Lenningen (; ) is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in

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Neighbour communities

Those are in the east

Wiesensteig Wiesensteig is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located on the river Fils, 16 km south of Göppingen. Geography Geographical location Wiesensteig is located in the upper Fils valley ...

(district of Göppingen), in the south

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and

Grabenstetten Grabenstetten is a municipality in the district of Reutlingen (district), Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It lies within the area of the Celtic Heidengraben. Municipality arrangement Besides the homonymous village Grabenstetten there ...

(both district of Reutlingen), in the west Erkenbrechtsweiler, in the northwest

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and in the north Bissingen an der Teck and

Neidlingen Neidlingen ( Swabian: ''Neidlenge'') is a municipality in the district of Esslingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History In 1807, Neidlingen, formerly a possession of the Kingdom of Bavaria, was assigned to the district of Wiesensteig in th ...

(all district of Esslingen).

Transportation

Teckbahn from

Wendlingen am Neckar Wendlingen am Neckar (, ) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the Neckar and Lauter rivers, 27 km southeast of Stuttgart. The town grew in size, officially, on 1 April 1940, ...

via

Kirchheim unter Teck Kirchheim unter Teck (, ; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Kircha'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Esslingen (district), district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter (Neckar), Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It i ...

ends in Obelenningen. The Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen built the stations in Unter- and Oberlenningen 1899 as unity stations. Nowadays the per hour circulating

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en of

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in the area of Lenningen stop at three stations: Oberlenningen, Unterlenningen and Brucken. Parallel to Teckbahn in Lenningen runs A-road

Bundesstraße 465 The Bundesstraße 465 (abbreviation: B 465) leads from Kirchheim (Teck) to Leutkirch Allgäu. History Today's Bundesstraße 465 is formed from three former Württemberg state roads: * The northern stretch to Römerstein was part of Württemb ...

Biberach–Kirchheim. On this road you can reach five miles away junction Kircheim-east of A 8

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–

München Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

Notable people from Lenningen

*Adolf Scheufelen (1864–1941), engineer and entrepreneur *Karl-Erhard Scheufelen (1903–1992), entrepreneur *Klaus-Heinrich Scheufelen (1913–2008), engineer, entrepreneur and politician *Klaus Eduard Scheufelen (b. 30 October 1913 – 26 January 2008), engineer,

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with

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, corporate executive and CDU politician *Karl Scheufelen (1823–1902), founder of paper factory Scheufelen *Julius von Jan (1897–1964), parson and resistance fighter against nazism, became 1935 parson in Oberlenningen Image:Oberlenningen Bahnhof.jpg, Oberlenningen, station Image:Scheufelengrab 2.jpg, Oberlenningen, cemetery

Demographics

Population development:

Districts

Brucken

Brucken was first mentioned 1123 and was incorporated into Unterlenningen 1939. Brucken has 1026 inhabitants (Stand 31. Dezember 2012).

Gutenberg

In 1285 Gutenberg was first mentioned. It received the rights of a town during

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...

the place lost so many people, they lost town rights. Gutenberg nowadays has 676 inhabitants (Stand 31. Dezember 2012).

Hochwang

After world War II many refugees came to the Lenningen valley from former Eastern German regions. First they came in houses of residents. Because ground is small in the valley, in 1951 the managers of papermill Scheufele thought we need buildings for these people and workers. So the idea was born to build houses on the Swabian Alb. Work started with building a road, more than 100 people worked for 30 months. The road was opened 1954. Building the houses started in September 1952, till 1971 184 houses with 312 apartments, 62 garages were built. The total cost was 9,2 Mio. DM (4,7 Mio€. ). At this time the population of Hochwang was 1/3 residents and 2/3 refugees. Nowadays 681 people live in Hochwang (Stand 31. Dezember 2012).

Oberlenningen

Around 1100 Oberlenningen was first mentonned Oberlenningen has 2.507 inhabitants (Stand 31. Dezember 2012)

Schlattstall

Schlattstall was first mentioned 1384. Since 1. January 1971 it belongs to Oberlenningen. In Schlattstall live today 168 people (Stand 31. Dezember 2012).

Schopfloch

Schopfloch was first mentioned in 1152. In the Thirty Years' War, the place was so destroyed that the number of inhabitants fell from 100 to 40. As of 31 December 2012, Schopfloch has 683 inhabitants.

Unterlenningen

Unterlenningen was a unit with Oberlenningen. They separated 1353, reunion was 1975 in Unterlenningen live 2.223 Menschen (Stand 31. Dezember 2012). Brucken, Unterlenningen, Lenningen, Andreas Kieser.png, Brucken

References

External links

{{Authority control Esslingen (district)