Editing Tübingen (section)

== Government ==
Tübingen is governed by the mayor, elected by citizens every eight years, and by the municipal council, elected by citizens every five years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Politik und Gremien |url=https://www.tuebingen.de/7.html |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.tuebingen.de |language=de}}</ref> [[Boris Palmer]], a former member of the [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Greens]], has been mayor since 2007, re-elected in 2014 and 2022 and on his third term until 2030.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oberbürgermeister |url=https://www.tuebingen.de/75.html |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.tuebingen.de |language=de}}</ref>

Tübingen's council decided that the city should be climate-neutral by 2030.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tübingen klimaneutral 2030 |url=https://www.tuebingen.de/29645.html |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.tuebingen.de |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.tuebingen.de/Dateien/broschuere_klimaschutzprogramm.pdf |title=Klimaschutzprogramm 2020 bis 2030 für die Zielsetzung "Tübingen klimaneutral 2030" |publisher=Universitätsstadt Tübingen. Stabsstelle Umwelt- und Klimaschutz |year=2022 |location= |language=de}}</ref> In 2022, the city was the first in Germany to tax [[disposable food packaging]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=German Federal Administrative Court confirms legality of local packaging tax in city of Tübingen |url=https://globaltaxnews.ey.com/news/2023-0995-german-federal-administrative-court-confirms-legality-of-local-packaging-tax-in-city-of-tbingen |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=globaltaxnews.ey.com}}</ref> Restaurants in Tübingen are charged 50 cents per disposable cup and cardboard bowl, and 20 cents per piece of cutlery.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keck |first=Christine |date=2023-05-26 |title=(S+) Boris Palmer zur Verpackungsteuer: »Wir setzen auf den Trieb des Menschen, Steuern zu sparen« |language=de |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/leute/boris-palmer-zur-verpackungssteuer-wir-setzen-auf-den-trieb-des-menschen-steuern-zu-sparen-a-d4306d4e-2e48-449f-ba35-4391a6593744 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-06-09 |issn=2195-1349}}</ref>

=== Regional structure ===
[[File:Neckar watershed closer.gif|right|thumb|220px|Tübingen (lower right) on the Neckar, in southwest Germany]]
Tübingen is the capital of an [[Tübingen (district)|eponymous district]] and an [[Tübingen (region)|eponymous administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'')]], before 1973 called ''Südwürttemberg-Hohenzollern''.

Tübingen and [[Reutlingen]] with a population of over 100,000 (about {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} east) form a large centre of the [[Neckar-Alb]] region. Both cities are based on a  different heritage and always belonged to different administrative entities. While they both had a long lasting rivalry they also complement each other. Reutlingen is more business oriented and industrialized and is successful in engineering and trade, while Tübingen excels in education and science, specialized health care and arts. The double centre is surrounded by smaller cities and connected to Albstadt, Balingen, Hechingen, Metzingen, Münsingen, Rottenburg, that each form middle centres and contribute to the high population density of the region. 

Administratively, it is not part of the [[Stuttgart Region]], bordering it to the north and west ([[Böblingen (district)|Böblingen district]]). However, the city and northern parts of its district can be regarded as belonging to that region in a wider regional and cultural context.

=== Districts ===
Tübingen is divided into 22 districts, the city core of twelve districts (population of about 51,000) and ten outer districts (suburbs) (population of about 31,000):

Core city districts:

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* Französisches Viertel
* Österberg
* Schönblick/Winkelwiese
* [[Lustnau]]
* [[Südstadt (Tübingen)|Südstadt]]
* Universität
* Waldhäuser Ost
* [[Wanne, Germany|Wanne]]
* Weststadt
* Zentrum
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Outer districts:

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* [[Bebenhausen]]
* [[Bühl (Tübingen)|Bühl]]
* Derendingen
* [[Hagelloch]]
* [[Hirschau (Tübingen)|Hirschau]]
* [[Kilchberg (Tübingen)|Kilchberg]]
* [[Pfrondorf]]
* [[Unterjesingen]]
* Weilheim, Baden-Württemberg
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