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Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Ostalbkreis
Height :	450 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.78 km 2
Residents:	6664 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	759 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	73557
Area code :	07171
License plate :	AA, GD
Community key :	08 1 36 044
LOCODE :	DE MXL
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 22 ; 73557 Mutlangen
Website :	www.mutlangen.de
Mayoress :	Stephanie Eßwein
Location of the municipality of Mutlangen in the Ostalb district

Mutlangen is a municipality in the Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the East Wuerttemberg region and the edge zone of the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart .

geography

Geographical location

Mutlangen lies between the Welzheimer Forest and the foreland of the eastern Swabian Alb at a height above the Remstal .

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on Durlangen , in the east and south on the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd and in the west on Alfdorf in the Rems-Murr district .

Community structure

Chapel in Pfersbach, consecrated on May 7, 1896

The community consists of the village of Mutlangen and the hamlet of Pfersbach , which was surrounded by Schwäbisch Gmünd and has belonged to Mutlangen since April 1, 1973.

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.

history

middle Ages

The first detectable settlement (marking of the Muotho) arose around 500 AD and later, but the site only became better known around 1100 to 1200. The manors changed quickly: Hohenstaufen , Weinsberg and Rechberg . Gradually, Gmünder monasteries and families became the main landowners. The place name "Mutlangen" was first mentioned in 1293 in the writings of the Lorch Monastery , which probably belonged to Mutlangen. With the document dated July 22, 1293, Count Eberhard I of Württemberg took the Lorch monastery and its goods under protection.

Early modern age

In 1581 Mutlangen was taken over by Schwäbisch Gmünd . One of the Rechberg gentlemen loaned his hamlet Mutlangen to the city for lack of money. The pledge could no longer be redeemed by the Rechbergers.

Württemberg time

In the course of mediatization , the Free Imperial City of Gmünd lost its independence in 1803 and became part of the Electorate (or, since 1806, the Kingdom) of Württemberg . Mutlangen thus became part of Württemberg and from then on belonged to the Gmünd Oberamt .

During the administrative reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg in 1938, the Oberamt became the district of Schwäbisch Gmünd , to which Mutlangen belonged until the end of 1972.

post war period

Since the place had become part of the American occupation zone after the Second World War , it had belonged to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Baden since 1945 , which was incorporated into the current state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.

Around 1945 Mutlangen had about 1200 inhabitants and a predominantly agricultural employment structure. Immediately after the end of the war, numerous expellees and refugees were integrated into the community. In the following years, some industrial and commercial enterprises settled in the community, so that Mutlangen's structure changed from a farming village to an industrial and residential community. The population has risen continuously to almost 6600 people.

As part of the municipal reform, the administration and the municipal council decided, despite efforts to the contrary by the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd, in favor of the municipality's independence. This could be ensured , among other things, by the establishment of the administrative association Schwäbischer Wald , to which, apart from Mutlangen, the communities Ruppertshofen , Spraitbach , Durlangen and Täferrot belong. In 1973, as part of the reorganization, the district of Pfersbach, which until then had belonged to the community of Großdeinbach , was incorporated into Mutlangen. The community itself came to the new Ostalbkreis due to the district reform in Baden-Württemberg .

Peace movement

George's Church

Mutlangen became known worldwide through the Pershing II rockets stationed on the Mutlanger Heide from 1983 to 1990 . In order to achieve the withdrawal of the nuclear missiles, anti-missile opponents repeatedly organized peace camps and called for the depot to be blocked. The Mutlangen press hut became the focal point for the peace demonstrators and the starting point for rocket tracking and actions. 2999 blockers were arrested here. They were reported for coercion and, as a rule , sentenced by the responsible district court in Schwäbisch Gmünd to fines of 20 daily rates. The Federal Constitutional Court later overturned the conviction as unconstitutional. With the INF treaty , the Pershing II missiles were withdrawn from Mutlangen. The site of the former nuclear weapons storage facility is now a new development area.

Religions

Even after the Reformation was introduced in other areas of Germany, Mutlangen remained Catholic. Even today the Roman Catholic community with its St. George's Church is dominant. But there is also a community center for the few Protestant believers, which is part of the Lindach-Mutlangen parish .

politics

Local elections 2019

Turnout: 62.5% (2014: 48.2%)

%

40

30th

20th

10

0

35.8%

17.3%

23.9%

23.0%

UWL

CDU

Green

SPD

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

% p

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-7.3 % p

-3.6 % p

+ 4.9 % p

+ 6.0 % p

UWL

CDU

Green

SPD

Town hall Mutlangen

Municipal council

The municipal council election on May 26, 2019 led to the following result (with changes to the 2014 election):

Party / list	Share of votes	+/-% p	Seats	+/-
Green	23.9%	+ 4.9	4th	+ 1
SPD	23.0%	+ 6.0	4th	+ 1
CDU	17.3%	- 3.6	3	- 1
UWL ^*	35.8%	- 7.3	7th	- 1

^* Independent electoral roll for Mutlangen and Pfersbach

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Mutlangen was awarded by the state government of Baden-Württemberg on February 1, 1954. In the red field there is a silver, equal-armed, wide cross, covered with the red silhouette of the narrow side of St. George's Church. The road cross with the church is a symbol of the community and indicates its convenient location. The colors red and white (silver) remind us that the village belongs to the area of the former imperial city of Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Town twinning

A partnership with Bouxières-aux-Dames near Nancy has existed since 1964 . In 1992 a partnership was also concluded with Vaskút , a place in the Hungarian Batschka with a Danube Swabian population of around 30%.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Mutlangen is connected to the national road network by the federal road 298 ( Gaildorf - Schwäbisch Gmünd ). Roads 1155 and 1156 are important for regional traffic. With the commissioning of the western bypass of the B 298 in September 2005 and the northern section of the L 1156 in October 2005, the through traffic was relieved to a considerable extent.

The closest train station is Schwäbisch Gmünd station .

Public facilities

The Stauferklinikum Schwäbisch Gmünd , located on the southwestern outskirts, is a clinic in the Ostalb district that covers the western district including Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Since 1980, the Schwäbischer Wald welfare station, founded in Mutlangen, has been caring for people in need who can no longer look after themselves at home due to illness or old age. The social station is run by the Catholic parish of St. Georg in Mutlangen.

The Mutlantis indoor swimming pool was opened in 1974.

education

There are two elementary schools in Mutlangen , a Werkrealschule and a Realschule . In addition, the Heideschule Mutlangen is located on the Mutlanger Heide , a language therapy school operated by the Ostalbkreis. The private Catholic Franziskus-Gymnasium was inaugurated in March 2012 and completes the large offer. There are also two kindergartens , the St. Elisabeth kindergarten and the Don Bosco kindergarten, as well as a nursery where children from 2 to 3 years of age are looked after.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Anton Hinderberger (1886–1963), dean of the cathedral in Rottenburg; Chairman and initiator of the diocesan settlement agency and first honorary citizen of Mutlangen
Heinz Hartmann (1924–2017), mayor (1954–1986) and honorary citizen of the place
Ines Pohl (* 1967), journalist
Joachim Pfeiffer (* 1967), CDU politician, member of the German Bundestag
Alexander Zorniger (* 1967), football coach
Anja Jantschik (* 1969), journalist and writer
Jochen Schneider (* 1970), former sports director VfB Stuttgart
Claus Krieger (* 1971), sports teacher and university professor
Alexander Delle (* 1974), politician of the NPD , former member of the state parliament in Saxony
Ernst Karl Schassberger (* 1975), cook
Claus-Dieter Kuhn (* 1978), biochemist and structural biologist
Adrian Wehner (* 1982), handball player
Timo Bader (* 1983), writer
Anna Bader (* 1983), cliff diver
Arthur Abele (* 1986), athlete
Florian Schöbinger (* 1986), handball player
Simon Schempp (* 1988), biathlete
Dominik Kaiser (* 1988), soccer player
Cro (born 1990), rapper
Lisa Arnholdt (* 1996), volleyball and beach volleyball player

societies

TSV Mutlangen has existed since August 31, 1884 and has 1692 members (as of March 1, 2007).

The Mutlangen peace and meeting center has existed since 1984.

literature

Manfred Laduch, Heino Schütte, Reinhard Wagenblast: Mutlanger Heide. A place makes history. Remsdruckerei Sigg, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1990, ISBN 3-926043-07-5 .