Altdorf (Esslingen district)

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 36 '  N , 9 ° 16'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Esslingen
Height :	356 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.25 km 2
Residents:	1700 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	523 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	72655
Area code :	07127
License plate :	ES, NT
Community key :	08 1 16 005
Address of the municipal administration:	Spitalhof 1 72655 Altdorf
Website :	www.altdorf-es.de
Mayor :	Joachim Kälberer
Location of the municipality of Altdorf in the Esslingen district

Altdorf is a municipality in the Esslingen district in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the Stuttgart region (until 1992 the Middle Neckar region ) and the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart .

geography

Geographical location

Altdorf is located about one and a half kilometers southeast of the upper Neckar in the foothills of the Swabian Alb , as the crow flies it is about six kilometers southwest of Nürtingen . Most of the municipal area drains via the Autmut to the Neckar.

Community structure

Apart from the village of Altdorf, no other places belong to the municipality of Altdorf.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Neckartailfingen in the north, Nürtingen with the Raidwangen district only briefly in the northeast, Großbettlingen in the east, Bempflingen in the south and Neckartenzlingen in the west. All are also in the Esslingen district.

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.

history

Altdorf in Kieser's forest inventory book 1683/85

Early history

Altdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1291. A Friedrich von Altdorf appeared on June 19, 1291 as a witness in a document from Johann von Wurmlingen. The name Altdorf probably goes back to the Alemannic Allachdorf , which referred to a settlement. From various finds it can be deduced that people have lived here for four thousand years.

Population development

The population figures are census results (¹) or official updates from the Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office ( main residences only ):

year Residents 1871¹ 381 1900¹ 429 1925¹ 413 1950¹ 586 1961¹ 533

year Residents 1970¹ 710 1980 746 1987¹ 891 1990 1,017 1995 1,163

year Residents 2000 1,321 2005 1,462 2010 1,484 2015 1,620

Altdorf is the smallest municipality in the Esslingen district.

politics

Administrative association

Altdorf belongs to the Neckartenzlingen municipal administration association.

Municipal council

The town council in Altdorf has 10 members. The turnout in the local elections on May 26, 2019 was 73.1% (2014: 62.69%) and resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Free citizens' list Altdorf	65.1%	7 seats	(2014: 52.7%, 5 seats)
Independent citizens of Altdorf	34.9%	3 seats	(2014: 47.3%, 5 seats)

The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

mayor

according to the Festschrift:

• 1855–1888: Friedrich Thumm
• 1888–1910: Gottlieb Thumm senior
• 1911–1920: Fritz Knöll
• 1920–1933: Gottlieb Thumm junior
• 1933–1936: Ludwig Handte
• 1936–1945: Albert Veith
• 1945–1948: Adolf Kümmerle
• 1948-1960: Albert Veith
• 1960–1980: Robert Knecht
• 1980–1988: Ludwig Haspel
• since 1988: Joachim Kälberer

The independent Joachim Kälberer has been mayor of Altdorf since 1988. His third term of office, for which he was elected in 2004 with 90.3% of the vote, ended in 2012. The turnout for the 2004 mayoral election was 54.6%. On January 29, 2012, Joachim Kälberer was confirmed in office for a further eight years. The approval rate was 97.6% with a turnout of 49.9%.

coat of arms

Blazon : Under a golden shield head, in it a black stag pole, in blue a slanting silver ploughshare.

Economy and Infrastructure

Public facilities

In 2008 the municipality of Altdorf built a water treading basin at the old water house for general use.

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education

Altdorf has its own elementary school and daycare center . Secondary schools, Werkrealschule, Realschule and Gymnasium are located in the neighboring municipality of Neckartenzlingen . Since the inauguration of the new extension in spring 2012, the day-care center has provided space for 75 children between the ages of one and six.

Waste disposal

The waste management company of the Esslingen district is responsible for waste disposal. There are separate collections for organic waste , household waste and paper. As part of the Green Dot, packaging is collected in so-called yellow bags . Bulky waste can be picked up free of charge by handing in one of two vouchers a year, or it can be taken to a disposal station. Electrical and metal scrap and other recyclable materials can also be disposed of at the disposal stations. There are special collections of problematic substances for hazardous waste such as fluorescent lamps and paint.

societies

The following clubs are based in the village:

• Singing Association Altdorf
• TSV Altdorf
• Fruit growing association
• Funding association elementary school

Sons and daughters of the church

• Heinrich Vollmer (1885–1961), founder of the machine factory Vollmer Werke in Biberach, one of the most famous weapons manufacturers in Europe

literature

• Hans Schwenkel : Home book of the Nürtingen district. Volume 2. Würzburg 1953, pp. 81-92.
• The Esslingen district. - Edited by the State Archives Baden-Württemberg i. V. with the district of Esslingen, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-0842-1 , Volume 1, p. 287.

Web links

Commons : Altdorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Altdorf  - in the description of the Oberamt Nürtingen from 1848

• Website of the Altdorf community
• Altdorf at LEO-BW

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Altdorf.
3. ↑ Population statistics of the Stat. State Office Baden-Württemberg ( Memento from May 27, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
4. ↑ Festschrift 700 years Altdorf, 1991