Mehrstetten

This article deals with the municipality of Mehrstetten in the Reutlingen district. For the district of Ballendorf of the same name in the Alb-Donau district, see Ballendorf .

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '  N , 9 ° 34'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Reutlingen
Height :	750 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.1 km 2
Residents:	1424 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	83 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	72537
Area code :	07381
License plate :	RT
Community key :	08 4 15 048
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 1 72537 Mehrstetten
Website :	www.mehrstetten.de
Mayoress :	Franziska Kennner
Location of the municipality of Mehrstetten in the Reutlingen district

Mehrstetten is a municipality in the Swabian Alb , about seven kilometers southeast of Münsingen .

geography

Neighboring communities

The city of Münsingen ( district of Reutlingen ) and the community of Schelklingen ( Alb-Donau district ) border on the community of Mehrstetten.

Community structure

The municipality includes the village of Mehrstetten, the Greut settlement, the Ziegelhof homestead and the group of houses in Mehrstetten station. The Aymstetten desert lies in the municipality .

history

First mention and administrative affiliation

Mehrstetten was first mentioned in a document around 1300 as Merstetten . Mehrstetten came to the Münsingen office in the Duchy of Württemberg in 1654 , from 1808 to the Oberamt and from 1938 to the Münsingen district and with its dissolution on January 1, 1973, to the Reutlingen district.

Development of the municipality area

On January 1, 1977, part of the Schelklingen-Sondernach district with three emigrant farms was re-municipalityed to Mehrstetten.

Population development

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

year Residents December 1, 1871 ¹ 820 December 1, 1900 ¹ 882 December 1, 1925 ¹ 863 May 17, 1939 ¹ 788 September 13, 1950 ¹ 913 June 6, 1961 ¹ 963 May 27, 1970 ¹ 1,053

year Residents May 25, 1987 ¹ 1,201 December 31, 1990 1.312 December 31, 1995 1,392 December 31, 2000 1,417 December 31, 2005 1,446 December 31, 2010 1,348 December 31, 2015 1,340

Religions

In terms of church, Mehrstetten initially belonged to Münsingen. A parish was probably established in the 15th century. The Reformation was introduced in 1534, and the place has been evangelical since then . Today's Protestant parish of Mehrstetten includes the community of Mehrstetten. Together with the Protestant parish of Sondernach , which includes the districts of Sondernach , Gundershofen and Hütten of the city of Schelklingen , it forms the entire Protestant parish of Mehrstetten-Sondernach in the Bad Urach-Münsingen church district of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg .

politics

Municipal council

The municipality council in Mehrstetten has 10 members. The local election on May 26, 2019 led to the following official final result. The turnout was 66.94% (2014: 57.00%). The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairwoman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Free Voter Association (FWV)	50.43%	5 seats	2014: 44.3%, 4 seats
Independent Citizens List (UB)	49.57%	5 seats	2014: 55.7%, 6 seats

mayor

• 1984-2016: Rudolf Ott
• since 2016: Franziska Wissensner

The mayor is elected for an eight-year term. The current term of office of Franziska Kennner (* 1985) ends on September 30, 2024.

coat of arms

Blazon : In silver on a green ground, two black horses facing each other.

Parish partnership

Mehrstetten has a partnership with the Hungarian Herceghalom .

Culture and sights

Evangelical Church in Mehrstetten

Protestant church

The Georgskirche is a late Gothic choir tower from the 15th century, the nave was expanded again in 1577 and 1828. In 1933 two colored glass windows were installed: a round window by Ernst H. Graeser , which was removed again around 1971 (remains are preserved), and the choir window by Walter Kohler with the motif of the risen Christ with a cross nimbus .

Local museum

Extraordinary pieces about the village life on the Alb plateau in the 19th century have been collected by the members of the voluntary museum in the former farrenstall in Mehrstetten. The local history museum was opened in 1991.

During a tour you will come across a kitchen with the old wood stove and butter churn and the living room, where shoes and laundry hang to dry over the stove. In the bedroom there is a four-poster bed with an accompanying cupboard. The unique collection of more than 200 old linen sacks is interesting. In former times these belonged to the most valuable possessions of the people. They were given names and often numbered. Even changes of ownership after inheritance can still be seen on the linen, old names have been deleted and new ones written underneath. A hand-operated bag knocking machine is also shown.

There are show and craft days where there is a lot to experience. The old forge is put into operation just like an old transmission or a 400 year old loom. From May to October, the museum is open every first Sunday of the month from 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Regular events

• Squat from the JuZe Mehrstetten every year on the second weekend in August
• Autumn festival of the Mehrstetten band , every year on the last weekend in October

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The district road 6772 connects Mehrstetten with the federal road 465 , which leads from Bad Urach via Münsingen and Ehingen (Danube) to Biberach an der Riss .

The Public transport is by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau guaranteed (NALDO). The community is located in honeycomb 225. In 1901, Mehrstetten was connected to the railway network by extending the Reutlingen – Münsingen line to Schelklingen. The Royal Württemberg State Railways built the station building as a standard type IIa station.

Public facilities

• Mehrstetten youth center

education

There is a primary school in Mehrstetten . There is a kindergarten and childcare for the youngest .

Personalities

• Christian Schrade (1876–1964), architect

literature

• Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (Ed.) 1997: The district of Reutlingen . Edited by the Tübingen branch of the State Research and State Description department in the Baden-Württemberg State Archives. Vol. 1. A. General part - B. Descriptions of the municipalities Bad Urach to Metzingen . Sigmaringen: Thorbecke.
• Sönke Lorenz and Christian Eberhardt (eds.) (2002): Mehrstetten: History of a village on the Swabian Alb . On behalf of the community of Mehrstetten ed. von ... Filderstadt: Markstein-Verlag (community in change, volume 10). ISBN 3-935129-06-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VII: Tübingen administrative region. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004807-4 . Pp. 53-54
3. ^ 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. 538 .
4. ^ Website of the general parish of Mehrstetten-Sondernach
5. ^ Albrecht Vaihinger: Rediscovered - Ernst H. Graeser 1884-1944 ; Self-published, o. O. (Esslingen) 2009 (available from the Protestant Parish Office St. Bernhardt in Esslingen)
6. ^ Rainer Stein: The Württemberg standard station on branch lines . In: Eisenbahn-Journal Württemberg-Report . tape 1 , no. V / 96 . Merker, Fürstenfeldbruck 1996, ISBN 3-922404-96-0 , p. 80-83 .

Web links

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