Murrhardt is a town in the

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 distr ...

district, in

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. It is located 12 km east of

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, and 18 km southwest of

Schwäbisch Hall Schwäbisch Hall (; "Swabian Hall"; from 1802 until 1934 and colloquially: ''Hall'' ) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg located in the valley of the Kocher river, the longest tributary (together with its headwater Lein) of the ...

. The source of the Murr is situated in Murrhardt.

Local council (Gemeinderat)

Elections were held in May 2014: *

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/ Free Electoral Union: 32.64% = 6 seats *

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: 23.77% = 4 seats *UL Independent list: 23.43% = 4 seats *MD/AL-Murrhardt Democrats / Alternative List: 20,17 % = 4 seats

Mayor

Armin Mößner (CDU) was elected in July 2011 with 66,42 % of the vote. His predecessor was Dr. Gerhard Strobel.

Sons and daughters of the town

* Heinrich von Zügel (1850-1941), painter

References

Rems-Murr-Kreis Württemberg {{RemsMurr-geo-stub