Neufra

Neufra
Coat of arms
Neufra
Location of Neufra within Sigmaringen district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Sigmaringen
Government
• Mayor	Jürgen Beck
Area
• Total	28.39 km2 (10.96 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	1,866
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	72419
Dialling codes	07574
Vehicle registration	SIG
Website	www.neufra.de

Neufra is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Geography and location

The municipality of Neufra is located in the Fehla River Valley, a tributary of the Lauchert River, which rises in the Swabian Alps.

Neighboring towns and villages include Bitz in the West; Burladingen and Gauselfingen in the northwest; Gammertingen and Bronnen to the north and east; Hettingen in the southeast; Veringenstadt to the south; and Harthausen auf der Scher in the southwest.

History

Evidence of prehistoric settlement abound in Neufra and surrounding environs. Graves and ceramics from Neufra and Freudenweiler date from the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1500 BC) to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1200 BC). Other artifacts have been recovered from Hallstatt Culture sites. In more recent prehistory, Roman finds, dating from the Republic-era (c. 100 BC) were unearthed on the northern slope of Mount Ebinger.

The name "Neufra" probably derives from the Alemannic German "Niwifara" from the 6th or 7th century AD, which can be translated either "new family" or "new ford". In 1138 AD, the area's name was listed as "Nufiron" in the chronicle of Berthold of Zwiefalten.