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{{Short description|German municipality}}
{{Infobox German place
|type = Gemeinde
|image_coa = DEU Sulzbach an der Murr COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|49|00|16|N|09|30|20|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_photo = SulzbachLautereck.jpg
|image_caption = {{ill|Lautereck Castle|de|Schloss Lautereck}}
|image_plan = Sulzbach an der Murr im Rems-Murr-Kreis.png
|state = Baden-Württemberg
|region = Stuttgart
|district = Rems-Murr-Kreis
|elevation = 273
|area = 40.11
|postal_code = 71560
|area_code = 07193
|licence = WN
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 1 19 075
|website = {{URL|http://www.sulzbach-murr.de}}
|mayor             = Veronika Franco Olias<ref>[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/buergermeisterwahl-sulzbach-an-der-murr-2023/ Bürgermeisterwahl Sulzbach an der Murr 2023], Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 12 June 2024.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2023&ndash;31
|party             =
}}
'''Sulzbach an der Murr''' is a municipality in the district of [[Rems-Murr]] in [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]].
==History==
Sulzbach an der Murr was a possession of the {{ill|County of Löwenstein|de|Grafschaft Löwenstein}} from the [[Middle Ages]] to 1867, when the House of [[Löwenstein-Wertheim]] finally lost control of Sulzbach.<ref name=LEO-BW>{{cite web|title=Sulzbach an der Murr|url=https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/1589/Sulzbach+an+der+Murr|website=[[LEO-BW]]|publisher=[[Baden-Württemberg]]|language=de|accessdate=31 July 2020}}</ref>
==Geography==
The municipality (''[[Municipalities of Germany|Gemeinde]]'') of Sulzbach an der Murr is located in the [[Rems-Murr-Kreis|Rems-Murr district]], in the [[States of Germany|German state]] of [[Baden-Württemberg]]. Sulzbach's municipal area is physically located in the between the [[Löwenstein Hills]] and [[Murrhardt Forest]], regions of the greater [[Swabian-Franconian Forest]]. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of {{convert|585|m|sp=us}} [[Normalnull]] (NN) to a low of {{convert|259|m|sp=us}} NN.<ref name=LEO-BW/>
==Politics==
Sulzbach has one borough (''Ortsteil''), Sulzbach an der Murr, and 17 villages: Bartenbach, Berwinkel, Bushof, Eschelhof, Eschenstruet, Gronbachmühle, Hager, Hammer, Harrenberg, Haselbachmühle, Ittenberg, Kleinhöchberg, Lautern, Liemannsklinge, Schleißweiler, Siebersbach, and Zwerenberg. The abandoned villages of Alte Sägmühle, Einsiedel, Wüste Mühl are located in Sulzbach's municipal area.<ref name=LEO-BW/>
===Coat of arms===
Sulzbach's [[coat of arms]] is [[Division of the field|divided ''party per fess'']] into an upper, [[Or (heraldry)|yellow]] half containing a [[Lions in heraldry|lion]] in [[Gules|red]] facing to the left, and a lower, [[Azure (heraldry)|blue]] half containing a [[Argent|white]] fish. The red lion is taken from the arms of Löwenstein-Wertheim while the fish is a reference to Sulzbach's abundance of waterways. This coat of arms has been used since 1650 in [[Seal (emblem)|town seals]] since 1650. On 18 February 1981, the Rems-Murr district office issued a municipal flag to Sulzbach.<ref name=LEO-BW/>
==Transportation==
Sulzbach an der Murr is connected to [[Driving in Germany|Germany's network of roadways]] by the [[Bundesstraße 14]] and its system of railways by the [[Waiblingen–Schwäbisch Hall railway]]. Local public transportation is provided by the [[Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart]].<ref name=LEO-BW/>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}} (in German)
{{Cities and towns in Rems-Murr (district)}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Rems-Murr-Kreis]]