Bitz () is a municipality in the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

History

Bitz was a possession of the until 1386. Bitz became an independent municipality within the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1832. It was assigned in 1806 to , reorganized in 1938 as . Bitz enjoyed large-scale industrial growth in the 1960s in every direction but south. In 1973, following , Bitz was reassigned to the newly created Zollernalb district. Another period of expansion, this time residential, elapsed in the 1980s.

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Bitz is politically located in the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. Bitz is physically located in a depression of the and . Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a low of Normalnull (NN) to a high of NN.