Remseck am Neckar () is a town in the
district of Ludwigsburg,
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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. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers
Rems and
Neckar, about 12 km northeast of
Stuttgart, and 7 km southeast of
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg (; Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg district with about 88,000 inhabitants. It is s ...
.
The town was formed on January 1, 1975, initially under the name Aldingen am Neckar. In 1977, it received the name Remseck am Neckar and has had the status of a
Große Kreisstadt
''Große Kreisstadt'' (, "major district town") is a term in the municipal law ('' Gemeindeordnung'') of several German states. In some federal states the term is used as a special legal status for a district-affiliated town—as distinct from an ...
since January 1, 2004.
History
Five of the six boroughs of Remseck used to be villages and were founded several hundred years ago. References to Aldingen and Hochdorf can be found as early as 1100, Hochberg is mentioned in a text from 1231 whereas Neckargröningen is already referred to in 806. Neckarrems is also mentioned in 1268 as „Rems“; the „Neckar“ was added only in the 17th century.
Hochdorf, Hochberg, and Neckarrems used to belong to
Waiblingen
Waiblingen (; Swabian: ''Woeblinge'') is a town in the southwest of Germany, located in the center of the densely populated Stuttgart region, directly neighboring Stuttgart. It is the capital and largest city of the Rems-Murr district. , Waib ...
, whereas Aldingen und Neckargröningen belonged to
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg (; Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg district with about 88,000 inhabitants. It is s ...
. In 1938 however, all five boroughs were assigned to Ludwigsburg.
Today’s Remseck am Neckar was founded on January 1, 1975, by amalgamation of the communities Aldingen, Hochberg, Hochdorf, Neckargröningen und Neckarrems and was initially named “Gemeinde Aldingen am Neckar”, but renamed on July 1, 1977. The town’s new name “Remseck” was chosen due to a castle, which used to be located on a mountain at the confluence of the rivers
Rems and
Neckar. The “Castle Remseck” was built in 1842 at exactly the same place, further verifying the name “Remseck”.
In 1992,
Pattonville
Pattonville is a neighborhood in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, northeast of Stuttgart, with the unusual distinction of being a former United States military housing complex, as few U.S. installations returned to German control have been maintaine ...
, a former residential area which was founded in 1955 and was predominantly inhabited by US Americans, joined Remseck, but was split in two parts: The eastern part belongs to Remseck, the western part belongs to
Kornwestheim
Kornwestheim ( Swabian: ) is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about north of Stuttgart, and south of Ludwigsburg.
History
Origins and Development
Kornwestheim can look back at a history ...
.
In 1999, the population exceeded 20,000, which is the minimal limit of inhabitants a town has to have to become a city. The town government applied for
town privileges
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditio ...
in 2003 and obtained city rights on January 1, 2004.
Government
District Council
Since the last local elections (June 7, 2009), Remseck’s local council has a total of 26 members. 6 members are from the
CDU (23,8% in the election), 5 members from the
Freie Wähler
Free Voters (german: Freie Wähler, FW or FWG) in Germany may belong to an association of people which participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it involves a locally organized group of voters ...
(20,9%), 5 members from the
FDP (18,7%), 5 members from the
Die Grünen (18,6%) and 5 members from the
SPD
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany.
Saskia Esken has been t ...
(17,9%).
Mayor
Until 2004, the chairman of the district council was called mayor. When Remseck became a city, the mayor became the “Oberbürgermeister” (head mayor). The Oberbürgermeister is elected directly by the people for eight years and he has two proxies, the “Erster Bürgermeister” (first mayor) and the “Bürgermeister” (mayor).
* Oberbürgermeister: Dirk Schönberger (since 2014)
* Oberbürgermeister: Karl-Heinz Schlumberger (since 1998)
* Erster Bürgermeister: Karl-Heinz Balzer (since 1992)
* Bürgermeister: Reinhard Melchior (since 1996)
Infrastructure and Media
Remseck has six boroughs:
* Aldingen (Aldingen am Neckar and the farmstead Sonnenhof)
* Hochberg (Hochberg and Egenhöft)
* Hochdorf (Hochdorf)
* Neckargröningen (Neckargröningen)
* Neckarrems (Neckarrems, the farmstead Remseck and Reningen)
* Pattonville (Eastern part of the settlement Pattonville)
Public Transportation
Rail
Since 1999, Remseck is connected to
Stuttgart via line U14 (Remseck –
Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof – Heslach Vogelrain) of the
Stadtbahn
' (; German for "city railway"; plural ') is a German word referring to various types of urban rail transport. One type of transport originated in the 19th century, firstly in Berlin and followed by Vienna, where rail routes were created that co ...
, which is a part of 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 ...
. There are four stops on Remseck territory.
Bus
There are four bus lines (402, 403, 404, and 405) operating just in Remseck plus several lines connecting Remseck with
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg (; Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg district with about 88,000 inhabitants. It is s ...
,
Waiblingen
Waiblingen (; Swabian: ''Woeblinge'') is a town in the southwest of Germany, located in the center of the densely populated Stuttgart region, directly neighboring Stuttgart. It is the capital and largest city of the Rems-Murr district. , Waib ...
and other nearby cities. At weekends, the night-time bus N43 also stops in Remseck.
Media
Several media, including the ''
Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung
The ''Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung'' (LNC) is a German-language daily newspaper printed and distributed in the district of Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg (; Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart ci ...
'' and the ''
Stuttgarter Zeitung
The ''Stuttgarter Zeitung'' ("Stuttgart newspaper") is a German-language daily newspaper (except Sundays) edited in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with a run of about 200,000 sold copies daily.
History and profile
It was first edited ...
'', report on events in Remseck. The local weekly newspaper ''Remseck Woche'' is released every Thursday and the ''Pattonville Info'' every other week.
Culture and contemporary life
Museums
The “Radiomuseum” in Aldingen displays radios from 1924 to today. The “Heimatstube”, located in Nekarrems, presents peasant life in the region, including a shoemaker’s workshop. In the “Dorfschmiede” in Neckargröningen, visitors can try forging in the blacksmith’s shop.
Tourism
* Aldingen has a castle from the
Renaissance
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The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...
(1580), which has an entrance in
baroque style and a
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
church (“Margaretenkirche”), built in 1398, which is still the Protestant church of Aldingen and has several gravestones from the 16th and 17th century.
* Hochberg also has a castle, built in 1593, with a
great hall, a neo-Gothic, Protestant church (built in 1854) and a former wine press house (built in 1752), which is now a festival hall. There is also a Jewish cemetery from the 19th century.
* Hochdorf’s castle from the 16th century has been remodelled in 1612, but some parts of the walls are still there. Hochdorf also has a Gothic church named St. Wendelin and an ancient dairy-farm from the 16th century.
* Neckargröningen has several houses with a timber frame construction, an old town hall (built in 1592) and a former fortified church (St. Martin), which has a Gothic
chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
Ov ...
originating in 1515 and wall paintings from the
Late Middle Ages
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* Neckarrems’ old town hall (built in 1564) features timber frame construction from 1915. The late Gothic church St. Michael and Sebastian was built around 1500, the “Castle Remseck” was built in 1842 on a mountain, where you can also find remains of a castle from the Middle Ages.
* Two bridges for pedestrians and cyclist were built in 1988 and 1990 and were the biggest self-supporting, wooden bridges in Europe at this time. The bridge over the Neckar is 80m long and the bridge over the Rems is 51,2m long.
Festivals and regular events
* Pentecost: Music festival at the Zipfelbach (Hochdorf)
* July: Wilhelmsfestplatz in Hochdorf (every other year); Summer festival with fireworks in Hochberg; Street fair in Neckarrems
* July/August: Soccer cup “Neckar-Rems Pokal”
* October: traditional “Oktoberfest“ in Hochberg
* December: Christmas market on a Sunday in Advent
Sport
Five of six boroughs have their own clubs: TV Aldingen, TSV Neckargröningen, VfB Neckarrems, SGV Hochdorf, and SKV Hochberg. The most successful football club is currently the VfB Neckarrems, playing in the
Landesliga 1.
Demographics
As of December 31, 2008, the population of Remseck is 22,612, of which 11,086 are male and 11,526 are female. 2,676 resident aliens are living in Remseck. The population spreads out with 20.6% under the age of 18 and 15.9% older than 65 years.
Education
Remseck has one
Gymnasium (Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium), located in Aldingen, one
Realschule
''Realschule'' () is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), ...
(Realschule Remseck), located in Pattonville and one
Hauptschule
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(Wilhelm-Keil-Schule), located in Aldingen. Every borough has its own elementary school. There are also 15 kindergarten, including three
Protestant
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
, one
Roman-Catholic and one
ecumenical kindergarten.
International relations
Remseck is
twinned with two cities.
*
Meslay-du-Maine
Meslay-du-Maine () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.
Population
See also
*Communes of Mayenne
The following is a list of the 240 communes of the Mayenne department of France.
The communes cooperate in the f ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
, since 1975
*
Vigo di Fassa
Vigo di Fassa ( lld, Vich de Fascia, german: Wiegen im Fasstal or ''Vig im Fasstal'') is a ''frazione'' of Sèn Jan di Fassa in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento.
In the ...
,
Italy
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, since 1997
Notable people
* Friedrich Heim (1789–1850), born in Hochdorf, Protestant pastor and founder of the still existing Paulinepflege Winnenden
*
Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Johan Ludvig Carl Christian Tido Holstein (10 June 1839 – 1 March 1912), was a Danish politician who was Minister of State of Denmark. He was Council President of Denmark for two months, from 16 August to 28 October 1909. He also served a ...
(1839–1912), Danish politician, in 1909 Prime Minister
*
Ulrich Kienzle
Ulrich Kienzle (; 9 May 1936 – 16 April 2020) was a German journalist and author. He was known for specializing in the politics and culture of the Middle East. He worked for several broadcasters, including German public television network ...
(1936–2020), journalist and Middle East expert, an employee at the
ZDF
ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
and
3sat
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, known by the ZDF political broadcast ''Frontal'', born in Neckargröningen, grew up in Neckarrems
*
Fabio Leutenecker (born 1990), football player
*
David Yuengling (1808–1877), American brewer, the founder of America's oldest brewery,
D. G. Yuengling & Son, born in Aldingen
References
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Ludwigsburg (district)
Populated places on the Neckar basin
Populated riverside places in Germany
Württemberg