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Nöttingen is a district of the southwestern
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municipality of
Remchingen Remchingen () is a municipality in the Enz district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the river Pfinz, 14 km southeast of Karlsruhe, and 12 km northwest of Pforzheim. History Older history * 1st millennium BC: Celtic ...
in the Enzkreis district and is located exactly between
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and
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, which is why the place was an important transit point in history. The church of St. Martin bears witness to this. Until the municipal reform, which came into force on January 1, 1975, Nöttingen was an independent municipality together with the smallest district
Darmsbach Darmsbach is the smallest district of the municipality of Remchingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Geography Darmsbach is located directly between Wilferdingen and Nöttingen on the Bundesautobahn 8. It is the most southwestern point of Remch ...
and the houses Dietenhäuser Mühle. Today 2500 people live in the village.


Culture and sights


Martinskirche

The first documented mention of Martinskirche (St. Martin's Church) in Nöttingen was in 1170. The church tower is built on the remains of a Roman watchtower, an indication that the village of Nöttingen was already populated in Roman times. The patrocinium of St. Martin points to the preferred Frankish saint in the period from the 7th-9th centuries (cf. St. Martin in the old town of Pforzheim). St. Martin's churches, as here, were usually built on the site of
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sanctuaries or on the foundations of secular buildings. In 1609 the church was remodeled and enlarged, and in 1785 it was expanded again. During a restoration of the church in 1936, especially the choir room was renovated and redesigned. The corner ashlars, which have been uncovered today, and the colorful contrast of the window jambs were restored in 2006 according to the historical model, as was the sundial. The Nöttinger church is considered the oldest church in the area.


Sport

The local soccer club
FC Nöttingen FC Nöttingen is a Football in Germany, German association football club from the Nöttingen district of Remchingen, Baden-Württemberg. The footballers are part of a sports club of more than 500 members that also has departments for table tenni ...
played in the 2004/05 season in the then third-tier Regionalliga Süd, after several years in the
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberliga (football), Oberligas in German footb ...
, Nöttingen returned to the Regionalliga, now the fourth division in the German league system, for the 2014/15 season, but was immediately relegated again. In 2016/17, they competed again in the Regionalliga, followed by relegation once again. The venue is the Kleiner Arena. The trampoline department of Turnverein Nöttingen competes in the Trampoline Bundesliga, while the gymnastics department forms a gymnastics team with TB Wilferdingen in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.


References


External links


Site on remchingen.de
Remchingen Villages in Baden-Württemberg {{Districts of Remchingen