Glatten is a municipality in the district of

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Geography

Geographical location

The state-approved health resort Glatten is located about ten kilometers southeast of the county town of Freudenstadt, nestled between meadows and forests in the northern Black Forest. The place is traversed by the eponymous river Glatt. The Old High German waters Name "glat" or "glad" means, among other things "clear, glossy, pure."

Municipality arrangement

The municipality Glatten includes the formerly independent municipalities Böffingen and Neuneck. For former municipality Böffingen include the village and the houses Böffingen, Bellenstein and Electrical works. The municipality Glatten in the borders of December 31, 1973 includes the village Glatten, the farm and the house Lattenberg Hammerschmiede. For former municipality Neuneck include the village Neuneck, the hamlet Rinkwasen and courtyards Schellenberg and Ziegelacker. In territory of the former municipality Neuneck lies the deserted village Gaisnang, from the Gaisweilerhof remained until he went off in 1632. The two former municipalities Böffingen and Neuneck are furnished as villages within the meaning of Baden-Württemberg municipal code with ensuite council and mayor as chairman.

Neighboring communities

The municipality borders on Dornstetten, on the east by

Schopfloch Schopfloch is a municipality in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Black Forest The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in t ...

and the city

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, in the south on

Dornhan Dornhan is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, 14 km southeast of Freudenstadt. Geography Position Dornhan is situated on a plateau in the Black Forest foothil ...

district Rottweil, in the southwest of Lossburg and in the west on

History

Glatten was first mentioned in 767. The historical place named "Glatheim" and "villa Gladeheim" mean "Home of the Straight" (glad, glat = shiny, bright, pure) and are indications of origin in the Merovingian period. In 1308 the Count of Hohenberg acquired as a pledge by Anna von Fürstenberg and her husband John of Geroldseck with Dornstetten also Glatten. Since 1320, the place is one of Württemberg.

Religions

Since the

Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

Glatten is Protestant coined. The Lutheran church with the bell tower from the 12th century is stationary picture formative. To date, there are no Roman Catholic church in the village. The New Apostolic Church is represented in Glatten.

Economy and Infrastructure

Transportation

Glatten has a connection to the B 28 Ulm - Reutlingen - Tübingen - Strasbourg on the K 4760, and a connection to the B 294 Pforzheim - Freiburg - Basel on L 406.

Established businesses

In Glatten is the head office of the company J. Schmalz GmbH, a supplier of vacuum handling devices. Also in Glatten is a production site of the company L'Orange GmbH.

Buildings

In Glatten is a wind power plant, on it is installed a 100.1 MHz with 1 kW transmitter for free radio Freudenstadt. Since the 1920s, is located in Glatten Glatt and Lauter dams for water to escape through the tunnels buildings of the Heimbach Reservoir (Loßburg-) Sterneck and from there to the hydroelectric power plant in (Dornhan-) Bettenhausen. Of relevance to the site is also the completed in 2010, upriver built on the Glatt flood retention structure founded ten years after the Glatt high tides on February 15, 1990 By the Zweckverbandes Glatt-valley.Zweckverband Hochwasserschutz
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Notable people

Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Liverpool. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world. Klopp spent most of his playing ...

(16 June 1967), former football player, now football manager (

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

, Dortmund,

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

) spent his childhood and youth in Glatten.

References

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