Nürtingen

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Nürtingen
Nürtingen
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Esslingen
Mayor	Otmar Heirich (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	46.9 km2 (18.1 sq mi)
Elevation	291 m  (955 ft)
Population	42,270  (1 January 2005)
- Density	901 /km2 (2,334 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	ES
Postal codes	72601–72622
Area code	07022
Website	nuertingen.de Coordinates: 48°38′0″N 9°20′0″E / 48.633333°N 9.333333°E / 48.633333; 9.333333

Nürtingen (also spelled Nuertingen) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located on the river Neckar.

History

The following events occurred, by year:

• 1046 : First mention of Niuritingin in the document of Speyer. Heinrich III gave Nürtingen as a gift to the chapter of Speyer
• around 1335 : Nürtingen receives the city rights
• 1421 : Nürtingen is the domicile of the Württemberg widows.
• 1602 : The Maientag, a famous folklore procession and celebration is first recorded
• 1634 : Half of the population died in the Thirty Years' War and of the plague
• 1750 : 133 buildings were burned down in the great fire
• 1783/1784 : Friedrich Hölderlin and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling are pupils of the Latin school (German: Lateinschule). They are still commemorated in the town by the street name Schellingstraße and the name of a highschool Hölderlin-Gymnasium.
• 1945 : A few bombs hit Nürtingen. The Tiefenbachtal (a valley in south part of Nürtingen) was an escape route for German soldiers.
• 1948 : The population increases from 10,000 to 17,000 due to refugees and displaced persons from East Germany
• 1973 : The district of Nürtingen is merged into the district of Esslingen

Twinnings

Nürtingen is twinned with:

• Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom

External links

• Official website of the city (German)

Nürtingen

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References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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