Affalterbach is a municipality in the Ludwigsburg district in

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History

Affalterbach became a possession of the County of Württemberg in 1322 and was placed under the jurisdiction of Marbach am Neckar. As it sat on the important road from

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to Ulm, the village was for a time abandoned. In 1938, was dissolved and replaced with , to which Affalterbach was assigned. As part of the , that district too was dissolved and replaced with the new district of Ludwigsburg. Since 1976, the high-performance

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tuning company AMG has been headquartered in Affalterbach, though it maintained its racing engine factory in Burgstetten. The original AMG logo pays homage to Affalterbach by including the city's apple tree coat of arms next to an engine valve and cam lobe.

Geography

The municipality ('' Gemeinde'') of Affalterbach is located at the eastern extremity of the district of

Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a Cities of Germany, city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg (district), Lu ...

, in the German state of

, along the border with the Rems-Murr district. Affalterbach lies on the in the the

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. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of

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(NN) to a low of NN. A portion of the Federally protected

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is located in Affalterbach's municipal area.

Politics

Affalterbach has one borough (''Ortsteil''), Affalterbach, and five villages: Birkachhof, Birkhau, Böllenhöfe, Steinächle, Wolfsölden. Affalterbach is a member of the Marbach am Neckar Municipal Association with the city of Marbach am Neckar and the municipalities of

Benningen am Neckar Benningen am Neckar (Swabian German, Swabian: ''Bẽnnenge'') is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg (district), Ludwigsburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. History By 85 AD, the Neckar-Odenwald line ...

and Erdmannhausen.

Coat of arms

Affalterbach's

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portrays an apple tree, in

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with red apples, rooted to a field of

white White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...

and above a wavy,

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line at the base of the

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. The apple tree is a reference to the name Affalterbach, which combines the old German word for "apple tree", ''affalter'', with the word for "stream", '' bach''. This coat of arms was designed in 1936 based on suggestions from the and was approved for use by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on 24 May 1965.

Transportation

Affalterbach is connected to Germany's network of roadways by its local Landesstraßen and Kreisstraßen. Local public transportation is provided by the Verband Region Stuttgart.

References

External links

* (in German) Ludwigsburg (district) {{Authority control