Kernen im Remstal is a municipality 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 dis ...

district of

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. It was formed in January 1975 by the union of the towns of Stetten im Remstal and Rommelshausen. Its name was initially Stetten-Rommelshausen, but a community referendum resulted in its being changed to Kernen im Remstal, after a local hill.

Name

The name "Kernen im Remstal" was decided by the inhabitants of the municipality and refers to the

Kernen Kernen im Remstal is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was formed in January 1975 by the union of the towns of Stetten im Remstal and Rommelshausen. Its name was initially Stetten-Rommelshausen, but a com ...

, the highest point in the municipality. The previous name, used since the formation of the municipality, was "Stetten-Rommelshausen".

History

Stetten im Remstal and Rommelshausen joined into a single municipality on 20 September 1975 as part of the .

Rommelshausen

Rommelshausen was connected to European railways in 1861 via the

Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt–Aalen railway The Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt–Aalen railway, also known as the ''Remsbahn'' (Rems Railway) or the ''Remstalbahn'' (Rems Valley Railway), was historically the main line route from Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt via Aalen to Nördlingen. Today the des ...

, and this connection has greatly enabled the town's growth. It began a period of

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after from 1945 and into the 1970s to the northwest and southeast. Further developments in the 1990s spread Rommelshausen even further to the south.

Stetten

Stetten also enjoyed a period of growth after

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and spread to the north and west.

Geography

The municipality ('' Gemeinde'') of Kernen im Remstal is found in the Rems-Murr district of

, a

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of the

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. Kernen is lies at the southern edge of the district, along its border with Stuttgart and

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Esslingen am Neckar Esslingen am Neckar (Swabian: ''Esslenga am Neckor'') is a town in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, seat of the District of Esslingen as well as the largest town in the district. Within Baden-Württemberg it is th ...

. The municipality is physically located in the . Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of

Normalnull ("standard zero") or (short N. N. or NN ) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked (“meters above standard zero”). has been replaced by (NHN). History In 187 ...

(NN) to a low of NN.

Politics

Kernen has two boroughs (''Ortsteile''): Rommelshausen and Stetten.

Coat of arms

The municipal

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for Kernen shows six diamonds, the upper three

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and the lower three

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, upon a

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. The diamonds are holdovers from the coat of arms of the municipality of Stetten im Remstal, which was itself derived from the arms of the House of Teck, which had been used outright by Rommelshausen. This coat of arms, and an accompanying municipal flag, were awarded to Kernen by the Rems-Murr district office on 3 January 1977.

Transportation

Kernen is connected to Germany's system of roadways by and to its system of railways by the Stuttgart S-Bahn railway's S2 line, which has a station in the municipality at Rommelshausen. Local public transportation is provided by the

Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart The ''Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart GmbH'' (VVS; en, Stuttgart Transport and Tariff Association LLC) is a transport association that coordinates the local public transport in Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, as well as in th ...

External links

* (in German)

References

{{Authority control Rems-Murr-Kreis Württemberg