Nufringen is a municipality ("

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") in the district of

Böblingen Böblingen (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Beblenga'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen (district), Böblingen District. Sindelfingen and Böblingen are Geographic contiguity, contiguous. History Böblingen was found ...

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Location

Nufringen is situated in the Gäu region, of

Herrenberg Herrenberg (Swabian German, Swabian: ''Härrabärg'' or ''Haerebärg'') is a town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, about 30 km south of Stuttgart and 20 km from Tübingen. After Sindelfingen, Böblingen, and Leonberg, it is the four ...

and of

at the

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and at the Gäubahn.

History

Gebäude und Straßenansichten in Nufringen 05

Nufringen was mentioned documentarily first time in the year 1182. In the 13th and 14th century the Pfalzgrafen von Tübingen have had impact on Nufringen until it was sold to

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Würt ...

in 1382. The population was cut drastically because of the

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and the

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and did not become as big as before those events happened until the 18th century. Nufringen belongs to the Oberamt Herrenberg since 1806. When the Gäubahn was opened, Nufringen got connection to the big transport networks. Nufringen became part of the Landkreis Böblingen because of administrative reform in 1938. In the

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

40% of Nufringen were destroyed by an allied bombing raid. After the war Nufringen took a quick upswing.

Politics

Since the last election in May 2014 the city council ("Gemeinderat") consists of 14 members. The turnout was 58,6%. The result was:

The mayor is the chairman of the Gemeinderat.

Coat of arms and flag

The coat of arms shows that the agriculture is an important part of Nufringen. Flag: Yellow-Red (Gold-Red).

Hotels and gastronomy

There is a hotel ("Lamm") and a Musikcafé in Nufringen.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Nufringen is situated at the today's Gäubahn Stuttgart-Singen, but just the trains of the line S1 (

Kirchheim-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, approxima ...

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) of the

S-Bahn Stuttgart The Stuttgart S-Bahn is a suburban railway system (S-Bahn) serving the Stuttgart Region, an urban agglomeration of around 2.7 million people, consisting of the city of Stuttgart and the adjacent districts of Esslingen, Böblingen, Ludwig ...

arrive at its station.

Education institutions

With the Wiesengrundschule Nufringen has got an own

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, a

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and a

Werkrealschule Werkrealschule is a relatively young branch of German secondary education (e.g. in Baden-Württemberg), which offers pupils additional lessons in grades 8 and 9 and allows them to qualify after ten years with a final exam which is equal to graduatio ...

Settlement Geography

If Nufringen was a town, it could be called the best example of a

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, because many of the working people there leave the village in the daytime and come back when it becomes evening. There are not many people who go from outside into the Industrial area in northern Nufringen, because there are not enough jobs. The only reasons for the population growth are the connection to the S-Bahn and to the autobahn. The rest of Nufringen, which consists nearly just out of residential area, circles nearly around the station. Nearly no residential area is more than away from it, so that it can be reached easily. The newest development area in southern Nufringen does it, too. There are no other public transport facilities (except the bus station for buses in the night). The A 81 can be reached directly by the Bundesstraße 14, which is situated next to Nufringen. The few shops are also conveniently located for cars.

Bibliography

* Roman Janssen: ''Nufringen: Eine Gäugemeinde im Wandel der Zeit'', WEGRAhistorik-Verlag Stuttgart 1998,

References

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