany (after the 1756 Düren earthquake),^[2]^[3] a 5.6 magnitude earthquake in 1943, and a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in 1978, which was the costliest in Germany at 275 million Deutsche Mark.^[4]^[5] During World War II, Albstadt was also damaged by an air raid by the Allies on July 11, 1944, which killed 65 people,^[6] and another one on February 20, 1945, which killed 19 people.^[7]