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Creglingen

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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Stuttgart

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
117.2 km²

Population
  
4,802 (31 Dec 2008)

State
  
Baden-Württemberg

District
  
Main-Tauber-Kreis

Postal codes
  
97993, 97990 (Standorf

Local time
  
Friday 1:22 PM

Administrative region
  
Stuttgart

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind SE at 23 km/h, 45% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Tauber, Fingerhutmuseum, Keltenwall

Creglingen is a town in the Main-Tauber district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Contents

Map of Creglingen, Germany

Subdivision

The town Creglingen contains the following Stadtteile(since the municipal reform of 1972): Archshofen, Blumweiler, Craintal, Erdbach, Finsterlohr (together with the villages Schonach, Burgstall and Seldeneck), Frauental, Freudenbach, Münster, Niederrimbach, Oberrimbach, Lichtel, Reinsbronn (together with the village of Niedersteinach), Reutsachsen, Schirmbach, Schmerbach, Schön, Schwarzenbronn, Waldmannshofen (together with the village of Sechselbach and the hamlets Fuchshof und Seewiesenhof), Wolfsbuch, Weiler.

History

The Celts who founded the town between 200 and 100 B.C. also farmed the surrounding plateaus and valleys. In 1349, Creglingen received its town charter from Emperor Karl IV (Charles IV).

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Gustav Vorherr (1778-1847), architect and economist, Royal Bavarian Baurat
  • Georg Bernhard Schifterling (1815-1880), a day laborer's son, a Protestant minister, then an author and editor first social revolutionary writings in Ulm
  • Georg Pflüger (1835-1896), member of the Reichstag
  • Wilhelm Michler (1846-1899), chemist
  • Hermann Stern (1866-1933), Holocaust victim
  • Manfred Hollenbach (born 1946), mayor, politician (CDU), Member of Landtag
  • Helmut Böttiger (born 1956), writer, literary critic and essayist
  • References

    Creglingen Wikipedia