Böttingen is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of
Tuttlingen
Tuttlingen (; Alemannic: ''Duttlinga'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the district Tuttlingen. Nendingen, ''Möhringen'' and ''Eßlingen'' are three former municipalities that belong to Tuttlingen. Tuttlingen is located in Swabia ...
in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...
in
Germany
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. In recent decades it has developed from an agricultural village to an advanced industrial community.
Geography
Böttingen sits on a plateau in the southwestern
Swabian Jura
The Swabian Jura ( , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of Swabia. It is part of th ...
in a long dry valley. At an elevation of 911 to 991 meters it was the highest village in the historical
Kingdom of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg ( ) was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Electorate of Württemberg, which existed from 1803 to 1806.
Geogr ...
.
The municipality borders
Gosheim to the north,
Bubsheim to the northeast,
Königsheim to the east,
Mahlstetten and
Dürbheim
Dürbheim is a municipality in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north ...
to the south, and
Balgheim and
Denkingen to the West.
The municipality Böttingen consists of the village Böttingen and the Gehöft Allenspacher manor, as well as the
abandoned village
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s Leineburg and Windingen.
History
The first written mention of Böttingen was in 802 and contained a land title grant by the
Abbey of Saint Gall
The Abbey of Saint Gall () is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had er ...
.
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
*Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Foot ...
and
Alemanni
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on the Upper Rhine River during the first millennium. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Roman emperor Caracalla of 213 CE ...
grave finds as well as flint axes in a cave indicate an earlier
Stone Age
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settlement. After 1253 the territory paid tribute and received protection from the
Beuron Archabbey
Beuron Archabbey (in German Erzabtei Beuron, otherwise Erzabtei St. Martin; in Latin ''Archiabbatia Sancti Martini Beuronensis''; Swabian: ''Erzabtei Beira'') is a major house of the Benedictine Order located at Beuron in the upper Danube valley ...
, after a change of ownership the
Bishopric of Constance
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, and then the Herren von Enzberg, until it became part of
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 Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...
in 1805. It was part of the
Oberamt Spaichingen within the
Kingdom of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg ( ) was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Electorate of Württemberg, which existed from 1803 to 1806.
Geogr ...
. The village had to pay interest and tithe as well as
socage
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until 1848.
The Überbündische meeting (in short "ÜT") took place 1977 and 2017 in Allenspach courtyard of the evangelical church youth, Jungenschaft Horte. A total of 3.400 people took part in at least 45 different societies and institutions of scouts and youth movement.
Sights
*The
Alter Berg mountain landmark (980 meters above sea level) with a chapel on the summit has a view over the preserved natural landscape of the southwest
Swabian Alb
The Swabian Jura ( , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of Swabia. It is part of th ...
. In ideal weather conditions the panorama view includes the
Alps
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...
. A metal sheet in front of the chapel displays the names of many of the surrounding summits.
*60 km-long
cross-country skiing trail
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network on the plateau
*Posted hiking trails in multiple directions, in parts within the
Donauberglandweg hiking trail network, leading e.g. into the picturesque
Danube
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river valley.
Notable residents
*
Bernard Häring, Catholic theologian
*Margret Marquart, theologian and missionary doctor in Uganda and Ghana (died 2004)
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References
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