Altdorf () is a
municipality
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in the district of
Böblingen
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History
Böblingen was founded by Count Wilhelm von Tübingen-Bö ...
in
Baden-Württemberg
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in
Germany
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.
Geography
Natural Space
Altdorf is located on the northern edge of the
Schönbuch
Schönbuch (; ) is an almost completely wooded area southwest of Stuttgart and part of the Southern German Escarpment Landscape (German language, German: ''südwestdeutsches Schichtstufenland''). In 1972, the central zone of Schönbuch became the ...
.
The northern part has fields and meadows and it spreads on fertile clay soil.
The southern part has a
community forest and a
state forest
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Background
State forests are forests that are Administration (gov ...
.
The
Rhätsandstein plateau of the
Bromberg
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at the Schönbuch is in the middle.
On that there is the highest point of the Schönbuch, which is 581 meters high. A small raised moor has formed
at Birkensee from the Schönbuch.
History
Name Origin
The origin of the name could be easily explained that it comes from ''altes Dorf''
((in
German
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), 'old village') but it would be unclear what the ''neues Dorf'' would be ((in German), 'new village').
But at the first mention from the Papal certificate from the year 1204 there it is called ''Alcdorf''.
From that the initial form ''Alachdorf'' was reconstructed.
Due to that the community name could be translated to ''the protected place'' or ''the protective place''.
This could show that Altdorf was a
Franconia
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n military settlement at the Via Rheni in the past.
But still the real origin of the name can no longer be determined with certainty today.
[Altdorf: (in German). Retrieved 20 February 2024.]
References
Böblingen (district)
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