Kirchentellinsfurt is a municipality in the district of

Tübingen Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thr ...

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, about 7 km east of the city of

and 7 km northwest of

Reutlingen Reutlingen (; Swabian: ''Reitlenga'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it has a population of 115,818. Reutlingen has a university of applied sciences, which ...

. Since 2015, Bernd Haug has been the mayor of Kirchentellinsfurt.

Geography

Kirchentellinsfurt lies next to the river Neckar on the edge of the

Schönbuch Schönbuch is an almost completely wooded area south west of Stuttgart and part of the Southern German Escarpment Landscape (German: ''südwestdeutsches Schichtstufenland''). In 1972 the centre zone of Schönbuch became the first nature park in ...

. Near the village, the

Echaz The Echaz is a 23 km long river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, a tributary of the Neckar. It has its source on the Swabian Jura, near Lichtenstein, south of Reutlingen. After flowing through Pfullingen, Reutlingen and Wannweil, it discharg ...

river flows into the

Neckar The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis near Schwenn ...

. It borders on the towns Altenburg,

Pliezhausen Pliezhausen is a municipality in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Pliezhausen is located between the Neckar and the Schönbuch. Constituent communities The original municipality Pliezhausen consists of th ...

Wannweil Wannweil is a town in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is located 5 kilometers northwest of Reutlingen between the cities Reutlingen and Tübingen. It was home of 1990 soccer world champion Guido Buchwald and of ...

Kusterdingen Kusterdingen is a municipality in southern Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg, approximately 30 km south of Stuttgart, in the district of Tübingen. Geography It is located on the so-called ''Härten'' hills above the Neckar vall ...

und

History

The two settlements Kirchen and Tälisfurt grew together to form Kirchentellinsfurt. Kirchen was first mentioned 1007 in a treaty when it was given to the Archdiocese of

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...

as a gift. The fusion of the two villages 1275, was the first time Tellinsfurt was mentioned in documents. The village became Protestant when the first Protestant pastor was appointed in 1594. Many of the older residents of

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, emigrated from this section of Germany.

Politics

Town council The town council consists of 14 elected members and its chairman, the mayor. He can vote in the council. Result of the last election Mayor The mayor is elected for 8 years. * 1949-1979 Richard Wolf * 1979-2014 Bernhard Knaus * since 1. January 2015: Bernd Haug

Sights

* lake: flooded gravel for leisure activities such as swimming, surfing or sailings. * Schlossmuseum (a museum for local history) * Roman tombstone * Celtic ruins (Viereckschanze)

References

Tübingen (district) Populated places on the Neckar basin Populated riverside places in Germany {{Tübingen-geo-stub