Großheppach ("big Heppach") is a town district or ''

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'' within the town of

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("Wine City") in

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. 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 Korb is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 3 km east of Waiblingen, and 15 km northeast of Stuttgart. Korb is known for the wines produced in the area. History Older History The ...

History

Großheppach was first identified as ''Hegnesbach'' in 1236. Around 1350, the castle and village became a

palatine A palatine or palatinus (in Latin; plural ''palatini''; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times.

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 Württemberg, Großheppach belonged to the Württemberg administrative authority. Later, it became part of Oberamt Schorndorf (an administrative district within Württemberg). In 1807, it moved—like Endersbach—to Oberamt Waiblingen (a different administrative district within Württemberg). Großheppach has always been shaped by wine production. In addition to the government of Württemberg, the cloister Weiler near Esslingen had tithing rights, and the Kartäuser cloister Christgarten (near Ederheim in the Donau Ries district) possessed a vineyard until the late 18th century and had a local economic branch (''Pflegehof'') in town. The war council of the three field marshals—Prince

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, and Margrave Louis William of Baden—took place on the June 12th and 13th, 1704, in Gasthaus Lamm. This war council lead to victory in the

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. On January 1, 1975, the previously independent towns of Beutelsbach, Endersbach, Strümpfelbach, Großheppach, and

Schnait Schnait is a town district or ''Stadtteil'' within the town of Weinstadt ("Wine City") in Rems-Murr district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Schnait was first mentioned in 1238 as ''Snait''. It belonged to the Oberamt Schorndorf. In 1938 it became p ...

united to form the municipality of

. Schleuning (1980), p.270. The coat of arms displays a field of gold with a blue wavy

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, under which a grape vine with four bunches of grapes in natural colors lies.

Economy

Wine is produced in the locations Wanne and Steingrüble in Großheppach.

People

* Johann Jakob Thill (* 22. Dezember 1747 in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

; † 31. März 1772 in Großheppach), poet esteemed by

Friedrich Hölderlin Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (, ; ; 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Part ...

* Johann Christoph Friedrich von Stockmayer (* 12. September 1766; † 26. September 1821 in Teinach), Württemberg Oberamtmann (administrative district head)

Literature

* Lothar Reinhard: ''Großheppach.'' Ludwigsburg 1968. * Jörg Heinrich: ''Kirchenbuch Großheppach von 1558 bis 1744. Abschrift mit Ergänzungen.'' ("Church book of Großheppach from 1558 to 1744. Copy with supplements.") Pro Business, Berlin 2011, .

External links

Großheppach (German)Weinstadt-Großheppach (German)

Notes

References

* * * {{Authority control Former municipalities in Baden-Württemberg Württemberg