Cleebronn () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of
Heilbronn
Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District.
From the late Middle Ages on, it developed into an important trading centre. At the begi ...
in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...
in southern
Germany
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.
Geography
Cleebronn is in the Zabergäu in the south of the district of Heilbronn, directly in the north of the Stromberg mountain with an elevation of . The landscape is characterised by wine-growing. The symbol of the municipality and the whole Zabergäu is the Michaelsberg, which has an elevation of .
Neighbouring municipalities
Neighbouring towns of Cleebronn are (clockwise from the west):
Güglingen,
Brackenheim (both in the district of Heilbronn),
Bönnigheim and
Sachsenheim (both in the
district of Ludwigsburg). Cleebronn has combined with Brackenheim to form a joint association.
Municipal structure
Cleebronn includes the villages of Treffentrill and Katharinenplaisir.
History
The first documented mention of Cleebronn was in 1279 as ''Kleberen''. In the 13th century there were some possessions of the Principality of Mainz around the Michaelsberg being rented to Cleebronn's Lords of Magenheim.
In the 14th century,
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 Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...
acquired around two-thirds of the village as ''Württembergisch Cleebronn''. The other third stayed in the possession of the principality as ''Mainzisch Cleebronn''. In 1785 Württemberg acquired this last third, but stayed independent. These municipalities which independent until 1843 were called ''Alt-Cleebronn'' and ''Neu-Cleebronn'' until 1811. These two remaining parts were not united with the rest until January 1, 1844.
Cleebronn has a Protestant parish.
Politics
District council
The district council of Cleebronn has 12 seats.
The mayor is also a member of the district council and its chairman.
Notable people
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Sigismund Koelle
Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle or Kölle (July 14, 1820 – February 18, 1902) was a German missionary working on behalf of the London-based Church Mission Society, Church Missionary Society, at first in Sierra Leone, where he became a pioneer scholar o ...
(1820-1902), missionary and linguistic researcher
*
Carl Krauch
Carl Krauch (7 April 1887 – 3 February 1968) was a German chemist, industrialist and Nazi war criminal. He was an executive at BASF (later IG Farben); during World War II, he was chairman of the supervisory board. He was a key implementer of th ...
(1853-1934), chemist
Gallery
Image:Cleebronn-rathaus1736-web.jpg, town hall
Image:Cleebronn-backhaus1930-web.jpg, ''Backhaus'' of 1930
Image:Cleebronn-kelter1907-web.jpg, wine-press of 1907
Image:20060903 Michaelsberg Michaelskirche Alterraum.jpg, inside the ''Michaelskirche''
References
External links
www.cleebronn.de(in German)
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Heilbronn (district)