Tübingen

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State:	Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk:	Tübingen
Region:	Neckar-Alb
District:	Tübingen
Area:	108.12 km²
Population:	83,137(31 December 2002)
Population density:	764/km²
Elevation:	338 m
Postal code:	72001-72999
Area/distance code:	07071
Location:	Template:Coor dm
Municipal code:	08416041
Car designation:	`TÜ`
Arrangement of the city:	17 districts
Address of the city administration:	1 Am Markt 72070 Tübingen
Website:	www.tuebingen.de

Image:Tuebingen Neckarfront.jpg Tübingen, a traditional university town of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is situated 20 miles southwest of Stuttgart, on a ridge between the River Neckar and the Ammer. The city functions as the seat of the Administrative District of Tübingen, as well as of the county of Tübingen.

In 2002 the city had 82,885 inhabitants, including circa 22,000 students. Tübingen is best described as a mixture of an old and distinguished academic flair including liberal politics and german-style fraternities, with rural, agricultural and typical Swabian elements. The city contains many picturesque buildings from previous centuries, and lies on the river Neckar.

1995, the German weekly, "Focus" published a national survey according to which Tübingen had the highest quality of life of all cities in Germany.

Tübingen's Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen dates from 1477, making it one of the oldest in Germany. Tübingen itself dates from the 6th or 7th century.

Famous Tübingen residents include the poet Friedrich Hölderlin, Alois Alzheimer from whom Alzheimer's disease takes its name, Friedrich Miescher who was the first to discover DNA, and Wilhelm Schickard who developed the first mechanical computer. Hegel and Johannes Kepler studied in Tübingen, and Joseph Alois Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) held a chair in dogmatic theology at the University. It is the home of scholars of international renown such as the philosopher Ernst Bloch, the theologian Hans Küng, famous author Walter Jens, as well as Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, a Nobel laureate for medicine.

1 Location
2 Districts
3 Historical population
4 Twinnings
5 External links

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Location

Location of Tübingen in Germany

Tübingen and the other cities of the Neckar River watershed

Watershed of the Rhine River

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Districts

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Historical population

Year	Population
1871	16,176
1880	19,378
1890	20,913
1900	23,425
1910	28,499
1925	29,971
1933	34,112
1939	35,963
1950	44,221
1956	51,454
1961	58,768
1962	61,068
1963	61,484
1964	62,454
1965	63,450

Year	Population
1966	64,886
1967	65,846
1968	67,054
1969	67,947
1970	66,788
1971	68,231
1972	69,650
1973	70,993
1974	71,175
1975	71,348
1976	71,558
1977	71,820
1978	71,193
1979	72,167
1980	73,132