Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Karlsruhe, Heilbronn, Ludwigsburg, Böblingen and Calw.

[2] As two municipalities left the city in a communal reform in 1995, the partnership also includes Imielin and Chelm Slaski.

In March 2001 the Enz district together with the city Pforzheim started a friendship with the Hungarian Komitat Györ-Moson-Sopron.

The four diamonds in the coat of arms represent the four historic territories covered by the district: the Black Forest, the Heckengäu, Kraichgau and Stromberg.

The wavy line in the middle represent the river Enz, which also gave the name to the district.