Nusplingen is a Swabia

Swabia

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n town in the Zollernalb district

Zollernalbkreis

The Zollernalbkreis is a district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The district is located in the Swabian Alb, and contains the second highest elevation of this mountains, the 1011 meter high Oberhohenberg...

, Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

, Germany

Germany

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The town is located in the valley of the small river Bära

Bära

The Bära is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg...

, about 12 miles up-river from where it flows in to the Danube

Danube

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. In the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

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Nusplingen gained the rights of a city. The town today has only a population of a few thousand people, but the big open market square is still to be seen in the town center in front of the town hall.