Admin. region Stuttgart Elevation 291 m (955 ft) Area 46.9 km² Local time Tuesday 2:54 PM | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 40,395 (31 Dec 2008) | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 64% Humidity Colleges and Universities Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science, Hochschule für Kunsttherapie Nuertingen | ||
Nürtingen ( listen ) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located on the river Neckar.
Contents
- Map of NC3BCrtingen Germany
- Hardt
- Neckarhausen
- Raidwangen
- Reudern
- Zizishausen
- Oberensingen
- Rodorf
- History
- 20th century
- Education
- Mayors since 1819
- Notable people
- Local council
- Twinnings
- References
Map of N%C3%BCrtingen, Germany
Hardt
Hardt (929 inhabitants, as of 2012) is the smallest district of Nürtingen. Hardt was first mentioned in 1366 in documents.
Neckarhausen
Neckarhausen (3,768 inhabitants, as of 2012) is about 2 km from Nürtingen. Neckarhausen was first mentioned in the year 1284. The site is largely dominated by the church and the town hall.
Raidwangen
Raidwangen (2,115 inhabitants, as of 2014) is about 3 km southwest of Nürtingen and about 1 km from the Neckar. Raidwangen was first mentioned in 1236 in documents.
Reudern
Reudern (2,707 inhabitants, as of 2012) is located on a hill approximately 3 km east of Nürtingen and was first mentioned in the year 1338.
Zizishausen
Zizishausen (3,222 inhabitants, as of 2012) is to the left and right of the Neckar and borders to the north directly to the core city of Nürtingen. Zizishausen was first mentioned in 1296.
Oberensingen
Oberensingen (4,060 inhabitants, 2006) closes immediately northwest of the central city of Nürtingen. The first mention dates back to 1344.
Roßdorf
Roßdorf lies south of Nürtingen. The district was created in the early 1960s as a model construction project for modern urban planning on the drawing board. Today Roßdorf has around 4,500 inhabitants.
History
The following events occurred, by year:
20.th century
During Nazi Germany there were in the range of today's urban area 17 forced labor camps and accommodations with "Eastern workers", prisoners of war and "foreign workers", which had to work in the local companies, such as Maschinenfabrik Gebrüder Heller. At the present location of the secondary schools was the Mühlwiesenlager with "Eastern workers". Eleven names of victims of the "euthanasia" murders are known, they were killed in Grafeneck or Hadamar. They also caused that all in so-called "mixed marriages" living men were brought to concentration camps and murdered there.
A in Nürtingen born Sinti-child, Anton Köhler, was with most of his siblings brought in 1944 from the Catholic orphanage St. Josephpflege in Mulfingen to Auschwitz-Birkenau and killed after his parents had been murdered.
Education
Nürtingen is home to Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science, also known as the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen. The school hosts undergraduate and graduate programs in business administration, finance, real estate, and landscape architecture. Programs are taught in English and German, with a Master of Science in International Finance being taught through its growing European School of Finance, which partners with the German Institute for Corporate Finance, the European Derivatives Institute, the Deutsche Börse, and the Eurex exchange.
Mayors since 1819
Notable people
Local council
The local council in Nürtingen has 32 members. Till 2014 local counsil had 39 members. The elections Baden-Württemberg 2014 had the following results. The Lord Mayor is the president of the council and has one vote.
Twinnings
Nürtingen is twinned with: