Inzigkofen

Inzigkofen is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Historically, it is part of the Swabian north Alpine foreland basin.^[3]

Inzigkofen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Inzigkofen within Sigmaringen district
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Coordinates: 48°4′18″N 9°10′32″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Sigmaringen
Government
• Mayor (2020–28)	Bernd Gombold[1]
Area
• Total	28.76 km2 (11.10 sq mi)
Elevation	590 m (1,940 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,979
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	72514
Dialling codes	07571
Vehicle registration	SIG
Website	www.inzigkofen.de

Inzigkofen

It consists of three districts:

Coat of Arms	District (Teilort)	Population[4]	Area[4]
	Inzigkofen with Nickhof und Pault	1372	931 hectares (2,300 acres)
	Engelswies	611	749 hectares (1,850 acres)
	Vilsingen with Dietfurt	845	1,196 hectares (2,960 acres)

Within Engelswies is the now-abandoned Talsberg quarry, known for its fossiliferous layers, and the site of evidence of the oldest Eurasian hominoids; a molar tooth found there in June 1973 was reported in June 2011 to have been "dated with relative precision at 17 to 17.1 Ma" (million years ago).^[3]

Mayors

In November 2004 Bernd Gombold,^[5] was elected mayor with 96,8 % of the vote.^[6][7]

• 1946–1949: Fridolin Oswald
• 1949–1966: Johann Scherer
• 1967–1972: Manfred Sailer
• 1973–2005: Pius Widmer
• since 2005: Bernd Gombold