Erligheim

Sister cities

• Markersdorf

History

The villages Erligheim and Bönnigheim were donated to Lorsch Abbey in 793. In 1574, Erligheim was broken per Ganerbschaft into quarters that eventually came into the possession of the Elector of Mainz. Erligheim became a possession of the Duchy of Württemberg in 1785 and was assigned to . The village was transferred in 1808 to , where in 1822 it became an independent municipality. When Oberamt Besigheim was dissolved in 1938, it was replaced with the newly organized Landkreis Ludwigsburg, to which Erligheim was assigned.

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Erligheim is located in the district of Ludwigsburg, in Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany. Erligheim is physically located in the Neckar, though some of its area reaches the Stromberg and the Heuchelberg to the west and the to the north. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of Normalnull (NN) to a low of NN.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,363
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,046
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,009
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,927
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,561
• Zoropsid spider

  Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) · Arachnida
  3,221
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,009
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,803

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 3.6 — 2014-05-17
  2 km ESE of Pfungstadt, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-12-12
  2 km ESE of Nehren, Germany
• M 2.8 — 2008-11-25
  1 km S of Steinmauern, Germany
• M 2.7 — 2008-07-09
  1 km WSW of Dußlingen, Germany