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Lenningen is a town 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 ...
in
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Neighbour communities

Those are in the east Wiesensteig (district of Göppingen), in the south
Römerstein Römerstein is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany; three formerly independent villages (Böhringen, Donnstetten, Zainingen) and two hamlets (Strohweiler and Aglishardt) were merged in 1975. Townhall is in Böhringen. The community is ...
and
Grabenstetten Grabenstetten is a municipality in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It lies within the area of the Celtic Heidengraben. Municipality arrangement Besides the homonymous village Grabenstetten there are no other places th ...
(both district of Reutlingen), in the west
Erkenbrechtsweiler Erkenbrechtsweiler is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It lies within the area of the Celtic Heidengraben. Erkenbrechtsweiler is the only municipality in the district of Esslingen, whose den ...
, in the northwest
Owen Owen may refer to: Origin: The name Owen is of Irish and Welsh origin. Its meanings range from noble, youthful, and well-born. Gender: Owen is historically the masculine form of the name. Popular feminine variations include Eowyn and Owena. ...
and in the north Bissingen an der Teck and
Neidlingen Neidlingen is a municipality in the district of Esslingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History In 1807, Neidlingen, formerly a possession of the Kingdom of Bavaria, was assigned to the district of Wiesensteig in the Kingdom of Württemberg. ...
(all district of Esslingen).


Transportation

Teckbahn The Teck Railway (german: Teckbahn) is a branch line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, connecting Wendlingen am Neckar with Kirchheim unter Teck and Oberlenningen. In Deutsche Bahn’s timetable it has route number 761. A branch line o ...
from
Wendlingen am Neckar Wendlingen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the Neckar and Lauter rivers, 27 km southeast of Stuttgart. The town grew in size, officially, on 1 April 1940, when three s ...
via Kirchheim unter Teck ends in Obelenningen. The Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen built the stations in Unter- and Oberlenningen 1899 as unity stations. Nowadays the per hour circulating Regionalbahnen of
DB Regio DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates regional and commuter train services in Germany. DB Regio AG, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. It is a 100% subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn Group and there part of the DB Regio bus ...
in the area of Lenningen stop at three stations: Oberlenningen, Unterlenningen and Brucken. Parallel to Teckbahn in Lenningen runs A-road
Bundesstraße 465 The Bundesstraße 465 (abbreviation: B 465) leads from Kirchheim (Teck) to Leutkirch Allgäu. History Today's Bundesstraße 465 is formed from three former Württemberg state roads: * The northern stretch to Römerstein was part of Württember ...
Biberach–Kirchheim. On this road you can reach five miles away junction Kircheim-east of A 8
Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
München Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
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Notable people from Lenningen

*Adolf Scheufelen (1864–1941), engineer and entrepreneur *Karl-Erhard Scheufelen (1903–1992), entrepreneur *Klaus-Heinrich Scheufelen (1913–2008), engineer, entrepreneur and politician *Klaus Eduard Scheufelen (b. 30 October 1913 – 26 January 2008), engineer, materials scientist with
Operation Paperclip Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World Wa ...
, corporate executive and CDU politician *Karl Scheufelen (1823–1902), founder of paper factory Scheufelen *Julius von Jan (1897–1964), parson and resistance fighter against nazism, became 1935 parson in Oberlenningen Image:Oberlenningen Bahnhof.jpg, Oberlenningen, station Image:Scheufelengrab 2.jpg, Oberlenningen, cemetery


Districts


Brucken

Brucken was first mentioned 1123 and was incorporated into Unterlenningen 1939. Brucken has 1026 inhabitants (Stand 31. Dezember 2012).


Gutenberg

In 1285 Gutenberg was first mentioned. It received the rights of a town during
Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...
the place lost so many people, they lost town rights. Gutenberg nowadays has 676 inhabitants (Stand 31. Dezember 2012).


Hochwang

After world War II many refugees came to the Lenningen valley from former Eastern German regions. First they came in houses of residents. Because ground is small in the valley, in 1951 the managers of papermill Scheufele thought we need buildings for these people and workers. So the idea was born to build houses on the Swabian Alb. Work started with building a road, more than 100 people worked for 30 months. The road was opened 1954. Building the houses started in September 1952, till 1971 184 houses with 312 apartments, 62 garages were built. The total cost was 9,2 Mio. DM (4,7 Mio€. ). At this time the population of Hochwang was 1/3 residents and 2/3 refugees. Nowadays 681 people live in Hochwang (Stand 31. Dezember 2012).


Oberlenningen

Around 1100 Oberlenningen was first mentonned Oberlenningen has 2.507 inhabitants (Stand 31. Dezember 2012)


Schlattstall

Schlattstall was first mentioned 1384. Since 1. January 1971 it belongs to Oberlenningen. In Schlattstall live today 168 people (Stand 31. Dezember 2012).


Schopfloch

Schopfloch was first mentioned in 1152. In the Thirty Years' War, the place was so destroyed that the number of inhabitants fell from 100 to 40. As of 31 December 2012, Schopfloch has 683 inhabitants.


Unterlenningen

Unterlenningen was a unit with Oberlenningen. They separated 1353, reunion was 1975 in Unterlenningen live 2.223 Menschen (Stand 31. Dezember 2012). Brucken, Unterlenningen, Lenningen, Andreas Kieser.png, Brucken


References


External links

{{Authority control Esslingen (district)