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Biberach
District
FlagCoat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Tübingen
Capital	Biberach an der Riß
Government
• District admin.	Mario Glaser
Area
• Total	1,409.82 km (544.33 sq mi)
Population
• Total	206,513
• Density	150/km (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	BC
Website	biberach.de

Biberach (German pronunciation: [ˈbiːbəʁax] ) is a Landkreis (district) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Ravensburg, Sigmaringen, Reutlingen and Alb-Donau, and the Bavarian districts Neu-Ulm, Unterallgäu and the district-free city Memmingen. The major towns in the district of Biberach are Biberach an der Riß, Riedlingen, Ochsenhausen and Laupheim.

Geography

The district consists of hilly countryside between the rivers of the Danube and the Iller. The Danube crosses the district in its westernmost part from south to north. The Iller forms the eastern border of the district. Another river is the Riss (Riß), an affluent of the Danube crossing the district from south to north.

The Federsee is a small lake in the southwest of the district. Its area is only 1.4 km, but it is famous for Neolithic findings and rare birds.

Media

The local newspaper is the Schwäbische Zeitung ("Swabian Newspaper"). Biberach has also a film festival for German films which celebrated its 31st anniversary in 2009.

Coat of arms

The imperial eagle symbolizes the imperial city of Biberach. Originally the coat of arms of the city showed an eagle as well as a beaver as a canting symbol. In 1488 the coat of arms of the city was changed to show only the beaver. The crosier symbolises the monasteries of the region.

Cities and towns

References

1. "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.

External links

• Official website of the district of Biberach (German)
• Federsee Neolithic Museum (German, English)
• Federsee Nature Reserve (German)

v t e Regions, and urban and rural districts in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Regions	Freiburg Karlsruhe Stuttgart Tübingen
Urban districts	Baden-Baden Freiburg Heidelberg Heilbronn Karlsruhe Mannheim Pforzheim Stuttgart Ulm
Rural districts	Alb-Donau Biberach Bodensee Böblingen Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Calw Emmendingen Enz Esslingen Freudenstadt Göppingen Heidenheim Heilbronn Hohenlohe Karlsruhe Konstanz Lörrach Ludwigsburg Main-Tauber Neckar-Odenwald Ortenau Ostalbkreis Rastatt Ravensburg Rems-Murr Reutlingen Rhein-Neckar Rottweil Schwäbisch Hall Schwarzwald-Baar Sigmaringen Tübingen Tuttlingen Waldshut Zollernalb
Districts of German states (Full list) Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Brandenburg Bremen Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia

v t e Towns and municipalities in Biberach (district)
Achstetten Alleshausen Allmannsweiler Altheim Attenweiler Bad Buchau Bad Schussenried Berkheim Betzenweiler Biberach an der Riß Burgrieden Dettingen Dürmentingen Dürnau Eberhardzell Erlenmoos Erolzheim Ertingen Gutenzell-Hürbel Hochdorf Ingoldingen Kanzach Kirchberg an der Iller Kirchdorf an der Iller Langenenslingen Laupheim Maselheim Mietingen Mittelbiberach Moosburg Ochsenhausen Oggelshausen Riedlingen Rot an der Rot Schemmerhofen Schwendi Seekirch Steinhausen an der Rottum Tannheim Tiefenbach Ummendorf Unlingen Uttenweiler Wain Warthausen

48°05′N 9°50′E / 48.08°N 9.83°E / 48.08; 9.83

• Districts of Baden-Württemberg
• Biberach (district)
• Tübingen (region)