Wurmberg

For the highest mountain in Lower Saxony, see Wurmberg (Harz).
Wurmberg

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Wurmberg

Coordinates: 48°52′16″N 8°49′6″E / 48.87111°N 8.81833°E / 48.87111; 8.81833Coordinates: 48°52′16″N 8°49′6″E / 48.87111°N 8.81833°E / 48.87111; 8.81833
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Karlsruhe
District Enzkreis
Government
  Mayor Jörg-Michael Teply
Area
  Total 7.36 km2 (2.84 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 3,004
  Density 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 75449
Dialling codes 07044
Vehicle registration PF
Website www.wurmberg.de

Wurmberg is a town in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Geography

Geography

Wurmberg is located on the so-called Platte, a Karst mountain range in the northern Black Forest (Schwarzwald).

Map

The Municipality Wurmberg provides on its website an interactive resort map, in which information for citizens and tourists a street search and an aerial image can be called up.

Municipality

The municipality Wurmberg include the districts Wurmberg and Neubärental. Wurmberg was a settlement of the Waldensians from Lucerne.

History

Wurmberg was first mentioned in documents in 1221 as a chapel was built at that time. In the following period, the Maulbronn Monastery secured the rule of Wurmberg. The monastery of Wurmberg came into Württemberg in 1504 following the Bavarian-Palatine War of Succession. At the end of the 17th Century Waldensian Protestants forced to flee from Italy settled in Wurmberg. The establishment of the district of Neubärental in 1721 goes back to these religious refugees. An originating theologian of Bärenthal (Hohenzollern) who had converted with some families from Catholicism to Protestantism, had to leave his home in the southern German town of Bärenthal.

Religions

Population growth

The population figures for the respective area of jurisdiction are estimates, census results (¹) or official updates of the State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg (only primary residences ).

Year Population figures
1654 c. 79
December 1, 1871¹ 1,126
December 1, 1880 ¹ 1,181
December 1, 1890 ¹ 1,258
December 1, 1900 ¹ 1,229
December 1, 1910 ¹ 1,213
June 16, 1925 ¹ 1,176
June 16, 1933 ¹ 1,193
May 17, 1939 ¹ 1,146
1946
September 13, 1950 ¹ 1,393
June 6, 1961 ¹ 1,571
May 27, 1970 ¹ 2,025
June 30, 1980 2,191
May 27, 1987 ¹ 2,241
December 31, 1990 2,519
December 31, 1995 2,620
December 31, 2000 2,826
December 31, 2005 2,904
December 31, 2010 3,014

Transportation

The nearest railway station is Pforzheim main station, located about 10 km west of Wurmberg. Even closer to the breakpoint is Niefern on the route Pforzheim Mühlacker . Bus lines 739, 761, 763 and 769 of the Verkehrsverbund Pforzheim-Enzkreis connect Wurmberg with Pforzheim.

Education

Wurmberg has its own primary school.

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References


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