title: Kiebingen
text: # Kiebingen
  
  Kiebingen is a suburban district of Rottenburg am Neckar in the administrative district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg (Germany).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Kiebingen is located 3 km (1.9 mi) eastern from Rottenburg and 8 km (5 mi) western from Tübingen in the valley of the Neckar river.
  
  ### Extent
  
  The area of the district is 514 hectares. Thereof fall 60.1% upon agriculturally used area, 21.7% upon forest area, 14.7% upon settlement area and roads, 2.7% upon water extent and 0.8% upon other.
  
  ### Neighbour localities
  
  The territories of the following localities adjoin to Kiebingen, they are called clockwise beginning in the north: Wurmlingen, Hirschau, Bühl and Rottenburg (town), (all in the admin. district of Tübingen). Wurmlingen is also a suburb of Rottenburg, Hirschau and Bühl are suburbs of Tübingen. Wurmlingen and Hirschau are situated northern, Kiebingen and Bühl southern of the Neckar.
  
  ## Population
  
  Kiebingen has 2007 residents (31/01/08). It is the third largest suburb of Rottenburg. At an area of 5.14 km² (2 sq mi) this corresponds to a population density of 390 people per km², or 1011 per sq mi.
  
  ### Faiths
  
  The population of the village is predominantly Roman Catholic.
  
  ## Politics
  
  ### Sister Village
  
  * Lion-sur-Mer (France) since 1988
  
  ## Personalities
  
  ### Honorary Citizens
  
  Persons, who got the honorary citizenship by the former Municipality of Kiebingen:
  
  * 1938: Karl Franz Ferdinand Viktor Osterwald, (operator of the local power station)
  