Muggensturm is a municipality in the district of Rastatt in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Geography

Muggensturm is sited in the Upper Rhine Plain at the foot of the Black Forest. The Federbach flows through the town and the neighboring 43 ha nature reserve ''Federbachbruch''. The municipality borders Bietigheim,

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(district of Karlsruhe), Oberweier,

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, Waldprechtsweier and

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. Muggensturm's area contains the municipality as well as the ''Ziegelhütte'' house in the ''Steinhardt'' and the lost settlements of Eichelbach and Frierlinde.

History

The first mention of Muggensturm can be found in an official document of

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in the year 1193, where it is spelled ''Mugetstrum''.

Politics

Municipal council

The 2009 local election resulted in the following composition of the municipal council (''Gemeinderat''): # Free Voters (MBV) 38.8% (+11.0), 5 seats (+1) #

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

33.2% (+4.4), 5 seats (+1) # CDU 27.9% (-0.9), 4 seats (=) The voter participation was 54.1% (+0.2). Numbers in braces refer to the results of the previous local election.

Mayor

Since 1993 Dietmar Späth (born 1963) is the mayor, he was reelected in 2001 and 2009.

Town twinning

Muggensturm's twin town is Gradara in the Italian province of Pesaro and Urbino. It was established in 2002. In 2011 an additional inner-German town twinning with Schönwalde-Glien ( Brandenburg) was founded.

Culture

In 2005, the ''Bürgerband'' (''citizen belt''), a unique community photo album, was installed in the

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. It shows around 2'500 Muggensturm citizens photographed by journalist Anton Jany. Every year at the end of July, the Muggensturm Volksfest attracts many visitors. Before 2011, local clubs would decorate waggons with up to 200'000 flowers and participate in a large pageant.

Awards

In 2010, Muggensturm won the gold medal in the ''Entente Florale'' competition between municipalities. ''Entente Florale'' awards distinguished town development achievements.

Infrastructure

Muggensturm is sited near the

Bundesstraße 3 The Bundesstraße 3 (abbr. B3) is one of the longest federal highways in Germany. It begins in Buxtehude and continues through Bergen, Celle, Hanover, Alfeld, Einbeck, Göttingen, Kassel, Marburg, Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt, Heidelberg, ...

and the Rheintalbahn. It is connected to the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn.

References

{{Authority control Rastatt (district)