Berglen

Berglen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Berglen
Berglen Berglen
Coordinates: 48°51′41″N 09°28′10″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Rems-Murr-Kreis
Subdivisions	21 Orte
Government
• Mayor	Maximilian Friedrich
Area
• Total	25.87 km2 (9.99 sq mi)
Elevation	308 m (1,010 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	6,723
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	73663
Dialling codes	07195, 07181, 07183
Vehicle registration	WN
Website	www.berglen.de

Berglen is a municipality in the district of Rems-Murr in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Geography

Geographical location

The community Berglen is located about 25 kilometers east of Stuttgart in 300 to 450 meters altitude in the Keuper hill landscape Berglen .

Berglen in Rems-Murr-district

Constituent communities

The municipality Berglen consists of the following nine districts: Bretzacker, Hößlinswart, Barrenhardt, Öschelbronn, Oppelsbohm, Reichenbach near Winnenden, Rettersburg, Steinach, Vorderweißbuch.

Space division

Total 2587 ha

• 879 ha = 34,0 % forest
• 1352ha = 52,3 % agriculture
• 10 ha = 0,4 % recovery area
• 8 ha = 0,3 % water
• 162 ha = 6,1 % buildings
• 158 ha = 6,1 % traffic area
• 17 ha = 0,7 % others

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Religions

Since the Reformation the area Berglen is predominantly Lutheran marked. In Oppelsbohm and Hößlinswart are Protestant churches, for some districts is the church in Remshalden Buoch responsible.

Mayor

• Gerhard Schnabel, from 1964 bis 1972 mayor of the former municipalities Vorderweißbuch and Oppelsbohm, from 1972 to 1996 mayor of Berglen
• Wolfgang Schille, mayor from 1996 to 2012
• Maximilian Friedrich, mayor since 2012-09-13

Parties and Voting communities		% 2014	Seats 2014	% 2009	Seats 2009
BWV	Bürgerliche Wählervereinigung Berglen (Free voters)	56,84	12	50,35	12
FBB	Freie Bürger Berglen (Free citizens Berglen)	26,20	5	29,90	5
SPD-OL	SPD-Open list Berglen	16,96	3	19,75	3
Altogether		100,0	20	100,0	20
Participation		57,14 %		58,93 %

Partnerships

Berglen has since October 3, 1993, a partnership with Krögis, today part of Käbschütztal in Saxony.

Economy and infrastructure

Education

With the neighborhood school In the Berglen there is a primary and high school with Werkrealschule. Moreover, Steinach and Vorderweißbuch have their own primary schools. Schools can be visited in the neighboring cities. For the youngest members of the community there are six municipal nursery schools, and also a private forest kindergarten.

Regular events

• In the district Erlenhof takes place annually the Richtfest, organized by the in 1992 founded association Berglesbond.
• Street festival by local clubs in the district Hößlinswart.
• Christmas market on Saturday before the 3rd Advent in the district Birkenweißbuch.
• The Linde Festival takes place every year usually in the first holiday weekend in the district Birkenweißbuch, organized by the Musikverein Weißbuch

Personality

Freeman

• Werner Hofmann is the only honorary citizen of Berglen. The former school rector is the author of the chronicle and several native history books.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Friedrich von Klett (1781–1869), Württemberg administrative officer and Member of Parliament
• Johann Georg Hildt (1785–1863), foreman and architect
• Georg Bernhard Bilfinger (1798–1872), lawyer and politician
• Hansel Mieth (1909–1998), German-American photojournalist
• Jörg Hofmann (born 1955), trade unionist, president of IG Metall

Other people

• Otto Mörike (1897–1978), a resistance fighter against Nazism, was a Lutheran pastor in Oppelsbohm, Righteous Among the Nations
• Manfred Winkelhock (1951–1985), race driver, lived until his death in the municipality
• Denis Scheck (born 1964), German literary critic, translator and journalist, grew up in Bretzenacker