Muggensturm

This article deals with the community in Baden, further meanings under Muggensturm (disambiguation)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '  N , 8 ° 17'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Rastatt
Height :	122 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.55 km 2
Residents:	6195 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	536 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76461
Area code :	07222
License plate :	RA, bra
Community key :	08 2 16 033
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 33–37 76461 Muggensturm
Website :	www.muggensturm.de
Mayor :	Dietmar Späth
Location of the municipality of Muggensturm in the Rastatt district

Muggensturm is a municipality in the west of Baden-Württemberg.

geography

Geographical location

Muggensturm is located in the Rhine valley at the foot of the Black Forest . The 27 km long Federbach flows through the village , in whose catchment area the Federbachbruch , a 43 hectare nature reserve (22.8 hectares of which is a fen), is located.

The neighboring towns include Bietigheim , Malsch , Oberweier , Kuppenheim , Waldprechtsweier and Bischweier (Rastatt).

Community structure

The Muggensturm village and the Ziegelhütte house in Steinhardt belong to the Muggensturm community. The Eichelbach and Frierlinde deserts are located in the municipality.

history

Chapel of St. Margaret from the 13th century

Muggensturm was 1193 in a document by Pope Coelestin III. first mentioned as Mugetstrum . The change in the spelling of the place name to Muggensturm has not yet been clearly clarified.

politics

Municipal council

Town hall with fountain

The municipal council election on May 25, 2014 led to the following result with a turnout of 53.4% ​​(−0.7):

1. MBV 39.1% (+0.3) - 5 seats (=)
2. SPD 33.7% (+0.5) - 5 seats (=)
3. CDU 27.2% (−0.7) - 4 seats (=)

The mayor is the 15th member of the municipal council.

mayor

Dietmar Späth (* 1963), a graduate in administration, was elected mayor in 1993 to succeed Christoph Müller. In 2001 he was confirmed in office with over 96% approval, in 2009 with 98.5%. In 2005 he ran for the district administrator of the Rastatt district and in 2007 for the mayor of Achern, but was defeated in both elections.

Community association

The Muggensturm community is a member of the MÖBS community association .

Town twinning

In June 2002, a town partnership was officially sealed with the Italian municipality of Gradara in the province of Pesaro and Urbino .

In 2011, the German-German town partnership with the municipality of Schönwalde-Glien (Brandenburg) was added.

Culture and sights

art

In 2005 the Muggensturm Citizens' Band was installed in the town hall, a communal photo album that is unique in the world. A communication art work for which the journalist Anton Jany photographed 2,316 Muggensturm citizens. The portraits of the citizens are "immortalized" on ceramic tiles, which, strung together, lead like a ribbon through the corridors of the town hall.

Monuments

A memorial near Muggensturm commemorates the Prussian soldiers who died on June 29, 1849 in the battle on the Federbach. The revolutionary troops fought bravely against the overwhelming Prussian forces, but achieved only partial successes.

Regular events

The annual folk festival is the highlight of the calendar of events. The festival runs over four days (Friday to Monday). The former flower parade always took place on Sunday and Monday. The local clubs built wagons that process over 200,000 dahlias. However, since there were delivery bottlenecks for dahlias due to the drought, the flower parade has been canceled since 2011.

Awards

Federal competition "Entente Florale - Our city is blooming"

After three bronze medals, Muggensturm finally succeeded in 2010: the community was awarded a gold medal for local development.

Local beautification competition of the district of Rastatt "Our village has a future"

In 2011, Muggensturm took first place for the fifth time in a row at the local beautification competition in the Rastatt district.

Arthur Prize

In 2006, the Muggensturm community achieved fourth place in the competition “The best public authorities in Germany”. At the award ceremony for the Artus Prize for de-bureaucratization in Berlin, award founder Friedrich Ganz and the then Thuringian Minister-President Dieter Althaus , the chairman of the jury, gave Muggensturm special praise for “exemplary effective and unbureaucratic activities in the area of ​​company settlement and support from company-oriented Site planning "considered.

societies

• In addition to early musical education, the Musikverein Muggensturm also offers qualified instrumental lessons, a youth orchestra and a main orchestra. It is also the only music association in the region that offers a "beginners orchestra for adults".
• The Rot-Weiss Muggensturm tennis club was founded on February 20, 1974. The tennis facility is located on the southeastern edge of Muggensturm. There is also a managed clubhouse and a mini golf course. The association has around 320 members.
• The 1918 Muggensturm football club is the only football club in Muggensturm. The club area with a hosted clubhouse, two grass pitches and a hard court is located at Wilhelmstrasse 36. The football club has approx. 550 members. He organizes an annual sports festival with games by the youth / senior and women's teams of the club. The sports festival lasts from Friday to Monday. Furthermore, a team from the Open Life Aid Rastatt / Murgtal is affiliated with the association as a separate department.
• The local gymnastics club is TV Muggensturm 1892. In addition to gymnastics, TV Muggensturm also has a handball, fistball and cycling department.
• The Muggensturm shooting club was founded in 1919 and has around 150 members.
• The Muggensturm table tennis club was founded in 1975. It has 178 members with five men's, one women's and six youth teams. Training and point games are held in the gym of the Albert Schweitzer School.
• The workers choral society Harmonie from 1900 was banned by the National Socialists in 1938 due to its proximity to social democracy and the trade unions. In 1951 it was re-established. Today the choir is active as a mixed choir and cultivates both classical choral literature and modern movements.
• The model flying club MFC-Wren was founded in 1990 and operates its own model airfield.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Muggensturm is located on the B 3 and east of the Rhine Valley Railway ( Mannheim - Basel ) and has two stops there, Muggensturm, which is half hourly, and Muggensturm Badesee, which is served every hour by the S71 and S81 (Rastatt-Odenheim).

power supply

One of the largest rooftop photovoltaic systems is operated on the flat roofs of the logistics company Hartmann AG in Muggensturm . Over 20,900 solar modules from Sharp have been installed on an area of ​​around 80,000 square meters . The system supplier was Conergy AG , the peak output of the system is 3.84 megawatts. Commissioning took place in June and December 2006. According to estimates by the operator, the plant generates around 3.5 million kilowatt hours of electrical energy annually. This corresponds to the needs of over 3,600 people or 900 four-person households. The area covered with modules is as large as 16 soccer fields. Eight inverters from SMA are housed in a two-storey concrete station with a height of 6.8 m and a weight of over 50 tons next to the buildings and convert the solar direct current into alternating current so that it can be networked . The costs of this large solar power plant amounted to almost EUR 17 million.

Public facilities

Educational institutions

• Albert Schweitzer School (primary school)
• Edith-Stein kindergarten
• Kindergarten oasis
• Children's house "playground"

fire Department

• Volunteer firefighter
• Youth fire brigade
• Children's fire brigade

Church of Mary Queen of Angels

Churches / parish offices

• Evangelical rectory in Bietigheim-Muggensturm
• Catholic parish "Mary Queen of Angels"

Web links

Commons : Muggensturm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Muggensturm municipality
• Environment theme park

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Environment theme park
3. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume V: Karlsruhe district Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 , pp. 180-181.
4. ^ Association homepage of the FV Muggensturm