Hemmingen is a municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg,

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History

The first mention of a settlement at Hemmingen's location was in 991, in document ion naming such a place as a property of Weissenburg Abbey, in

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. By the 13th century, Bebenhausen Monastery also had estates nearby. Hemmingen became a fiefdom of the

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in the 14th century and control over the area was shared from 1331 to 1444. When the went extinct, the

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fully inherited their holdings, which included Hemmingen.

Geography

The municipality ('' Gemeinde'') of Hemmingen is located in

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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

, one of the 16 States of the

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

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(NN) to a low of NN.

Politics

Hemmingen has one borough (''Ortsteil''). Hemmingen, and nine villages: Bürkleshöfe, Hagmühle, Haldenhöfe, Hegnachhöfe, Rohrhöfe, Rohrsperg, Sägmühle, Seehöfe, and Spitzenhöfe. There are also three abandoned villages, Dollingen, Hochstetten, and Hofstetten, in the municipal area.

Transportation

Hemmingen is connected to Germany's network of roadways by its local

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n and

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n and to its system of railways by Strohgäu Railway. Local public transportation is provided by the

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References

External links

* (in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hemmingen, Baden-Wurttemberg Ludwigsburg (district) Württemberg