Möttlingen

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Möttlingen
Möttlingen coat of arms
Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 44 "  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 58"  E
Height : 535 m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.99 km²
Residents : 1317  (June 30, 2019)
Population density : 440 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 75378
Area code : 07052

Möttlingen is a district of the town of Bad Liebenzell in the Calw district in Baden-Württemberg . The community bears the title of resort .

geography

Möttlingen from the east. In the background the edge plates of the northern Black Forest

Geographical location

Möttlingen is 40 km west of Stuttgart in the Heckengäu, a landscape between the Neckar area and the northern Black Forest at an altitude of 530 m (center) to 580 m above sea level. NN (Hörnle). The community also offers people from the Böblingen / Sindelfingen area great attractiveness to settle.

Subdivision breakdown

The village of Möttlingen and the Hofgut Georgenau homestead belong to Möttlingen .

Geology and flora

Möttlingen from the south-west

The center of Möttlingen lies in a flat valley. The flooring consists of shell limestone and clay and is mostly stony. The vegetation of the hilly landscape with hedges is characteristic, otherwise pine / spruce trees and forests as well as fields predominate, and there are more orchards . Politically, the community belongs to the Northern Black Forest region . In terms of its natural surroundings, Möttlingen, which lies in the foothills of the Black Forest, can still be classified in the "Oberen Gäuen" or the Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten. The nature reserve Monbach, Maisgraben and St. Leonhardquelle lies partly within the Möttlingen district.

Neighboring communities

history

Möttlingen was first mentioned in the 10th century as Mettelingen . The place was divided into two parts: one part belonged to the Truchsessen von Waldeck, who ceded it to Württemberg in 1411. The other part belonged to the free imperial city of Weil from 1389 to 1865 , which, however, had to accept the suzerainty of Württemberg from the end of the 15th century. In the area of ​​the current district lies the deserted St. Leonhard, the remains of an abandoned chapel.

Population development

year 1852 1871 1880 1890 1900 1910 1925 1933 1939 1950 1956 1961 1970 2004 2019
Residents 522 509 524 513 472 500 523 576 566 634 654 703 838 1245 1317

swell

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows in gold a key , an abbot's staff and a rake on a red shield.

Culture and sights

Religions

The Evangelical Parish of Möttlingen is part of the Calw-Nagold church district of the Evangelical State Church in Württemberg . The Catholic residents belong to the Catholic parish of St. Lioba (Bad Liebenzell) , which is assigned to the Roman Catholic pastoral care unit St. Josef in Calw.

Buildings

Blumhardt Church
  • In the center of the village is the Blumhardt Church of the Protestant parish. It was renamed in 1955 for the 150th birthday of its namesake Johann Christoph Blumhardt , who worked here in the mid-19th century.
  • The Gottliebin-Dittus-Haus , an exhibition and Blumhardt memorial.
  • The founding of the rescue ark in 1909 and the Patmos parish after 1945 also go back indirectly to Blumhardt's work.

Sports

The sports club with the largest membership is the Möttlingen gymnastics and sports club, which was founded in 1905. In addition to the largest department for football, there are currently other departments for gymnastics and leisure and darts. There are regular exchanges for sports equipment. Fitness courses are also offered. The sports field, which was inaugurated in 1977, was extensively renewed and enlarged in 2019/20, and the sales container was replaced by a new, massive building.

other clubs
  • TSV Möttlingen 1905 e. V. (gymnastics and sports club)
  • Riding community Hof Georgenau
  • Hundesportverein Möttlingen und Umgebung e. V. Founded in 1995.
  • Schützenverein Bad Liebenzell - Möttlingen 1973 e. V. (currently over 130 members)
  • Theater Association Veigelesbühne 1995 e. V.
  • MUTTV Bad Liebenzell (table tennis club)

politics

administration

Möttlingen always belonged to the office, from 1758 to the Oberamt and from 1938 to the district of Calw. The previously independent community was incorporated into Bad Liebenzell on January 1, 1972 and has since been a locality within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code with its own local council and mayor as its chairman.

Municipal council

The local elections since 2009 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

Political party Local election 2009 Local election 2014
CDU 2 seats 2 seats
The green 0 seats 1 seat
SPD 1 seat 2 seats

With the local elections in 2019 , a local council was elected for the first time, comprising 5 people in Möttlingen.

Economy and Infrastructure

education

Möttlingen has a kindergarten and a primary school . A secondary school, a Werkrealschule and a secondary school are available in the core town of Bad Liebenzell as well as grammar schools in the nearby towns of Weil der Stadt , Calw and Stammheim .

Personalities

Friedrich Stanger
  • Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805–1880) was pastor in Möttlingen between 1838 and 1852
  • Gottliebin Dittus (1815–1872)
  • Christoph Blumhardt (born June 1, 1842 in Möttlingen; † August 2, 1919 in Jebenhausen ), German theologian and politician ( SPD )
  • Friedrich Stanger (born February 5, 1855 in Möttlingen; † March 13, 1934 there), German pietist, healer and founder of the rescue ark

literature

  • Otto Haug: Möttlinger Ortschronik , 1974
  • Gisela Eiberger and Georg Sahm: Home Möttlingen. Our village in the 20th century , 1995
  • Friedrich Böckle, Jürgen Höppner, Peter Weidenbach: Romantic Monbachtal - oasis of calm and relaxation , Black Forest Association Bad Liebenzell, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2002, pp. 6-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d data and facts. In: City of Bad Liebenzell. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Natural spaces - LEO-BW. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Weiler Annalen , on heimatverein-weilderstadt.de
  4. ↑ LeoGraph population development: Möttlingen (1852–1970). Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Möttlingen - GenWiki. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Parish Möttlingen , kirchen Bezirk-calw-nagold.de, accessed on May 12, 2020.
  7. ↑ Catholic parishes of Calw and Bad Liebenzell , st-josef-calw.de, accessed on May 12, 2020.
  8. ↑ Blumhardt Memorial in Gottliebin-Dittus-Haus Möttlingen , netmuseum.de, accessed on May 12, 2020.
  9. ^ TSV Möttlingen - club chronicle. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
  10. ↑ admin: Riding & horse boarding. In: Hofgut Georgenau. Retrieved on May 12, 2020 (German).
  11. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 526 .
  12. ↑ Bad Liebenzeller Municipal Council ( Memento from July 16, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ Bad Liebenzell municipal council , cdu-cw.de, published May 28, 2019.
  14. ↑ Wolfram Eitel: Large chair back in Möttlingen , schwarzwaelder-bote.de, article from July 23, 2019.
  15. ↑ Biographical information on Otto Haug at marjorie-wiki.de