Singen

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Singen
Singen from the Hohentwiel
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Coordinates: 47°45′46″N 8°50′24″E / 47.76278°N 8.84000°E / 47.76278; 8.84000Coordinates: 47°45′46″N 8°50′24″E / 47.76278°N 8.84000°E / 47.76278; 8.84000
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Konstanz
Subdivisions	7
Government
• Lord mayor	Bernd Häusler (CDU)
Area
• Total	61.75 km2 (23.84 sq mi)
Elevation	429 m (1,407 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	48,033
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	78224
Dialling codes	07731
Vehicle registration	KN
Website	www.in-singen.de

Singen is an industrial city in the very south of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany and just north of the German-Swiss border.

Location[]

Singen is an industrial city situated in the very south of Baden-Württemberg in Germany close to Lake Constance just north of the German-Swiss border and is the most important city in the Hegau area.

Landmarks[]

Hohentwiel

The most famous landmark of Singen is Hohentwiel, a volcanic stub on which there are the ruins of a fortress destroyed by French troops during the Napoleonic Wars.

World War II 'Singen route'[]

Singen is notable in military history for the Singen route in World War II. This route into Switzerland was discovered by Dutch naval lieutenant Hans Larive in 1940 on his first escape attempt from an Oflag (prisoner's camp for officers) in Soest. After being captured at the Swiss border near Singen, the interrogating Gestapo officer was so confident the war would soon be won by Germany that he told Larive the safe way across the border. Larive did not forget and many prisoners later escaped using this route - that included Larive himself, Francis Steinmetz, Anthony Luteyn, Airey Neave, Pat Reid and Howard Wardle in their escapes from Colditz Castle when Colditz was used in the war as Oflag IV-C.^[2]

Transport[]

Singen is an important regional train hub with three railway lines and the terminal of the Stuttgart-Hattingen railway with connections to Stuttgart and the Swiss Schaffhausen.

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Singen is twinned with:^[3]

• La Ciotat, France (1968)
• Pomezia, Italy (1974)
• Celje, Slovenia (1989)
• Kobeliaky, Ukraine (1993)

Notable people[]

• Herbert Haag (1915–2001), Swiss Catholic theologian
• Knut Folkerts (born 1952), former terrorist Red Army Faction (RAF)
• Beatrix Ruf (born 1960), director and curator of the Kunsthalle Zürich
• Jens Truckenbrod (born 1980), footballer
• Cédric Soares (born 1991), Portuguese footballer

References[]

External links[]

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