Lindorf is a formerly independent municipality in Esslingen district in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

and belongs since 1935 to the town

Kirchheim unter Teck Kirchheim unter Teck ( Swabian: ''Kircha'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It is 10 km (6 miles) near the Teck castle, approximately ...

Geography

Lindorf is located about two kilometers west of the

on the opposite side of the

Bundesautobahn 8 is an autobahn in southern Germany that runs 497 km (309 mi) from the Luxembourg A13 motorway at Schengen via Neunkirchen, Pirmasens, Karlsruhe, Pforzheim, Stuttgart, Ulm, Augsburg and Munich to the Austrian West Autobahn near Salzb ...

. The area is 275 hectares.

History

1090 Lindorf is first mentioned in the Bempflingen contract. A "Wernher von Lindorf" is named in this contract as a witness. In the 12th century the place was owned by the

House of Zähringen The House of Zähringen (german: Zähringer) was a dynasty of Swabian nobility. The family's name derived from Zähringen Castle near Freiburg im Breisgau. The Zähringer in the 12th century used the title of Duke of Zähringen, in compensation ...

. About the Counts of Aichelberg and the

Duke of Teck Duke of Teck is a title which was created twice in Germanic lands. It was first borne from 1187 to 1439 by the head of a cadet line of the German ducal House of Zähringen, known as the "first House of Teck". The ''caput'' of his territory was T ...

the village finally came to

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Würt ...

. On April 1, 1935 the forced incorporation to Kirchheim was carried out, council and mayor were abolished. Only in 1992 was decided by the Kirchheim council to set up again an Ortschaftsrat in Lindorf and to appoint an honorary mayor.

Buildings

A church or chapel lacked Lindorf for a long time until 1961, then the Matthäuskirche could be consecrated. Matthäuskirche Kirchheim-Lindorf

A town hall is in the center since 1829, a private school house was built in 1897. A community center for local clubs was erected in 1984 and in 1998 also an own kindergarten.

Transportation

The

passes the place. The county road 1204 connects Lindorf to Kirchheim unter Teck and to the main road B 297 towards

Nürtingen Nürtingen () is a town on the river Neckar in the district of Esslingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. History The following events occurred, by year: *1046: First mention of ''Niuritingin'' in the document of Speyer. ...

Literature

* Schwenkel, Hans: ''Heimatbuch des Kreises Nürtingen.'' Band 2. Würzburg 1953, S. 407–409. * Kilian, Rainer: ''900 eunhundertJahre Lindorf. Weiler, Gemeinde, Stadtteil''. Stadtarchiv, Kirchheim unter Teck 1990, .

External links

Internetauftritt der Stadt Kirchheim unter Teck zum Stadtteil Lindorf
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