Nürtingen

Sister cities

• Oullins
• Budapest District XXIII
• Rhondda Cynon Taf
• Zerbst

History

The following events occurred, by year: *1046: First mention of Niuritingin in the document of Speyer. Heinrich III gave Nürtingen as a gift to the chapter of Speyer *around 1335: Nürtingen received city rights *1421: From this date, Nürtingen was the domicile of the Württemberg widows of former sovereigns. *1442: In the treaty of Nürtingen between Count Ludwig I and his brother Ulrich V the County of Württemberg was divided into a Stuttgart half and an Urach half *1602: The Maientag, a famous folklore procession and celebration, was first recorded *1634: Half of the population died in the Thirty Years' War and of the plague *1750: 133 buildings were burned down in the great fire *1783/1784: Friedrich Hölderlin and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling were pupils of the Latin school (German: Lateinschule). They are still commemorated in the town by the street name Schellingstraße and the name of a high school Hölderlin-Gymnasium. The Amt Nürtingen, an Oberamt (district) since 1758, was expanded in 1807, one year after the founding of the Kingdom of Württemberg, to include the Oberamt Neuffen as part of the new administrative structure of Württemberg. In 1859, Nürtingen was connected to the network of the Royal Württemberg State Railways via the Plochingen–Immendingen railway line. Thus, the Oberamt town of Nürtingen developed into an industrial town towards the end of the 19th century. Initially, the textile industry predominated, which later changed towards the metalworking industry. Nürtingen was long known as the "City of Grey Roofs" because cement was produced in Nürtingen from 1872 to 1975. Since 1900, the "Portlandzementwerke Heidelberg" owned the Nürtingen cement works. The “Tälesbahn”, which opened in June 1900 for passenger traffic between Nürtingen and…

Most-observed species

• Parus major Linnaeus, 1758

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,793
• Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,703
• Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,479
• Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,464
• Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,008
• Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,976
• Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,940
• Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,819

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 3.1 — 2008-12-25
  3 km NNW of Saulgau, 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