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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Stuttgart

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
25.87 km²

Population
  
6,143 (31 Dec 2008)

Administrative region
  
Stuttgart

State
  
Baden-Württemberg

District
  
Rems-Murr-Kreis

Postal codes
  
73663

Local time
  
Saturday 6:18 PM

Postal code
  
73663

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Weather
  
14°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 46% Humidity

Berglen is a municipality in the district of Rems-Murr in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The administrative center is Oppelsbohm.

Contents

Map of Berglen, Germany

Geographical location

The community Berglen is located about 25 kilometers east of Stuttgart in 300 to 450 meters altitude in the Keuper hill landscape Berglen .

Constituent communities

The municipality Berglen consists of the following nine districts: Bretzacker, Hößlinswart, Barrenhardt, Öschelbronn, Oppelsbohm, Reichenbach near Winnenden, Rettersburg, Steinach, Vorderweißbuch.

Space division

Total 2587 ha

  • 879 ha = 34,0 % forest
  • 1352ha = 52,3 % agriculture
  • 10 ha = 0,4 % recovery area
  • 8 ha = 0,3 % water
  • 162 ha = 6,1 % buildings
  • 158 ha = 6,1 % traffic area
  • 17 ha = 0,7 % others
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    Religions

    Since the Reformation the area Berglen is predominantly Lutheran marked. In Oppelsbohm and Hößlinswart are Protestant churches, for some districts is the church in Remshalden Buoch responsible.

    Mayor

  • Gerhard Schnabel, from 1964 bis 1972 mayor of the former municipalities Vorderweißbuch and Oppelsbohm, from 1972 to 1996 mayor of Berglen
  • Wolfgang Schille, mayor from 1996 to 2012
  • Maximilian Friedrich, mayor since 2012-09-13
  • Partnerships

    Berglen has since October 3, 1993, a partnership with Krögis, today part of Käbschütztal in Saxony.

    Education

    With the neighborhood school In the Berglen there is a primary and high school with Werkrealschule. Moreover, Steinach and Vorderweißbuch have their own primary schools. Schools can be visited in the neighboring cities. For the youngest members of the community there are six municipal nurserys, and also a private forest kindergarten.

    Regular events

  • In the district Erlenhof takes place annually the Richtfest, organized by the in 1992 founded association Berglesbond.
  • Street festival by local clubs in the district Hößlinswart.
  • Christmas market on Saturday before the 3rd Advent in the district Birkenweißbuch.
  • The Linde Festival takes place every year usually in the first holiday weekend in the district Birkenweißbuch, organized by the Musikverein Weißbuch
  • Freeman

  • Werner Hofmann is the only honorary citizen of Berglen. The former school rector is the author of the chronicle and several native history books.
  • Sons and daughters of the town

  • Friedrich von Klett (1781–1869), Württemberg administrative officer and Member of Parliament
  • Johann Georg Hildt (1785–1863), foreman and architect
  • Georg Bernhard Bilfinger (1798–1872), lawyer and politician
  • Hansel Mieth (1909–1998), German-American photojournalist
  • Jörg Hofmann (born 1955), trade unionist, president of IG Metall
  • Other people

  • Otto Mörike (1897–1978), a resistance fighter against Nazism, was a Lutheran pastor in Oppelsbohm, Righteous Among the Nations
  • Manfred Winkelhock (1951–1985), race driver, lived until his death in the municipality
  • Denis Scheck (born 1964), German literary critic, translator and journalist, grew up in Bretzenacker
  • References

    Berglen Wikipedia