Grafenberg (District of Reutlingen)

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Coat of arms of the Grafenberg community
Grafenberg (District of Reutlingen)
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Grafenberg highlighted

Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '  N , 9 ° 18'  E

Basic data
State : Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region : Tübingen
County : Reutlingen
Height : 422 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.51 km 2
Residents: 2676 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 762 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 72661
Area code : 07123
License plate : RT
Community key : 08 4 15 029
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Bergstrasse 30
72661 Grafenberg
Website : www.grafenberg.de
Mayor : Volker Brodbeck
Location of the Grafenberg community in the Reutlingen district
Alb-Donau-Kreis Landkreis Biberach Landkreis Böblingen Landkreis Esslingen Landkreis Esslingen Landkreis Göppingen Landkreis Sigmaringen Landkreis Tübingen Zollernalbkreis Bad Urach Dettingen an der Erms Engstingen Eningen unter Achalm Gomadingen Grabenstetten Grafenberg (Landkreis Reutlingen) Gutsbezirk Münsingen Hayingen Hohenstein (Landkreis Reutlingen) Hülben Lichtenstein (Württemberg) Mehrstetten Metzingen Münsingen (Württemberg) Pfronstetten Pfullingen Pfullingen Pliezhausen Reutlingen Riederich Römerstein (Gemeinde) Sonnenbühl St. Johann (Württemberg) Trochtelfingen Walddorfhäslach Wannweil Zwiefaltenmap
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Grafenberg is a municipality about 11 km northeast of Reutlingen in the Reutlingen district . It belongs to the Neckar-Alb region and the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart . Apart from the village of the same name, Grafenberg does not include any other localities.

geography

Neighboring communities

The following cities and municipalities border the municipality of Grafenberg, they are named starting in clockwise direction in the north and belong to the district of Esslingen or the district of Reutlingen

Großbettlingen , Frickenhausen , Kohlberg (Esslingen district), Metzingen , Riederich (Reutlingen district) and Bempflingen (Esslingen district).

history

Early history

Archaeological traces point to people of the Michelsberg culture and thus to a first settlement during the Neolithic around 3,500 BC. Chr. Around 500 BC The Celts settled in the area around the town . During the time of the tribal duchies, today's municipal area was in the Duchy of Swabia . Grafenberg was first mentioned in 1246 in a letter from the pastor to Pope Innocent IV . At that time the Counts of Urach had the rulership rights in the place, which they gradually sold to the Counts of Württemberg.

Administrative affiliation

The place belonged first to the Oberamt Nürtingen and then until 1973 to the district of Nürtingen . After its dissolution in the course of the district reform , Grafenberg was the only municipality not to be part of the Esslingen district , but to the Reutlingen district .

Population development

The population figures are estimates (1603 + 1648), census results (¹) or official updates from the State Statistical Office ( main residences only ).

Deadline Residents
1603 202
1648 135
December 1, 1871 ¹ 660
December 1, 1900 ¹ 650
May 17, 1939 ¹ 847
September 13, 1950 ¹ 1172
June 6, 1961 ¹ 1284
May 27, 1970 ¹ 1592
year Residents
May 25, 1987 ¹ 2277
December 31, 1991 2458
December 31, 1995 2479
December 31, 2000 2689
December 31, 2005 2625
December 31, 2010 2614
December 31, 2015 2604

Religions

Since the introduction of the Reformation in Württemberg , Grafenberg has also been evangelical-Lutheran. Even today there is only one Protestant parish in the village , which belongs to the Bad Urach-Münsingen church district of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . The Catholic Christians are assigned to the parish of St. Bonifatius in Metzingen. About 62 percent of the population are Evangelical Lutheran , 20 percent Roman Catholic and the remaining 18 percent belong to other or no religious community.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Grafenberg has 12 members. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following preliminary final result. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Parties and constituencies %
2019 		Seats
2019 		%
2014 		Seats
2014
Local elections 2019
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
48.07%
37.20%
14.73%
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+ 2.00  % p
-2.45  % p
+ 0.46  % p
FWV Free electoral association 48.07 6th 46.07 5
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 37.20 4th 39.65 5
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 14.73 2 14.27 2
total 100.0 12 100.0 12
voter turnout 66.35% 57.41%

mayor

The mayor is elected for a term of 8 years.

  • 1981 to 2013: Holger Dembek (Free Voters)
  • 2013 to 2019: Annette Bauer

Annette Bauer resigned from her position for health reasons in April 2019 and was retired on April 30, 2019. On July 7, 2019, Volker Brodbeck was elected as the new mayor.

coat of arms

Blazon: In gold on a red shield base, three green vines on three green stakes. The coat of arms was probably adopted in the 19th century.

Town twinning

The partner municipality has been the French municipality of Puiseux-en-France since 1982 .

Culture and sights

Buildings

Michaelskirche Grafenberg
  • Evangelical Michaelskirche : It was first mentioned in 1246. It is a hall church with a west tower, the core of which is still Romanesque. In 1726 there was a fundamental renovation and expansion. The most recent redesign took place in 1956/1957 under the architect Manfred Wizgall , whereby a chancel and a sacristy were added. The Stuttgart glass artist Adolf Valentin Saile created the colored window in the new chancel with the theme of the Second Coming of Christ.
  • The town hall was built as a school in 1816
  • Zehntscheuer, built in 1811
  • Grafenberg wine press from 1480

music

  • Gesangverein Liederkranz 1877 e. V.
  • Harmonica Orchestra Grafenberg e. V., founded in 1967
  • Musikverein Grafenberg e. V., founded April 11, 1926

Sports

  • Tennis club Grafenberg e. V. founded in 1979
  • Gymnastics and Sports Club Grafenberg 1903 e. V.

Culture

  • Wine press working group

Economy and Infrastructure

The Rampf Group is a major employer based in Grafenberg .

traffic

The B 313 ( Plochingen - Stockach ) connects the community in the north with the A 8 motorway and in the south with Reutlingen. The Public transport is by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau guaranteed (NALDO). The community is located in honeycomb 219.

education

In Grafenberg itself there is a pure elementary school. The Hauptschule, Realschule and Gymnasium are mainly attended in Metzingen. Grafenberg has three kindergartens.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Friedrich Volz (1944–1988), politician (CDU) and member of the state parliament
  • Michael Donth (* 1967), Member of the Bundestag (CDU). He grew up in Grafenberg.

literature

  • Hans Schwenkel: Home book of the Nürtingen district. Volume 2. Würzburg 1953, pp. 244-258.
  • Sönke Lorenz, Andreas Schmauder, Manfred Wassner, Rainer Loose: Grafenberg: Archeology, Past and Present , Festschrift for the 750th Anniversary, Tübingen, 1996, ISBN 3-00-000611-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
  2. ^ Website of the Evangelical Church Community Grafenberg

Web links

Commons : Grafenberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Grafenberg  - in the description of the Oberamt Nürtingen from 1859