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{{Short description|German municipality}}
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{{Infobox German location
|name              = Bitz
|type              = Gemeinde
|image_photo       = Rathaus Bitz.jpg
|image_caption     = Bitz town hall
|image_coa         = Wappen Bitz.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|48|14|38|N|09|05|27|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan        = Bitz in BL.svg
|state             = Baden-Württemberg
|region            = Tübingen
|district          = Zollernalbkreis
|elevation         = 884
|area              = 8.82
|postal_code       = 72475
|area_code         = 07431
|mayor             = Raphaela Gonser<ref>[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/buergermeisterwahl-bitz-2024/ Bürgermeisterwahl Bitz 2024], Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 12 June 2024.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2024&ndash;32
|party             = 
|licence           = BL
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 4 17 010
|website           = {{URL|http://www.bitz.de/}}
}}

'''Bitz''' ({{IPA|de|bɪts}}) is a municipality in the [[Zollernalbkreis]] district of [[Baden-Württemberg, Germany]].

==History==
Bitz was a possession of the {{ill|House of Lichtenstein|de|Lichtenstein (Adelsgeschlecht)}} until 1386. Bitz became an independent municipality within the [[Kingdom of Württemberg]] in 1832. It was assigned in 1806 to {{ill|Oberamt Balingen|de}}, reorganized in 1938 as {{ill|Landkreis Balingen|de}}. Bitz enjoyed large-scale industrial growth in the 1960s in every direction but south. In 1973, following {{ill|1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform|de|Kreisreform Baden-Württemberg 1973|lt=Baden-Württemberg's district reforms in that year}}, Bitz was reassigned to the newly created [[Zollernalbkreis|Zollernalb district]]. Another period of expansion, this time residential, elapsed in the 1980s.<ref name=LEO-BW>{{cite web|title=Bitz|url=https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/16310/Bitz|website=[[LEO-BW]]|publisher=[[Baden-Württemberg]]|language=de|accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref>

==Geography==
The municipality (''[[Municipalities of Germany|Gemeinde]]'') of Bitz is politically located in the [[Zollernalbkreis|Zollernalb district]] of [[Baden-Württemberg]], a [[States of Germany|state]] of the [[Federal Republic of Germany]]. Bitz is physically located in a [[Depression (geology)|depression]] of the {{ill|Middle Kuppenalb|de|Mittlere Kuppenalb|lt=Kuppenalb}} and {{ill|Upper Swabian Jura|de|Hohe Schwabenalb}}. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a low of {{convert|775|m|sp=us}} [[Normalnull]] (NN) to a high of {{convert|928|m|sp=us}} NN.<ref name=LEO-BW/>

==Coat of arms==
Bitz's municipal [[coat of arms]] displays a [[Argent|white]] eagle's wing on a [[Field (heraldry)|field]] of [[Azure (heraldry)|blue]] below a [[Chief (heraldry)|chief]] of [[Or (heraldry)|yellow]] containing a [[Sable (heraldry)|black]] stag's antler. This pattern was awarded to the municipality of by the [[Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community|Federal Ministry of the Interior]] on 17 April 1958. A flag was issued by the government of the provisional [[Württemberg-Hohenzollern]] on 8 May 1951. The first pattern was a [[Seal (emblem)|seal]] from 1930 with two [[bobbin]]s and two [[sewing needles]]. This was replaced on 14 March 1938 with a coat of arms displaying a silver loom with blue thread, which was approved by the local [[Reichsstatthalter]], [[Wilhelm Murr]]. Both these patterns recalled Bitz's industrial history, but in 1958 the loom was replaced with the eagle wing to represent the House of Lichtenstein; the stag horn, references Württemberg.<ref name=LEO-BW/>

==Transportation==
Bitz is connected to the network of German roadways by the L448. The {{ill|Albstadt-Degerfeld airfield|de|Flugplatz Albstadt-Degerfeld}} is located about {{convert|2|km|sp=us}} northwest of Bitz. Local public transport is provided by the {{ill|Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau|de}}.<ref name=LEO-BW/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}} (in German)

{{Cities and towns in Zollernalb district}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Zollernalbkreis]]