Neidlingen is a municipality in the district of
Esslingen, 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 ...
,
Germany
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.
History
In 1807, Neidlingen, formerly a possession of the
Kingdom of Bavaria
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, was assigned to the district of Wiesensteig in the
Kingdom of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which exist ...
. The town was reassigned in 1810 to .
Nazi Germany and World War II
The
Nazi Party
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was a political non-entity in Neidlingen until the
federal elections of 1930, but only secured local plurality in the 1932 state election. A local Nazi Party affiliate was formed that year under Wilhelm Aysslinger, the party district manager. In the
March 1933 German federal election
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, the Nazis received 80.6% of the vote in Nedilingen, and that May three Nazis were elected to the six-member municipal council. Oberamt Kirchheim was dissolved in 1938 and Neidlingen was assigned to
Landkreis Nürtingen
The district of Nürtingen was a district (''Landkreis'') in Baden-Württemberg, which was dissolved in the course of the district reform on January 1, 1973.
Geography
Location
The district Nürtingen was in the middle of Baden-Württemberg.
Hi ...
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29 forced laborers from Poland, Russia, and Ukraine arrived at Neidlingen in 1941 to work on local farms. The ]US Army
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occupied the town on 21 April 1945 after a short fight with units of the German Army and German-aligned Russian Liberation Army
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.[
]
After World War II
Neidlingen experienced a period of industrial growth in the 1950s. In 1973, following of 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 ...
, the town was assigned to the district of Esslingen.[
]
Geography
The municipality (''Gemeinde
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** Gemeinde (G ...
'') of Neidlingen covers of the Esslingen district of 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 ...
, a state
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of the Federal Republic of Germany
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. It is located from the district capital, 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 t ...
, on the district's south-east tip and along the border with the district
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Pre ...
of Göppingen
Göppingen ( Swabian: ''Geppenge'' or ''Gebbenga'') is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the b ...
. Inside Esslingen's district, Neidlingen shares a border with Weilheim an der Teck
Weilheim an der Teck is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated 7 km southeast of Kirchheim unter Teck, and 13 km southwest of Göppingen. Locals often refer to it as just "Weilheim ...
, Bissingen an der Teck
Bissingen is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Geographical location
Bissingen lies at the foot of the Swabian Jura, the district Ochsenwang on the Alb plateau. The municipality covers an a ...
and Lenningen
Lenningen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Neighbour communities
Those are in the east Wiesensteig (district of Göppingen), in the south Römerstein and Grabenstetten (both district of Reutlingen), in ...
. The municipality is physically located along the northern edge of the of the Swabian Jura
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, and stretches form the heights of the upper valley of the Lindach
The Lindach is a small river in the central foothills of the Swabian Alb, which rises below the Reussenstein Castle in the Neidlingen valley and flows into the Lauter (Neckar), Lauter in Kirchheim unter Teck. It runs through the towns of Neidling ...
to the albtrauf
The term Albtrauf (Alp escarpment) refers to the northwest facing escarpment of the Swabian Alps, situated in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. It is the most distinctive stepped slope within the alpine region of the South German Scarplands, leadi ...
of the Fils
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. 46% of the municipal area is covered in forest. Another 45% is used for agriculture, primarily for orchards. Its boundaries generally decided by the lay of the albtrauf, which sits atop the Brown
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and White Jurassic
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formations.[
Neidlingen itself is sits upon the confluence of the Lindach and the Seebach, above the . The Lindach and its valley begins to the southwest of the town in a plateau of the Jura that averages an elevation above sea level 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). The highest elevation in the municipality, NN, is found here in the Drittelwald. The Lindach valley continues through Neidlingen to the northwest, widening until being narrowed by the Erkenberg and the Burz. Upon these limestone bluffs are juniper groves and sheep pastures that have been placed under Federal protection as the and nature reserves
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. Beyond this, the Lindach continues and marks the lowest elevation above sea level in the municipal area, NN. The slopes of the valley are formed by the . Near the Erkenberg and the Burz are springs that turn the edges of the Linbach's basin into marshland that have been named a and was connected to the in 2002.[
Neidlingen is east of the Randecker Maar (a former volcanic vent) and is part of the .
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Politics
Neidlingen has one borough (''Ortsteil''), Neidlingen. There are five abandoned villages
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in its municipal area: Heimenstein, Lichtenstein, Merkenberg, Reußenstein, and Windeck.[
Klaus Däschler has been mayor of Neidlingen since 2014.] In 2021 Jürgen Ebler was elected mayor.[
]
Coat of arms
Neidlingen's municipal coat of arms
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has its field
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divided party per ''fess'' into an upper, white
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section containing a green
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oak branch and a lower, green section with a large, white "N". This pattern dates to 1669, though the "N" first appeared in an earlier coat of arms from 1616. The oak branch was, from 1930 to 1953, replaced with a tree flanked by two saplings. The tincture
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was decided in 1953, and on 15 June 1953, the coat of arms was approved for official use by the provisional Württemberg-Baden
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government. The Federal Ministry of the Interior
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reapproved the coat of arms on 16 August 1973.[
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Transportation
The L1200 runs through the center of Neidlingen.[
]
Citations
References
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External links
* (in German)
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