Berglen

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Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Berglen within Rems-Murr-Kreis district

(2021–29) Holger Niederberger^[1]Area

• Total25.87 km² (9.99 sq mi)Elevation

308 m (1,010 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,723 • Density260/km² (670/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

73663

Dialling codes07195, 07181, 07183Vehicle registrationWNWebsitewww.berglen.de

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

Geography

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: Bretzenacker, 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 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.

Mayor

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

Parties and Voting communities		% 2014	Seats 2014	% 2009	Seats 2009
BWV	Bürgerliche Wählervereinigung Berglen (Free voters)	56,84	12	50,35	12
FBB	Freie Bürger Berglen (Free citizens Berglen)	26,20	5	29,90	5
SPD-OL	SPD-Open list Berglen	16,96	3	19,75	3
Altogether		100,0	20	100,0	20
Participation		57,14 %		58,93 %

Partnerships

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

Economy and infrastructure

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 nursery schools, and also a private forest kindergarten.

Regular events

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.

Personality

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, 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

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahl Berglen 2021, Staatsanzeiger.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
^ Statistisches Landesamt, Fläche seit 1988 nach tatsächlicher Nutzung für Berglen.