Hochdorf is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in

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in southern

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. Mayor: 1986 - 31.3.2009: Roland Erhardt, since 1.4.2009: Gerhart Kuttler Hochdorf is situated about 30 km southeast of Stuttgart in the northwestern foothills of the Swabian Jura and just south of the

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. The municipality extends between Plochingen (west) and Kirchheim unter Teck (south) in the valley of the Talbach, shortly before it converges with the

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Neighboring communities

Adjacent municipalities are Ebersbach (Göppingen district) in the east,

Notzingen Notzingen is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Geography Notzingen is east of the district of Esslingen, in a valley between Kirchheim unter Teck and Hochdorf. The town is southeast from ...

in the south,

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in the West,

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in the northwest and

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in the north (all Esslingen district). Hochdorf panorama

View from Hochdorf

Municipality arrangement

Hochdorf includes Hochdorf and the house Ziegelhof and the

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Hinterburg.

History

Hochdorf was first mentioned in 1189, but is probably originated in the 5th century. Until 1454 the place was owned by various monasteries, then it belonged to

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. Within Württemberg Hochdorf first belonged to Oberamt Kirchheim and since 1485 to Oberamt Göppingen. In 1842 was the reincorporation to Kirchheim, where the city remained until the reorganization of the districts 1938. Since then Hochdorf belongs to the district of Esslingen.

Religions

Since the

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Hochdorf is predominantly Protestant coined.

Economy

* Grimm's Spiel und Holz Design, toy manufacturer

Education

Since the 1970s, there is only a primary school in Hochdorf, the Breitwies school. Schools are visited in the neighboring villages. There are two kindergartens in the municipality for the young children. The children's and youth library contains a stock of 4,000 media.

Natural monuments

*Linde Group (three Tilia cordata) *Kreuzeiche (victim of the 1999 hurricane Lothar) *the Talbach (valley stream) with the Mühlkanal (mill channel)

Regular events

*Martini market *Music club festival (several days) *Farmer's market *Festival of lights *Fire department festival *Riding festival

Freeman

*Heinrich Traub, former mayor

Sons and daughters of the town

*Gottlieb Fischer (1867–1926), Member of Parliament

Personalities who were active in Hochdorf

*Hans Blickensdörfer (1923–1997), sports journalist and writer, lived in Hochdorf * Rüdiger Kauf (born 1975), professional football player for

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB S ...

and Arminia Bielefeld played in his youth with TV Hochdorf *Siegmar Mosdorf, (born 1952), politician (SPD), Member of Parliament (1990–2002) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Federal Minister of Economics and Technology (1998–2002), co-founder and longtime head of the community foundation Hochdorf *Susanne Weber-Mosdorf, (born 1953), politician (SPD), Deputy Director General of the World Health Organization (2006–2011), co-founder of the Community Foundation Hochdorf, lives in Hochdorf Weber-Mosdorf wechselt von Berlin nach Genf
Der Teckbote, Artikel vom 27. Dezember 2005

Literature

* Erich Roos: ''Dorf-Chronik Hochdorf 1900–1950.'' Geiger, Horb 2001, . * Gemeinde Hochdorf (Hrsg.), Christof Drüppel: ''Hochdorf – Geschichte einer Gemeinde im Albvorland.'' Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1989. * Gemeinde Hochdorf (Hrsg.): ''Hochdorf in Bildern – Vorgestern, Gestern und Heute.'' Geiger, Horb 1982. * ''Der Landkreis Esslingen'' (Band 2). Hrsg. vom Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg i. V. mit dem Landkreis Esslingen, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, , Seite 17.

References

{{Authority control Esslingen (district)