Singen

Singen
Singen from the Hohentwiel
Coat of arms
Singen
Location of Singen within Konstanz district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Konstanz
Government
• Mayor	Bernd Häusler (CDU)
Area
• Total	61.75 km2 (23.84 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	45,717
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	78224
Dialling codes	07731
Vehicle registration	KN
Website	www.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 2 '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.

Sister cities

Singen is twinned with:

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

External links

• Official website