Friolzheim

Friolzheim is a municipality of the Enz district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Friolzheimer Riese telecommunications tower was located here. The village of Friolzheim gradually became a possession of the House of Gemmingen in the 15th century, but then sold the village to Hirsau Abbey. Friolzheim remained a possession of the monastery until it was dissolved in 1807 following German mediatization. Under the Kingdom of Württemberg, Friolzheim was first assigned to Oberamt Calw in 1807, then to Oberamt Leonberg on 26 April 1808. Following the 1973 reorganization of Baden-Württemberg's districts, Friolzheim was assigned to the Enz district. The municipality (Gemeinde) of Friolzheim covers 8.54 square kilometers (3.30 mi) of the Enz district of Baden-Württemberg, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. Friolzheim is physically located at the edge of the Black Forest and the Upper Gäu. Most of the municipal area lies in the Heckengäu, a region characterized by karstified and forested muschelkalk hills covered with thin layers of soil. A portion of the Federally-protected Tiefenbronner Seewiesen natural reserve is located in the southeast of the municipality.