Allmersbach im Tal is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district of

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. It belongs to the

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(''middle Neckar Region'' until 1992) and to the boundary area of the

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History

Allmersbach im Tal was first mentioned in 1291, relating to the gifting of goods from the Countess Richinza von Löwenstein to the

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Winnenden Winnenden ( Swabian: ''Wẽnnede'') is a small town in the Rems-Murr district of the Stuttgart Region in Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany. It lies in a wine-growing area approx. northeast of Stuttgart and has a population of fewer than 28, ...

. Owing to this gifting,

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came into the hands of the

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. In the 16th Century the

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lead to the town falling under the jurisdiction of

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Wür ...

. Until 1712 Allmersbach im Tal belonged to the monastery court mastery and until 1807 to the monasterial administration of the monastery Weiler bei Esslingen. With the new administrative structure of the

Kingdom of Württemberg The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which exist ...

, Allmersbach was assigned to the

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offices. During NS-rule, 1938 reforms assigned Allmersbach to the

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. In 1945 the town was a part of the American Zone of the Ally occupied Germany, this made it a part of the newly founded

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which then dissolved into the state

. The municipality of Allmersbach im Tal was formed on 1 January 1972, as part of the , by the merging of the towns of Allmersbach and Heutensbach.

Geography

The municipality ('' Gemeinde'') of Allmersbach lies at the center of the Rems-Murr district of

, one of the 16 States of the

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. Allmersbach is physically located in the and the southwest edge of the . The municipal area also includes portions of the

Schurwald The Schurwald is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany, which at its highest point is 513.2 m above sea level. It is one of the most important Recreation areas for the Stuttgart area. Over the centuries, the vast forest ...

and

Welzheim Forest The Welzheim Forest (german: Welzheimer Wald) is a wooded, hill ridge, up to , in the counties of Rems-Murr, Ostalb and Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). Geography Location The Welzheim Forest lies just under 38 kilometr ...

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

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(NN) to a low of NN. The Federally-protected Sommerrain

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is located in Allmersbach's municipal area.

Area division (German)

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Politics

Allmersbach is in a municipal association (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') with the city of

and the municipalities of

Althütte Althütte is a municipality of the Rems-Murr district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History The modern municipality of Althütte was formed by the merging of the villages of Althütte and Sechselberg in 1971. Geography The municipality ('' G ...

, Aspach,

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, Burgstetten, Kirchberg an der Murr, Oppenweiler, and Weissach im Tal.

Mayors

* 1975–1999: Rüdiger Kieninger * 1999–2021: Ralf Wörner * since 2021: Patrizia Rall

Coat of arms

Allmersbach's

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displays a

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, in

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and with its trigger guard facing right, upon a

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. The crossbow is a motif that has been associated with Allmersbach since 1686, though it is not known why, and the

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is taken from the arms of the , which had property in the town. The coat of arms was approved for official use and a corresponding municipal flag issued by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on 16 September 1965.

Transportation

Allermsbach is connected to German's network of roadways by its local ''

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n'' and ''

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n''. Local public transportation is provided by the Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Rems-Murr-Kreis Württemberg