Gärtringen is a municipality in the
district of Böblingen,
Baden-Württemberg
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,
Germany
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. It is situated 25 km southwest of
Stuttgart
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, 7km north of
Herrenberg
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south of Stuttgart and 20 km from Tübingen. After Sindelfingen, Böblingen, and Leonberg, it ...
, and consists of the villages Rohrau and Gärtringen.
History
The oldest traces of settlement in the district date back to the
Hallstatt
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period. Ancient, possibly
Roman
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, settlement remains can be found at Hardtheimer Brünnele. The place name “Gärtringen” is of Alemannic origin, whereby the settlement is probably named after a Gartheri. Gärtringen was first mentioned in a document in 1140. Originally subject to the County of
Calw
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, then to the Palatine Counts of
Tübingen
Tübingen (; ) is a traditional college town, university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer (Neckar), Ammer rivers. about one in ...
, the municipality became a part of Württemberg in 1382.
During the district reform of Württemberg during the
Nazi
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era, Gärtringen became part of the Böblingen district in 1938. In 1945, Gärtringen became part of the
American occupation zone and thus belonged to the newly founded state of Baden-Württemberg, which merged into its current state in 1952.
Notable residents
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Friedrich Sieburg (1893–1964), journalist, writer and literary critic, lived in the Villa Schwalbenhof from the 1950s until his death.
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Qianhong Gotsch (born 1968), Chinese-German table tennis player
Photo Gallery
File:Winter St Veit.jpg, St. Veit Church in Winter
File:Gaertringen Fachwerkhaus.jpg, Historic Half-timbered Home
File:Bibliothek Gaertringen.jpg, Town Library
References
Böblingen (district)
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