Pliezhausen is a municipality in the district 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 ...

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Geography

Pliezhausen is located between 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 ...

and 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 ...

Constituent communities

The original municipality Pliezhausen consists of the districts Pliezhausen, Dörnach and Gniebel. After the incorporation of Rübgarten on May 9, 1975, the current municipality Pliezhausen was formed.

History

Pliezhausen was first mentioned in 1092 as' 'Plidolfeshusin'. It first belonged to the County Achalm-Urach and came in the 13th century 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 ...

. 1609 ravaged the

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, 40 percent of the 300 inhabitants died. From 1635 led the

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 ...

to further devastation and death. The town originally belonged to Oberamt Urach and came in 1842 to Oberamt Tübingen and in the context of Baden-Württemberg district reform in 1973 to the district Reutlingen. In 1928, the

Pliezhausen brooch The Pliezhausen brooch (also known as the Pliezhausen disc, Pliezhausen bracteate or Pliezhausen disc brooch) (german: Reiterscheibe von Pliezhausen) is a gold disc decorated with figures that was discovered in 1928 during excavations in Pliezha ...

, a rare 7th-century gold disc was discovered during excavations in Pliezhausen in the grave of a wealthy

Alemanni The Alemanni or Alamanni, were a confederation of Germanic tribes * * * on the Upper Rhine River. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Caracalla of 213, the Alemanni captured the in 260, and later expanded into pres ...

c woman.

Incorporations

Dörnach

Dörnach was first documented in 1134. Dörnach was incorporated in 1971 to Pliezhausen.

Gniebel

Gniebel belonged to the

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. Gniebel was incorporated in 1971 to Pliezhausen.

Rübgarten

The place itself was first mentioned in 1363. Rübgarten was incorporated in 1975 to Pliezhausen.

Religions

The Martinskirche in Pliezhausen was built in the 11th or 12th century as a Romanesque chapel. In the 16th century it was remodeled gothic. The original tower dates back to 1523, the current to 1875.''Die Martinskirche''
Internetauftritt der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde Pliezhausen, accessed July 18, 2010

Mayor

Otwin Brucker was since January 10, 1967, the mayor. On July 18, 2005, Christof Dold was voted as successor.

Literature

* ''Pliezhäuser G'schichten: gesammelt von Schülern und Lehrern der Grund- und Hauptschule Pliezhausen''. Zwei Bände. Herausgegeben von Grund- und Hauptschule, Pliezhausen 1981. * Christel Köhle-Hezinger: ''Stricken - daheim und in der Fabrik: zur Erwerbsgeschichte von Pliezhausen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert,'' herausgegeben von der Gemeinde Pliezhausen und Dorfmuseum Ahnenhaus, Pliezhausen 1993. * Susanne Rückl-Kohn: ''Geburt + Taufe: von Hebammen, Hausgeburt, Wochenbett und Patenpflicht'', herausgegeben von der Gemeinde Pliezhausen und Dorfmuseum Ahnenhaus, Pliezhausen. * Susanne Rückl-Kohn: ''Tod + Erinnern: vom Sterben, Tod und Angedenken'', Ausstellung im Dorfmuseum, herausgegeben von der Gemeinde Pliezhausen und Dorfmuseum Ahnenhaus, Plietzhausen 1995. * Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg in Verbindung mit dem Landkreis Reutlingen (Hrsg.): ''Der Landkreis Reutlingen''. Band II. B: ''Gemeindebeschreibungen Münsingen bis Zwiefalten, Gutsbezirk Münsingen'' Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1997, .

References

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