Trossingen

Trossingen is a town in South Germany (Baden-Württemberg). It is in a region called Baar, between the Swabian Alb and the Black Forest.

Town
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Trossingen within Tuttlingen district
Coordinates: 48°04′32″N 08°38′10″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Tuttlingen
Government
• Mayor	Dr. Clemens Maier
Area
• Total	24.20 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Elevation	699 m (2,293 ft)
Population  (2015-12-31)
• Total	16,123
• Density	666.24/km2 (1,725.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	78635–78647
Vehicle registration	TUT
Website	www.trossingen.de

Trossingen is called a "music town". It has around 16,000 people who live there, there is the 'University of Music Trossingen', which is one of Baden-Württemberg's state conservatories, and there are other institutions specialized in musical education, like the 'Bundesakademie für musikalische Jugendbildung' and the 'Hohner Konservatorium'. In 1857 the Matthias Hohner company was founded. Today, Hohner harmonicas and accordions are famous all over the world. Trossingen houses the German Harmonica Museum, too. Trossingen also has a historic railway: the Trossinger Eisenbahn. Several skeletons of the dinosaur Plateosaurus engelhardti were found in Trossingen during excavations in the early 20th century. The local museum Auberlehaus houses several of the original bones.

Distances

• Stuttgart (capital of Baden-Württemberg): about 120 kilometres (74.6 miles).
• Berlin (capital of Germany): about 750 kilometres (466.0 miles).
• the Black forest: about 15 kilometres (9.3 miles).
• Switzerland: about 50 kilometres (31.1 miles).

Trossingen Media

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  View from the main street to the train station

Other websites

• Media related to Trossingen at Wikimedia Commons