Merklingen
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Coordinates: 48 ° 31 ' N , 9 ° 45' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
Administrative region : | Tübingen | |
County : | Alb-Danube district | |
Local government association: | Laichinger Alb | |
Height : | 699 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 21.31 km 2 | |
Residents: | 1996 (December 31, 2018) | |
Population density : | 94 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 89188 | |
Area code : | 07337 | |
License plate : | UL | |
Community key : | 08 4 25 079 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Hauptstrasse 31 89188 Merklingen |
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Mayor : | Sven Kneipp (independent) | |
Location of the municipality Merklingen in the Alb-Donau district | ||
Merklingen is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district .
geography
Geographical location
Merklingen is located on the plateau of the Swabian Alb , around 20 kilometers northwest of Ulm , between Geislingen an der Steige and Blaubeuren .
Expansion of the municipal area
The district is around 21.31 km².
Neighboring communities
The neighboring communities of Merklingen are (clockwise from the north): Nellingen , Dornstadt , Laichingen (all Alb-Donau district), Hohenstadt , Drackenstein , Bad Ditzenbach (all district of Göppingen ).
Community structure
Merklingen, consisting of the main town and the hamlet Widderstall , has remained an independent municipality with its own administration despite the Baden-Württemberg municipal reform of the 1970s; she is a member of Gemeindeverwaltungsverband Laichinger Alb, belongs to the administration union Albwasserversorgungsgruppe II, Laichingen, and is a member of the inter-municipal data center Ulm-Wiblingen-Reutlingen (KIRU).
climate
The climate is typical for the Mittlere Kuppenalb : sunny, relatively dry summers, fog in autumn, cold, snowy winters.
additional
The Merklinger Klufthöhle was discovered in 2016.
history
In 861 Merklingen was first mentioned as Marchelingen in the founding document of the Wiesensteig monastery .
Since 1482 the place belonged to the area of the imperial city Ulm .
Merklingen came to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1810 and was assigned to the Oberamt Blaubeuren , which was added to the Ulm district in 1938.
The hamlet of Widderstall was on July 6, 1209 in one of Pope Innocent III. and 13 cardinals signed document mentioned for the first time. Innocent III. took the Premonstratensian monastery Ursberg with its possessions, which also included a monastery yard near today's Widderstall, under protection. In the 13th century the monastery gave up the farm again, and the repopulation of Widderstall began at the beginning of the 19th century. The interest group History and Customs Merklingen (Alb) has restored a fountain from this time together with Widderstaller citizens.
politics
mayor
- 1945–1977: Johannes Lohrmann
- 1977–1986: Peter Seyfried
- 1986–2009: Günter Stolz
- On September 27, 2009, Sven Kneipp was elected, independent, as the new mayor.
Municipal council
The municipal council in Merklingen has 10 members. The local elections on May 25, 2014 led to the following official 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 |
% 2014 |
Seats 2014 |
% 2009 |
Seats 2009 |
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FW | Free Voters Association | 51.2 | 5 | 46.0 | 5 | |
UWG | Independent voter community | 48.8 | 5 | 54.0 | 5 | |
total | 100.0 | 10 | 100.0 | 10 | ||
voter turnout | 60.63% | 61.2% |
coat of arms
Description of coat of arms
In the green shield is a silver house, tiled with a door between two windows, everything in silver. The house stands on a green and silver walled mountain in the base of the shield.
Foundation of the coat of arms
Merklingen had an old bleaching house that was used by the guard for the laundry that was laid out on the lawn. Since this Bleichhäusle is an old landmark of Merklingen, it was used in heraldic correct form in the local coat of arms as the content of the coat of arms. The walled, round mountain in the base of the shield is supposed to symbolize the lawn and the laundry lying on it with its green-silver colors. For the sake of simplicity, only the green-silver color pair was used.
Economy and Infrastructure
Merklingen has a good commercial infrastructure with numerous medium-sized companies on site as well as retailers.
traffic
Until 1985 Merklingen was on the meter gauge railway line Amstetten Laichingen the PATH to the Fils Valley Railway connected from Stuttgart to Ulm. The new Wendlingen – Ulm line , which is expected to go into operation in 2021 and whose Widderstall tunnel in the area of the hamlet of the same name, is currently under construction (as of 2015) , runs through the municipality . From 2017, the Merklingen (Swabian Alb) train station is to be built and from December 2021 hourly regional traffic to Ulm / Friedrichshafen and Stuttgart / Würzburg will be put into operation.
Merklingen is connected to the supra-regional road network by the federal motorway 8 ( Stuttgart - Munich ) (junction 61).
Educational institutions
There is a primary school in Merklingen itself. A secondary school is located in the neighboring municipality of Nellingen , while the secondary school and grammar school can be attended in the city of Laichingen .
Culture and sights
Buildings
- Church of the "Three Wise Men"
- Widderstall solar test field of the ZSW ( Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg )
- Renovated community hall with cultural and meeting opportunities, can be rented from the Merklingen municipal administration
- new sports and multi-purpose hall (can be divided into two parts)
- Construction of the riding hall of the Merklingen riding and driving club (2005)
- From June 2001 to November 2012 there was the Merklingen model railway show, a 400 square meter model railway system in the H0 gauge (1:87 scale) with a total track length of approx. 700 m.
societies
In addition to the largest association in Merklingen, the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund , there are also many other associations. The Turnverein 1862 Merklingen eV (TVM) also has a considerable number of members. Other associations are, for example, the Musikverein Merklingen e. V. , the riding and driving club , the church music, the fruit and horticultural society and the choral society.
Culinary specialties
Merklinger Nudla are a Merklinger baking specialty and are served from breakfast to dinner, with sweet and hearty foods. Nudla are made from flour, lard, yeast, an egg, milk and a little salt and sugar.
Web links
- Merklingen at LEO-BW
- Website of the Merklingen community
- Information for the "bomb forest" of the Merklingen community
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).