What is Rottweil?
{{about|the town|the district|Rottweil (district)}} {{Infobox German location |Art = Stadt |image_photo = Germany Rottweil Main Street.jpg |imagesize = 245px |image_caption= Main street |Wappen = Wappen Rottweil.svg |coordinates = {{coord|48|10|5|N|8|37|29|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Lageplan = Rottweil in RW.svg |Lageplanbeschreibung = |Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg |Regierungsbezirk = [[Freiburg Government Region|Freiburg]] |Landkreis = [[Rottweil (district)|Rottweil]] |Höhe = 557 |Fläche = 71.76 |Einwohner = 24378 |Stand = 2013-12-31 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 08325049 |PLZ = 78628, 78652 (Unterrotenstein) |Vorwahl = 0741, 07427 (Neukirch) |Kfz = RW |Website = {{URL|https://www.rottweil.de/}} |Bürgermeister = Ralf Broß |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister }} '''Rottweil''' ({{IPA-de|ˈʁɔtvaɪl|lang|Rottweil.ogg}}) is the oldest [[town]] in the [[States of Germany|German state]] of [[Baden-Württemberg]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aktiv-online.de/ratgeber/rottweil-warum-die-aelteste-stadt-in-baden-wuerttemberg-einen-besuch-wert-ist-16487 | title=Rottweil: Warum die älteste Stadt in Baden-Württemberg einen Besuch wert ist }}</ref> It has almost 25,000 inhabitants as of 2015. The [[Rottweiler]] dog breed is named after this town. In 2015, the company [[ThyssenKrupp]] started to build a 807-foot (246&nbsp;m) tower for $45 million in Rottweil.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Eliot |last=Brown |date=September 15, 2015 |title = Elevators Elevate German City's Image |url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/elevators-elevate-german-citys-image-1442324191|newspaper = [[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=2 February 2017|issn = 0099-9660}}</ref> The tower was completed in 2017. It was the tallest elevator test tower in the world when it was finished.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dillon|first=Conor|date=2015-06-26|title=World's tallest elevator tower rises in Rottweil, Germany {{!}} DW {{!}} 26.06.2015|url=https://www.dw.com/en/worlds-tallest-elevat