Böttingen is a

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in the district of

Tuttlingen Tuttlingen (Alemannic: ''Duttlinga'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the district Tuttlingen. Nendingen, ''Möhringen'' and ''Eßlingen'' are three former municipalities that belong to Tuttlingen. Tuttlingen is located in Swabia eas ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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. In recent decades it has developed from an agricultural village to an advanced industrial community.

Geography

Böttingen sits on a plateau in the southwestern Swabian Jura in a long dry valley. At an elevation of 911 to 991 meters it was the highest village in the historical

Kingdom of Württemberg The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which exist ...

. The municipality borders

Gosheim Gosheim is a town in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Gosheim lies at the foot of the Lemberg, the highest mountain of Swabian Alps. This mountain, at , is the highest peak of the range. It is part of the ...

to the north,

Bubsheim Bubsheim is a municipality in the district of Tuttlingen 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 Europe after ...

to the northeast, Königsheim to the east, Mahlstetten and Dürbheim to the south, and

Balgheim Balgheim is a municipality in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Balgheim lies in a basin on the edge of the Baar at the foot of the Swabian Jura and the Dreifaltigkeitsberg (Holy Trinity Mountain). The Eur ...

and Denkingen to the West. The municipality Böttingen consists of the village Böttingen and the Gehöft Allenspacher manor, as well as the

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s Leineburg and Windingen.

History

The first written mention of Böttingen was in 802 and contained a land title grant by the

Abbey of Saint Gall The Abbey of Saint Gall (german: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot ...

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and

Alemanni The Alemanni or Alamanni, were a confederation of Germanic tribes * * * on the Upper Rhine River. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Caracalla of 213, the Alemanni captured the in 260, and later expanded into pres ...

grave finds as well as flint axes in a cave indicate an earlier

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settlement. After 1253 the territory paid tribute and received protection from the

Beuron Archabbey Beuron Archabbey (in German Erzabtei Beuron, otherwise Erzabtei St. Martin; in Latin ''Archiabbatia Sancti Martini Beuronensis''; Swabian: ''Erzabtei Beira'') is a major house of the Benedictine Order located at Beuron in the upper Danube va ...

, after a change of ownership the

Bishopric of Constance The Prince-Bishopric of Constance, (german: Hochstift Konstanz, Fürstbistum Konstanz, Bistum Konstanz) was a small ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-12th century until its secularisation in 1802–1803. In his d ...

, and then the Herren von Enzberg, until it became part of

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Würt ...

in 1805. It was part of the Oberamt Spaichingen within the

. The village had to pay interest and tithe as well as

socage Socage () was one of the feudal duties and land tenure forms in the Feudalism, English feudal system. It eventually evolved into the freehold tenure called "free and common socage", which did not involve feudal duties. Farmers held land in excha ...

until 1848. The Überbündische meeting (in short "ÜT") took place 1977 and 2017 in Allenspach courtyard of the evangelical church youth, Jungenschaft Horte. A total of 3.400 people took part in at least 45 different societies and institutions of scouts and youth movement.

Sights

*The Alter Berg mountain landmark (980 meters above sea level) with a chapel on the summit has a view over the preserved natural landscape of the southwest Swabian Alb. In ideal weather conditions the panorama view includes the

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. A metal sheet in front of the chapel displays the names of many of the surrounding summits. *60 km-long

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network on the plateau *Posted hiking trails in multiple directions, in parts within the Donauberglandweg hiking trail network, leading e.g. into the picturesque

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river valley.

Notable residents

* Bernard Häring, Catholic theologian *Margret Marquart, theologian and missionary doctor in Uganda and Ghana (died 2004)Marquart
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References

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