Pfullingen


Pfullingen is a town in the district of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 3 km southeast of Reutlingen at the foot of the Swabian Alb.
With its almost 20,000 inhabitants it is famous for its Handball team, which in 2006 had to file for bankruptcy, the :de:Schönbergturm|Schönbergturm and the People mover.
Pfullingen is situated in the Northern foothills of the Alb in the valley of the river Echaz. Pfullingen is surrounded by the cone-like hills Achalm and Georgenberg as well as some mountains of the Albtrauf.
Pfullingen was first mentioned in a charta by Emperor Otto I in 937. It was the main settlement in the Pfullichgau.
At the end of the 14th century Pfullingen lost its city privileges after having been conquered and destroyed by the forces of the Free Imperial City Reutlingen. About 1500 Pfullingen became part of Württemberg, its city privileges being restored only in 1699.
Pfullingen is home to many schools, in 2013 Wilhem-Hauff-Realschule held an exchange with East Bergholt High School. The Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium, which is named by a famous German poet, held an exchange with Park Ridge High School, New Jersey.

History

In a deed of donation of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor in the year 937 Pfullingen was first documented.
Towards the end of the 14th century, Pfullingen lost due to the cities wars his town privileges to the city of Reutlingen and was captured and destroyed.
The Poor Clares Monastery in Pfullingen was founded in 1250 by two sisters, Mechtild and Irmel, from a family of minor nobility in Pfullingen. The Holy Roman Emperors granted it preferential rights and freedoms. The monastery Hofmeister also managed the monastery's properties at Genkingen and Reicheneck. During the Reformation, the monastery was dissolved and disintegrated. In 1793 the ruins were completely removed.
In 1487 the last lord of Pfullingen, Caspar Remp, sold his holdings including castle and all goods to Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg, thus, the town came under control of Württemberg. Together with the villages Unter-and Oberhausen, Honau, Lichtenstein, Holzelfingen and Kleinengstingen Pfullingen formed an Unteramt which became part of Oberamt of Urach.
During the Thirty Years' War Pfullingen was, from 1635 to 1648 with short interruptions, the administrative headquarters of Pfandherren of Achalm and thus part of Further Austria. The Austrian manager resided in the castle. This was attacked by the commander of Württemberg fortress Hohentwiel, Konrad Widerholt, and was badly damaged. With the Peace of Westphalia Pfullingen returned to Württemberg. The monastery was vacated.
In 1699 Pfullingen again received town privileges and was raised to a monastery office. In 1806 it was incorporated into the Oberamt Reutlingen. In 1824 the town of Pfullingen had 3,435 inhabitants. The hydropower of the Echaz made very early industrialization possible. Already in 1830 were counted 22 water engines. The formerly dominant agriculture fell sharply, also former viticulture does not longer exist today.
In 1999, the Baden-Württemberg homeland days took place in Pfullingen.

Politics

Council

The Pfullingen council has 22 members. The local elections on 25 May 2014 led to the following official results. The council consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Mayor

The mayor is elected for a term of eight years. Since January 13, 2015, is the incumbent Michael Schrenk, who was elected on October 19, 2014 as successor of Rudolf Hess.

Emblem and flag

Blazon: "In blue under a lying black stag antler a silver pillow with gold tassels on the four corners and red foray."
Pfullingen led since the beginning of the 15th century one handed down in print for the first time in 1501 Seal showing the speaking for the place name "Pfulben" under the Württemberg stag rod; Today you explain him the privilege of a spring market. The background of the emblem is blue. The city flag is blue-white-red.

Twinning

Since 1985 there is an official twinning with the French community Passy. The on tourism focused community is located approximately 53 km south east of Geneva in the department of Haute-Savoie. Since 1973, there were regular meetings between the Friedrich Schiller Gymnasium in Pfullingen and the Lycée de Mont-Blanc Passy. This extended to events between associations of both cities and ended in 1985, finally in an official twinning, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2010.
Since 2012 is also the Saxon community Lichtenstein twinned with Pfullingen. It was signed in a partnership ceremony on September 29, 2012, in Lichtenstein.

Buildings

Natural environment

Parks and gardens include the 'Wedding meadow', monastery garden, monastery sea, the park of Villa Laiblin, Castle Park, and town garden.

Landscape and Nature

Pfullingen has to his district over several attractions and recreational areas on Albrand and on the Alb plateau, among which some nature reserves with different habitats are. The most popular among them are:
Due to the location on the escarpment are some of these localities viewpoints that offer training and tourism on the landscape structure of the wider area.

Natural monuments

Pfullingen has several museums that deal with the regional cultural history:
In the rooms of the Alemannic half-timbered building from the mid-15th century and the associated scouring is housed a permanent exhibition and an annually changing special exhibition.
The costume and the mill museum are housed in the Baumann's mill.
In the Trachtenmuseum the Schwäbischer Albverein shows not only costumes and costume accessories from the Kingdom of Württemberg and the surrounding area, but also furniture, home appliances and laundry.
The mill museum with a functioning grain mill is housed facing part of Baumann's mill at the Echaz. In addition to the presentation of the mill equipment, the museum also focuses on the history of hydropower and corn mills.
The former publisher Neske established in early 2010, Neske library, a permanent exhibition of works which have been published by Neske.
In the laundry house of the former Poor Clare monastery is a permanent exhibition on the themes "- humility - poverty - obedience".

Music

The VfL Pfullingen was founded in 1862 and has over 3,200 members. The men's handball team played from 2002 to 2006 in the Handball-Bundesliga. Since the 2010/2011 season, the VfL Pfullingen plays in the Handball Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.
The Schützenverein Pfullingen 1522 was founded in 1522.
On the Übersberg is 48 ° 27 '33 "N, 9 ° 17' 55" O a glider area at around 780 meters above sea level with two 1,100-meter-long tracks.

Economy and Infrastructure

Pfullingen is the seat of Prettl group. The Daimler-Benz AG and the company Robert Bosch are also represented in the city.

Transport

The main road B 312, coming from the Bundesautobahn 8 at Stuttgart Airport, leads via Pfullingen over Riedlingen and Biberach an der Riss to Memmingen. In December 2003, the 1180 m long Ursulaberg tunnel was opened.
The Public transport is guaranteed by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau. The city is located in the comb 220.
Until the early 1980s a railway drove through Pfullingen. Today, a cycle path runs on the former treck.

Bürgerbus

A citizen bus, operated by volunteer drivers, runs from Monday to Friday. The service began on May 30, 2011, and there are similar projects in Ebersbach an der Fils and Salach.

People Mover

Pfullingen has been known in recent years by the installation of a prototype of the new pedestrian crossing system People mover. The People mover Pfullingen is the only road crossing border elevator system in the world.
The People Mover was developed by the company Schmid Engineering, the structural was planned by the company Knaack-Reich. 2009, the system was shut down due to enormously high operating and maintenance costs until further notice.

Media

Official Journal of the city Pfullingen

Facilities

Further training:
Elementary Schools:

Freemen

As "almost son" Pfullingens applies the playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht. Meanwhile, parents married proven in May 1897 in Pfullingen and spent in the station building, where the bride's father at the time was stationmaster, her wedding night. Nine months later, Bertolt Brecht was born in Augsburg. 1997/1998 you honored him with the slogan "Bertolt Brecht - made in Pfullingen" with various local events on the occasion of his 100th birthday and "procreation year"..

Literature