# Bitz

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German municipality

For bits used in miniatures, see [Miniature conversion](/source/Miniature_conversion). For other uses, see [Bitz (disambiguation)](/source/Bitz_(disambiguation)).

Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Bitz Municipality Bitz town hall Coat of arms Location of Bitz within Zollernalbkreis district Location of Bitz Bitz Show map of Germany Bitz Show map of Baden-Württemberg Coordinates: 48°14′38″N 09°05′27″E / 48.24389°N 9.09083°E / 48.24389; 9.09083 Country Germany State Baden-Württemberg Admin. region Tübingen District Zollernalbkreis Government • Mayor (2024–32) Raphaela Gonser[1] Area • Total 8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi) Elevation 884 m (2,900 ft) Population (2024-12-31)[2] • Total 3,812 • Density 432/km2 (1,120/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) Postal codes 72475 Dialling codes 07431 Vehicle registration BL Website www.bitz.de

**Bitz** (German pronunciation: [\[bɪts\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German)) is a municipality in the [Zollernalbkreis](/source/Zollernalbkreis) district of [Baden-Württemberg, Germany](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg%2C_Germany).

## History

Bitz was a possession of the [House of Lichtenstein](/source/House_of_Lichtenstein) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtenstein_(Adelsgeschlecht))] until 1386. Bitz became an independent municipality within the [Kingdom of Württemberg](/source/Kingdom_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg) in 1832. It was assigned in 1806 to [Oberamt Balingen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oberamt_Balingen&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberamt_Balingen)], reorganized in 1938 as [Landkreis Balingen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Landkreis_Balingen&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreis_Balingen)]. Bitz enjoyed large-scale industrial growth in the 1960s in every direction but south. In 1973, following [Baden-Württemberg's district reforms in that year](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1973_Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg_district_reform&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreisreform_Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg_1973)], Bitz was reassigned to the newly created [Zollernalb district](/source/Zollernalbkreis). Another period of expansion, this time residential, elapsed in the 1980s.[3]

## Geography

The municipality (*[Gemeinde](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany)*) of Bitz is politically located in the [Zollernalb district](/source/Zollernalbkreis) of [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg), a [state](/source/States_of_Germany) of the [Federal Republic of Germany](/source/Federal_Republic_of_Germany). Bitz is physically located in a [depression](/source/Depression_(geology)) of the [Kuppenalb](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Middle_Kuppenalb&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittlere_Kuppenalb)] and [Upper Swabian Jura](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Upper_Swabian_Jura&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohe_Schwabenalb)]. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a low of 775 meters (2,543 ft) [Normalnull](/source/Normalnull) (NN) to a high of 928 meters (3,045 ft) NN.[3]

## Coat of arms

Bitz's municipal [coat of arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) displays a [white](/source/Argent) eagle's wing on a [field](/source/Field_(heraldry)) of [blue](/source/Azure_(heraldry)) below a [chief](/source/Chief_(heraldry)) of [yellow](/source/Or_(heraldry)) containing a [black](/source/Sable_(heraldry)) stag's antler. This pattern was awarded to the municipality of by the [Federal Ministry of the Interior](/source/Federal_Ministry_of_the_Interior%2C_Building_and_Community) on 17 April 1958. A flag was issued by the government of the provisional [Württemberg-Hohenzollern](/source/W%C3%BCrttemberg-Hohenzollern) on 8 May 1951. The first pattern was a [seal](/source/Seal_(emblem)) from 1930 with two [bobbins](/source/Bobbin) and two [sewing needles](/source/Sewing_needles). This was replaced on 14 March 1938 with a coat of arms displaying a silver loom with blue thread, which was approved by the local [Reichsstatthalter](/source/Reichsstatthalter), [Wilhelm Murr](/source/Wilhelm_Murr). Both these patterns recalled Bitz's industrial history, but in 1958 the loom was replaced with the eagle wing to represent the House of Lichtenstein; the stag horn, references Württemberg.[3]

## Transportation

Bitz is connected to the network of German roadways by the L448. The [Albstadt-Degerfeld airfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albstadt-Degerfeld_airfield&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugplatz_Albstadt-Degerfeld)] is located about 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) northwest of Bitz. Local public transport is provided by the [Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Verkehrsverbund_Neckar-Alb-Donau&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsverbund_Neckar-Alb-Donau)].[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Bürgermeisterwahl Bitz 2024](https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/buergermeisterwahl-bitz-2024/), Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Tabellengruppe 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes zum 31. Dezember 2024"](https://daten.statistik-bw.de/genesisonline/online?operation=statistic&levelindex=0&levelid=1757432774350&code=12411#abreadcrumb) [Update of the population as of 31 December 2024] (in German). [Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg](/source/Statistisches_Landesamt_Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LEO-BW_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LEO-BW_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-LEO-BW_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-LEO-BW_3-3) ["Bitz"](https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/16310/Bitz). *[LEO-BW](/source/LEO-BW)* (in German). [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg). Retrieved 11 July 2020.

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.bitz.de/) (in German)

v t e Towns and municipalities in Zollernalb district Albstadt Balingen Bisingen Bitz Burladingen Dautmergen Dormettingen Dotternhausen Geislingen Grosselfingen Haigerloch Hausen am Tann Hechingen Jungingen Meßstetten Nusplingen Obernheim Rangendingen Ratshausen Rosenfeld Schömberg Straßberg Weilen unter den Rinnen Winterlingen Zimmern unter der Burg Coat of arms

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