Nürtingen

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Nürtingen

Location of Nürtingen within Esslingen district

Coordinates: 48°38′N 9°20′E / 48.633°N 9.333°ECoordinates: 48°38′N 9°20′E / 48.633°N 9.333°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Otmar Heirich (SPD)

Area

• Total

46.9 km² (18.1 sq mi)

Population (2013-12-31)^[1]

• Total

39,755

• Density

850/km² (2,200/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

72601–72622

07022

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Nürtingen ( listen ) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located on the river Neckar.

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 receives the city rights
1421 : Nürtingen is the domicile of the Württemberg widows.
1602 : The Maientag, a famous folklore procession and celebration is 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 are pupils of the Latin school (German: Lateinschule). They are still commemorated in the town by the street name Schellingstraße and the name of a highschool Hölderlin-Gymnasium.
1945 : A few bombs hit Nürtingen. The Tiefenbachtal (a valley in south part of Nürtingen) was an escape route for German soldiers.
1948 : The population increases from 10,000 to 17,000 due to refugees and displaced persons from East Germany
1973 : The district of Nürtingen is merged into the district of Esslingen

Education

Nürtingen is home to Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science, also known as the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen. The school hosts undergraduate and graduate programs in business administration, finance, real estate, and landscape architecture. Programs are taught in English and German, with a Master of Science in International Finance being taught through its growing European School of Finance, which partners with the German Institute for Corporate Finance, the European Derivatives Institute, the Deutsche Börse, and the Eurex exchange.

Twinnings

Nürtingen is twinned with:

Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom
Oulins, France

Notes

↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.

External links

Official website of the city (German)
Official Website of University (German & English)

Towns and municipalities in Esslingen (district)

Aichtal Aichwald Altbach Altdorf Altenriet Baltmannsweiler Bempflingen Beuren Bissingen (Teck) Deizisau Denkendorf Dettingen (Teck) Erkenbrechtsweiler Esslingen am Neckar Filderstadt Frickenhausen Großbettlingen Hochdorf Holzmaden Kirchheim (Teck) Kohlberg Köngen Leinfelden-Echterdingen Lenningen Lichtenwald Neckartailfingen Neckartenzlingen Neidlingen Neuffen Neuhausen (Fildern) Notzingen Nürtingen Oberboihingen Ohmden Ostfildern Owen Plochingen Reichenbach an der Fils Schlaitdorf Unterensingen Weilheim Wendlingen Wernau Wolfschlugen

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