Notzingen is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

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 southern

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Geography

Notzingen is east of the district of Esslingen, in a valley between

Kirchheim unter Teck Kirchheim unter Teck (Swabian: ''Kircha'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It is 10 km (6 miles) near the Teck castle, approximately ...

and Hochdorf. The town is southeast from

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 Sw ...

and from

Ulm Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...

Nearby municipalities

* Wernau (Neckar) * Hochdorf (Plochingen) * Rosswälden * Schlierbach *

Politics

Mayor

* 1952 - 1987 Helmut Maier (independent) * 1987 – 2011 Jochen Flogaus (independent) * from 2011 Sven Haumacher (CDU)

Municipal council

The results of the local government elections in May 2014:

Religions

*Protestant: 1941 *Roman Catholic: 815

Economy and infrastructure

Companies

*Eloxal Barz GmbH und Co. KG. *Le Creuset GmbH

Education

* Notzingen has one basic school and three kindergartens.

Notable peoples from Notzingen

*Werner Niefer (1928–1993), Manager of Mercedes-Benz AG; lived in Notzingen * Hans Ettmayer (born 1946), former Austrian football player lives in Notzingen *Johannes Muehlhaeuser (1804-1868), founder and first President of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod was from Notzingen.

References

External links

Official Internet website of Notzingen
(German) Esslingen (district) {{Esslingen-geo-stub