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Endersbach (Weinstadt)
Weinstadt (meaning "Wine City") is a town in the Rems-Murr district, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the Rems Valley approximately 15 km east of Stuttgart. Its population in 2012 was 25,998. The town is composed of five districts or Stadtteile which were formerly independent towns and villages. They are Beutelsbach, Endersbach, Großheppach, Strümpfelbach, and Schnait. The five towns were combined to form the city of Weinstadt in 1975. Today, the city is the 6th largest in Rems-Murr-Kreis. As the name implies, Weinstadt is best known for its vineyards and production of wine. The Remstalkellerei (Rems Valley Winery), in the Beutelsbach neighborhood of Weinstadt, is a cooperative owned by the local growers and is the tenth-largest winery in Germany. From 1958 through 1976, Stanford University in California, United States, maintained an "overseas campus" for Stanford undergraduates in Beutelsbach. The hilltop campus is now the Landgut Burg hotel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rems-Murr
Rems-Murr is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Heilbronn, Schwäbisch Hall, Ostalbkreis, Göppingen, Esslingen, the district-free city Stuttgart and the district Ludwigsburg. History The district was created in 1973 when Waiblingen was merged with most of the district Backnang and a few municipalities from the district Schwäbisch Gmünd. Geography The largest part of the district is located in the Swabian-Franconian Forest (''Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald''), of which the Mainhardt Forest forms a part. The two rivers Rems and Murr gave the district its name. Coat of arms The coat of arms shows a deer antler in the middle, the symbol of the former state of Württemberg. The two wavy blue lines above and below symbolize the two rivers Murr (in the north) and Rems (in the south) after which the district was named. Twinning Rems-Murr-Kreis is twinned with: * Southampton, United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winterbach (Remstal)
Winterbach may refer to the following places in Germany: *Winterbach, Baden-Württemberg, Winterbach, Rems-Murr, is a town in the district of Rems-Murr in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is 25 km east of Stuttgart. *Winterbach, Bavaria, Winterbach, Gunzburg, is a community in the Günzburg District in Swabia, in Bavaria, in Germany. It is 40 km northwest of the city of Augsburg. *Winterbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Winterbach, Bad Kreuznach, is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. It is 25 km southwest of Bingen am Rhein. *Winterbach (St. Wendel), is a district 6 km west of the city of St. Wendel, or Sankt Wendel, in Saarland, Germany. *Winterbach, Südwestpfalz, is a community in the district of Südwestpfalz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. It is 12 km northeast of the city of Zweibrucken, and 20 km northwest of the city of Pirmasens. Winterbach may refer to the following places in Austria: *Winterbach, Lower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fellbach
Fellbach () is a mid-sized town on the north-east edge of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of approximately 45.430 is the second largest town in the District Rems-Murr-Kreis. The area of the town is . Fellbach was first mentioned as ''Velbach'' in 1121. It was called Vellebach in 1357 and the name Fehlbach was used in around 1800. On 14 October 1933, it was declared a city. After World War II it reached a population of more than 20,000 in 1950 and therefore received the status "Große Kreisstadt". Fellbach has 3 main districts: Fellbach, Schmiden (since 1 January 1973) and Oeffingen (since 1 April 1974). Geography Geographical location Fellbach is located south of the Neckar basin on a plateau between the Neckar and Rems valley at the northern foothills of the Schurwald. The highest points are the Kappelberg (Baden-Württemberg) (469.0 m) and the Kernen (hill) (513.2 m). The metropolitan area extends north into the so-called "Schmidener Feld". Nei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abandoned Village
An abandoned village is a village that has, for some reason, been deserted. In many countries, and throughout history, thousands of villages have been deserted for a variety of causes. Abandonment of villages is often related to epidemic, famine, war, climate change, economic depressions, environmental destruction, or deliberate clearances. Armenia and Azerbaijan Hundreds of villages in Nagorno-Karabakh were deserted following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Between 1988 and 1993, 400,000 ethnic Azeris, and Kurds fled the area and nearly 200 villages in Armenia itself populated by Azeris and Kurds were abandoned by 1991. Likewise nearly 300,000 Armenians fled from Azerbaijan between 1988 and 1993, including 50 villages populated by Armenians in Northern Nagorno Karabakh that were abandoned. Some of the Armenian settlements and churches outside Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic have either been destroyed or damaged including those in Nakhichevan. Australia In Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großheppach
Großheppach ("big Heppach") is a town district or ''Stadtteil'' within the town of Weinstadt ("Wine City") in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The ''Stadtteil'', which lies in the Rems Valley, is home to 4,398 residents (as of January 2012). Großheppach and Kleinheppach are located along the Heppach, a small stream that flows into the river Rems. The village of Großheppach, the Weiler Gundelsbach, and the homestead Wolfshof belong to the ''Stadtteil'', which has borders that exactly match those of the earlier municipality of Großheppach. Its neighbor Kleinheppach ("small Heppach"), on the other hand, is now part of the municipality of Korb. History Großheppach was first identified as ''Hegnesbach'' in 1236. Around 1350, the castle and village became a palatine fief under various feudal lords. Since 1456, parts of the village have been under Württemberg control; and since 1506, the entire village has belonged to Württemberg. Immediately upon becoming part of Württembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beutelsbach (Weinstadt)
Beutelsbach is a town district or ''Stadtteil'' within the town of Weinstadt ("Wine City") in Rems-Murr district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The ''Stadtteil'' has a population of 8,464 (as of March 31, 2010) and an elevation of 236 m above sea level. History Beutelsbach was first mentioned in 1080 and was one of the oldest properties of the House of Württemberg. The first known ancestor of the Württemberg family was Konrad von Württemberg, whose nephew Konrad (son of Luitgard von Beutelsbach) further established the family. The Beutelsbach ''Stift'' (or college) was probably founded in the 11th century and then later expanded by Count Ulrich I. of Württemberg. The collegiate church in Beutelsbach was the burial site of the House of Württemberg from that point until the ''Stift'' was destroyed in 1311 and moved to Stuttgart. The Poor Conrad peasant rebellion began in Beutelsbach in May 1514. Since 1989, an exhibit on peasant revolts in the former town hall has me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landkreis Esslingen
Esslingen is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the centre of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Rems-Murr, Göppingen, Reutlingen, Böblingen and the district-free city Stuttgart. Until 15 October 1964 the district's name was written officially as Landkreis Eßlingen. History The district dates back to the Oberamt Esslingen, which was created when the previously free imperial city of Esslingen am Neckar became part of Württemberg in 1803. It was changed several times in the course of history. Since 1810 it belonged to the ''Landvogtei Rothenberg'' and from 1818 until it was dissolved in 1924 to the ''Neckarkreis''. In 1934 the ''Oberamt'' was renamed ''Kreis Eßlingen'' and the now termed ''Landkreis Eßlingen'' was enlarged by several municipalities of the dissolved ''Oberamt Stuttgart'' and the Kreise ''Schorndorf, Kirchheim unter Teck and Göppingen'' on 1 October 1938. After several changes over the next century, it was converted into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
