Bempflingen

History

Bempflingen was probably founded in the 5th century by Alemanni. This can also be concluded from the place name, which is probably connected with the first name Beonfil. At the place where the Alemannic row cemetery was found, a Roman manor house had previously stood. Bempflingen was first mentioned in 1090, when the counts Kuno von Wülflingen and Liutold von Achalm and their nephew, count Werner von Grüningen signed the so-called Bempflinger Contract in Biemphelingin to settle the estate and especially to secure their foundation for Zwiefalten Monastery. At that time Bempflingen still belonged to the county Achalm. Since the early 14th century the settlement belonged to the Kaib family. Later the village was sold and inherited by the Lords of Baustetten and the Lords of Mansberg. In 1448 Württemberg acquired the Baustettischen and in 1465 also the Mansberg part of the village. In 1639 Bempflingen and the Pfandschaft Achalm came under Austrian rule for ten years, but with the Peace of Westphalia came back to Württemberg. After the administrative reorganization at the beginning of the 19th century Bempflingen came to the Oberamt Urach, later to the Landkreis Nürtingen. The administrative reorganization of 1973 led to the affiliation to the administrative district Esslingen. Bempflingen is since the Reformation protestant. But there is also a small catholic parish. The today's evangelical parish Bempflingen comprises the main village and the suburb Kleinbettlingen and belongs to the church district Bad Urach-Münsingen of the evangelical regional church in Württemberg. {| border="1" cellspacing="0" | valign="top" | {| ! style="background:#efefef;" | Year ! style="background:#efefef;" | Population |----- | 1602 || align="right" | 326 |----- | 1. Dezember 1871 ||…

Geography

The municipal territory of Bempflingen covers a short section of the river valley of the Erms in the west and extends eastwards almost to the course of the Autmut river. The Eduard-Mörike-Hiking trail and the Ermstal fruit cycle path. South of the Reiner forest in direction Altdorf (Bempflinger Höhe) you can see the panorama of the Swabian Alb from the Hohenzollern over the Jusi to the three imperial mountains. Adjoining communities are in turn Neckartenzlingen in the northwest, Altdorf in the north, Großbettlingen with a small settlement free exclave also in the north and with the main area in the northeast, all in district Esslingen; Grafenberg in the southeast, Riederich in the south as well as Reutlingen in the southwest, these in district Reutlingen. Bempflingen consists of the two districts Bempflingen and Kleinbettlingen (Small bettlingen). ImageSize = width:600 height:150 PlotArea = width:90% height:66% bottom:25% left:5% DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:100 Legend = columns:2 columnwidth:250 left:12% top:95% TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:0 # The formatting blanks in the Colors-section are in fact figure spaces (U+2007) Colors = id:Gesa value:white legend:     627_ha Total_area id:Wald value:teal legend: 103_ha = 16,5_% Forest id:Land value:yelloworange legend: 368_ha = 58,6_% Agriculture id:Wass value:brightblue legend:   4_ha =  0,6_% Water id:Erho value:green legend:   9_ha =  1,4_% Relaxation id:Geba value:red legend:  82_ha = 13,1_% Buildings id:Verk value:tan1 legend:  58_ha =  9,2_% Traffic id:Sons value:purple legend:   4_ha =  0,6_% Other_areas PlotData = from:00.0 till:16.5 color:Wald from:16.5 till:75.1 color:Land…

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,531
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,439
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,244
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,203
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,829
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,674
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,637
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,566

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
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