Mögglingen is a

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in the

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state of

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

Ostalbkreis The Ostalbkreis is a Districts of Germany, ''Landkreis'' (district) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the border to Bavaria. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Schwäbisch Hall (district), Schwäbisch Hall, Ansbach ( ...

district.

Geography

Mögglingen is positioned at between 398 and 475 meters above

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, along the upper Rems

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in the north-eastern foothills of the "

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 ...

" between Schwäbisch Gmünd (13 km / 8 miles) and administrative centre of the

Aalen Aalen (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Oole'') is a town located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district and is its largest town. It is ...

(11 km / 7 miles).

Neighbouring communities

The municipality is bordering to the north to Heuchlingen, to the east to Essingen, in the south to the town

Heubach Heubach is a town in the Ostalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 10 km east of Schwäbisch Gmünd, and 13 km southwest of Aalen. The town finds itself at the edge of the Rems (river), Rems River Valley and a ...

and to the west to Böbingen an der Rems.

History

The first mention of Mögglingen was in the year 1143. The place belonged for a long time to the land territory of the Reichstadt

Schwäbisch Gmünd Schwäbisch Gmünd (, until 1934: Gmünd; Swabian: ''Gmẽẽd'' or ''Gmend'') is a city in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. With a population of around 60,000, the city is the second largest in the Ostalb district ...

. As soon as Schwäbisch Gmünd fell due to the

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in 1803 to the

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, also Mögglingen became part of Württemberg and belonged to the newly formed Oberamt Gmünd, from 1938 Schwäbisch Gmünd. When this was dissolved by the district reform Baden-Württemberg 1973, Mögglingen became part of the newly formed

Religions

Mögglingen remained Catholic even after the introduction of the

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in Württemberg, because most of the goods belonged to citizens and monasteries of the free catholic city Gmünd. Believers today belong to the

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Church of St. Peter and Paul. A

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church was built only in 1968.

Bypass plans

Locals have campaigned for a bypass round Mögglingen since at least as far back as 1957, and by 2013 plans for such a bypass had been agreed for fifteen years. Former mayor Ottmar Schweizer is on record as having pushed for the construction of the bypass throughout his 24 years in office. The curving and relatively narrow high street has been part of a long distance route for many years, but the number of heavy trucks passing through small towns like Mögglingen rose substantially after 2005 which was the year in which

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introduced Autobahn tolls for trucks above twelve

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. Continuing failure to construct the planned bypass is blamed on an absence of funding.

Population Development

* 1871: 1,003 * 1900: 1,058 * 1933: 1,443 * 1950: 2,150 * 1970: 2,933 * 1987: 3,316 * 2000: 3,884 * 2005: 4,167 * 2010: 4,180 * 2021: 4,267

Politics

Council

The council includes after the elections from May 25, 2014, 14 members. The election brought the following results: * FUMB (Free and Independent Mögglinger citizens) 30.16% (+0.48) = 4 seats (± 0) * CDU 27.48% (-5.13) = 4 seats (-1) * JMB (Young Mögglinger citizens) 22.62% (+2.23) = 3 seats (± 0) *

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19.74% (+2.49) = 3 seats (+1)

Personality

Sons and daughters of the town

* Anton Vogt (born 1891, † unknown), politician (NSDAP)

Associated with the community

Carl-Uwe Steeb Carl-Uwe Steeb (; born 1 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. In his post-playing career he has served as a tennis administrator. Playing career Coached by Stefan Schaffelhuber, Steen turned professional in 1986. ...

(born 1967), former professional tennis player, grew up in Mögglingen. *

Steffen Dangelmayr Steffen Dangelmayr (born 9 September 1978) is a German former football defender. He made five league appearances for the VfB Stuttgart first team during their 2002–03 campaign, which saw them finish runners-up in the Bundesliga The Bundes ...

(born 1978), football player, comes from the youth department of the '' Stern FC Mögglingen ''

Literature

* Karl Eduard Paulus: '' Mögglingen ''. In: '' Description of Oberamts Gmünd ''. Publisher Lindemann, Stuttgart 1870 ( Full text at Wikisource)

References

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