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Berglen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Berglen within Rems-Murr-Kreis district
Berglen Show map of Germany Berglen Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°51′41″N 09°28′10″E / 48.86139°N 9.46944°E / 48.86139; 9.46944
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Rems-Murr-Kreis
Subdivisions	21 Orte
Government
• Mayor (2021–29)	Holger Niederberger[1]
Area
• Total	25.87 km2 (9.99 sq mi)
Elevation	308 m (1,010 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,723
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	73663
Dialling codes	07195, 07181, 07183
Vehicle registration	WN
Website	www.berglen.de

Berglen is a municipality in the district of Rems-Murr in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Geographyedit

Geographical locationedit

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

Constituent communitiesedit

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

Space divisionedit

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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Religionsedit

Since the Reformation the area of Berglen has been predominantly Lutheran. There are Protestant churches in Oppelsbohm and Hößlinswart. The church in Remshalden Buoch, to the south-west of Berglen is responsible for several districts.

Mayoredit

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

Partnershipsedit

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

Economy and infrastructureedit

Educationedit

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 nursery schools, and also a private forest kindergarten.

Regular eventsedit

• The Richtfest takes place annually in the Erlenhof district, organized by the Berglesbond association, which was founded in 1992.
• There is a Street festival by local clubs in the Hößlinswart district.
• There is a Christmas market on the Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in Advent in the Birkenweißbuch district.
• The Linde Festival, organized by the Weißbuch Music Club (Musikverein), also takes place every year in the Birkenweißbuch district, usually in the first holiday weekend.

Personalityedit

Freemanedit

• 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 townedit

• 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 peopleedit

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

Referencesedit

External linksedit

• Media related to Berglen at Wikimedia Commons

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