Althütte is a municipality of the Rems-Murr district in

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History

The modern municipality of Althütte was formed by the merging of the villages of Althütte and Sechselberg in 1971.

Geography

The municipality (''

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'') of Althütte is located in the Rems-Murr district, in the German state of

. Althütte is physically located in the

Murrhardt Forest The Murrhardt Forest (german: Murrhardter Wald) in the Baden-Württemberg county of Rems-Murr-Kreis is part of the natural region known as the Swabian-Franconian Forest. It reaches a maximum height of . at 1:10,000 scale. A lower value of m ...

, a region of the larger Swabian-Franconian Forest. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of

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(NN) to a low of NN. Portions of the Federally protected Hörschbachschlucht and

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are located in Althütte's municipal area.

Politics

Althütte has two boroughs (''Ortsteile''), and 16 villages: Fautspach, Gallenhof, Glaitenhof, Hahnenhof, Hörschhof, Hörschhöfer Sägmühle, Kallenberg, Klösterle, Lutzenberg, Nonnenmühle, Rottmannsberger Sägmühle, Schlichenhöfle, Schlichenweiler, Schöllhütte, Voggenhof, and Waldenweiler. Althütte is in an with the city of

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and the municipalities of

Allmersbach im Tal Allmersbach im Tal is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It belongs to the Stuttgart Region (''middle Neckar Region'' until 1992) and to the boundary area of the Stuttgart Metropolitan Region. History Allm ...

, Aspach, Auenwald, Burgstetten,

Kirchberg an der Murr Kirchberg an der Murr is a municipality in the district of Rems-Murr in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in ...

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, and

Weissach im Tal Weissach im Tal is a municipality (''Gemeinde'') in the Rems-Murr-Kreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It belongs to the metropolitan region of Stuttgart . On 31 December 2005 it had a population of 7,205. Weissach im Tal is twinned wi ...

Coat of arms

Althütte's municipal

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displays two

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glassblowing pipes crossed over a

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. The coat of arms refers to the name Althütte and to Althütte's history of glassworking. This coat of arms was created from a proposal by the in 1924.

Transportation

Althütte is connected to Germany's network of roadways by its local ''

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n'' and ''

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n''. Local public transportation is provided by the

Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart The ''Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart GmbH'' (VVS; en, Stuttgart Transport and Tariff Association LLC) is a transport association that coordinates the local public transport in Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, as well as in th ...

References

External links

* (in German) {{Authority control Rems-Murr-Kreis Württemberg