Merklingen is a municipality in the district of

Alb-Donau Alb-Donau-Kreis is a (district) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Biberach, Reutlingen, Göppingen and Heidenheim, the two Bavarian districts Günzburg and Neu-Ulm, and the city o ...

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 ...

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Geographical location

Merklingen is located on the plateau of the

Swabian Jura The Swabian Jura ( , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of Swabia. It is part of th ...

, about 20 kilometers northwest of

Ulm Ulm () is the sixth-largest city of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with around 129,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 60th-largest city. Ulm is located on the eastern edges of the Swabian Jura mountain range, on the up ...

, between Geislingen and

Blaubeuren Blaubeuren () is a town in the district of Alb-Donau near Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. it had 11,963 inhabitants. Geography Geographical location The core city Blaubeuren lies at the foot of the Swabian Jura, west of Ulm. Neighbori ...

Expansion of the municipality

The district is approximately 21.31 square kilometers.

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities of Merklingen are (clockwise from north): Nellingen, Dornstadt,

Laichingen Laichingen () is a town in the district of Alb-Donau near Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It has 10,964 inhabitants (2005). Geography Geographical location Laichingen is located on the Laichingen Alb, a branch of the Swabian Jura. It is loca ...

(all

Alb-Donau-Kreis Alb-Donau-Kreis is a (district) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Biberach, Reutlingen, Göppingen and Heidenheim, the two Bavarian districts Günzburg and Neu-Ulm, and the city ...

), Hohenstadt, Drackenstein,

Bad Ditzenbach Bad Ditzenbach ( Swabian: ''Ditzebach'') is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. History The townships of Ditzenbach, , and were, until German mediatization in 1806, possessions of the House of ...

(all Göppingen district).

Municipality arrangement

Merklingen, consisting of the main town and the hamlet Widderstall, remained an independent municipality with its own administration.

Air

The climate is: dry summers, fog in autumn, cold winters.

History

In 861, we find the first mention of Merklingen as Marchelingen in a document of the monastery of Wiesensteig. Since 1482 the place belonged to the territory of the Free imperial city of Ulm. Merklingen came in 1810 to the

Kingdom of Württemberg The Kingdom of Württemberg ( ) was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Electorate of Württemberg, which existed from 1803 to 1806. Geogr ...

and was allocated to Oberamt

, which became in 1938 the district of Ulm.

Demographics

Population development:

Politics

Mayor

*•1945-1977 John Lohrmann *•1977-1986 Peter Seyfried *•1986-2009 Günter Stolz *•On 27 September 2009 Sven Kneipp was elected as the new mayor.

Council

The council of Merklingen has 10 members. The council consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Economy and Infrastructure

Merklingen has a commercial infrastructure with numerous medium-sized companies as well as local retailers.

Transportation

Until 1985 Merklingen was connected with the narrow gauge railway Amstetten- Laichingen to the

Fils Valley Railway The Fils Valley Railway (, historically ''Filsbahn'' or ''Württembergische Ostbahn''—Württemberg Eastern Railway) designates the Württemberg line from Stuttgart via Göppingen to Ulm. It runs from Plochingen to Geislingen an der Steige thr ...

from Stuttgart to Ulm. At the national road network Merklingen is connected with the

Bundesautobahn 8 is an autobahn in southern Germany that runs 497 km (309 mi) from the Luxembourg A13 motorway at Schengen via Neunkirchen, Pirmasens, Karlsruhe, Pforzheim, Stuttgart, Ulm, Augsburg and Munich to the Austrian West Autobahn near S ...

Educational institutions

In Merklingen itself is a primary school. In the neighboring village of Nellingen a high school is established, Realschule and Gymnasium can be visited in Laichingen.

Buildings

*Solar Test Widderstall (Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg) *Renovated community hall with cultural and community facilities *New sports and multipurpose hall *New riding hall of the Riding and Driving Association Merklingen (2005). Merklingen Kirche

Teams

In addition to the biggest club in Merklingen, the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund, still exist other clubs. The Turnverein 1862 Merklingen has a considerable number of members. Other clubs are, for example, the Musikverein Merklingen, the Riding and Driving Club, the church music, the horticultural association and the glee club.

References

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