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Eppingen

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Eppingen help·info is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany The town has the second-largest population in the district

Eppingen lies in the Kraichgau, a hilly region in southwestern Germany, close to the confluence of the Elsenz and Hilsbach Rivers

1 History
- 11 Population Change
- 12 Mayors
- 13 Coat of arms
2 Economy and Infrastructure
3 Transportation
4 Landmarks
5 Town partnerships
6 Sports
7 Sons and daughters of the city
8 Notes
9 External links

Historyedit

Eppingen was first mentioned in 985 when Otto III gave the settlement to the diocese of Worms The ending "-ingen" was common for towns colonised by the Alamanni clan in the 3rd and 4th centuries

Eppingen was owned by Salier in the 11th century, and by the Staufer in the 12th century In 1188, it became a fortified village and, in 1192, a town, elevated by Heinrich VI The town was distrained several times in the 14th century, but never lost the status of a town After the win of the Electorate of the Palatinate over margraviate Baden in 1435, it finally became a part of the Electorate of the Palatinate but was once more distrained to the knights of Gemmingen, from 1469 to approximately 1520 In the 15th and 16th centuries, Eppingen underwent an economic boom during which its Latin school was first mentioned 1421 In a time of the plague a part of the Heidelberg University moved to the Latin school in 1496

During the Palatinate wars of succession, Eppingen functioned as the main storage facility for the German army From 1695 to 1697, the Eppingen Lines Eppinger Linien, a string of earthwork fortifications and watchtowers, were built They served as large defending walls against French raids at that time One watchtower, called the Chartaque, is still accessible Eppingen was affiliated to Baden in 1803 It maintained the second oldest school of agriculture in Baden At the end of the 19th century, Eppingen was connected to the railway network; the Kraichgau Railway was opened to Karlsruhe in 1879 and to Heilbronn in 1880 and the Steinsfurt–Eppingen railway, which connected to Heidelberg, was opened in 1899

During 1971 and 1972, Eppingen annexed the six surrounding communities of Adelshofen, Elsenz, Richen, Rohrbach am Gießhübel, Kleingartach and Mühlbach In 2000, Eppingen's population exceeded 20,000; and it attained the status of a district town in 2002

Population Changeedit

Year	Population
1778	1570
1809	2320
1825	2750
1852	3266
1871	3337
1880 ¹	3621
1890 ¹	3546
1900 ¹	3467
1910 ¹	3402
1919 ¹	3372
1925 ¹	3389
1933 ¹	3506

Year	Population
1939 ¹	3416
1945	3863
1950 ¹	4891
1961 ¹	5501
1970 ¹	6708
1975	14870
1980	14833
1987 ¹	15462
1990	16418
1995	18688
2000	20257
2004	21017

Mayorsedit

1808-1813: Heinrich Jakob Raußmüller
1813-1816: Carl Morano
1816-1831: Ludwig Lother
1831-1844: Friedrich Hochstetter
1844-1847: Johann Ludwig Raußmüller
1847-1859: Wilhelm Lother
1859-1866: Gustav Hochstetter
1866-1870: Ludwig Lother
1870-1878: Heinrich Raußmüller
1878-1890: Paul Bentel
1890-1894: Heinrich Schmelcher
1894-1903: Philipp Vielhauer
1903-1933: Albert Wirth
1933-1937: Karl Doll
1937-1945: Karl Zutavern
1945-1948: Jakob Dörr
1948-1966: Karl Thomä
1966-1980: Rüdiger Peuckert
1980-2004: Erich Pretz
2004–Present: Klaus Holaschke

Coat of armsedit

The arms of Eppingen are: Or, a bend gules, impaling sable, an eagle displayed or, wings elevated, armed gules2 The city flag is red-yellow

Economy and Infrastructureedit

see: Dieffenbacher

Transportationedit

Eppingen can be reached by A 6 Mannheim-Heilbronn Also, the B 293 Karlsruhe–Heilbronn goes through to town zone, however it acts as a bypass around the main town area

Eppingen station is on the Kraichgau Railway, and is served by line S4 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn running to Karlsruhe and Heilbronn It is also connected by the Steinsfurt–Eppingen line to Heidelberg, which is served by line S5 of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn

Landmarksedit

Pfeifferturm

The Pfeifferturm, a tower built in the 13th century, serves as the town's landmark The "Old University" German: Alte Universität was built in 1494 and 1495 in the style of a late medieval store Its name is a reminder of the year 1564, when a part of Heidelberg University was moved to Eppingen because of the plague The Baumann House German: Baumannsche Haus is one of the prettiest and most famous timbered houses in the entire area of northern Baden There are many beautiful timbered houses in downtown Eppingen, and because of this the city is a part of the German 'Fachwerkstraße' German route of the most beautiful timbered houses

Town partnershipsedit

Eppingen has official partnerships with:

Wassy France département Haute-Marne since 1967
Epping United Kingdom Essex since 19813
Szigetvár Hungary Baranya since 1992

Sportsedit

The VfB Eppingen is a local football club

Sons and daughters of the cityedit

Johan Maurits Mohr 1716-1775, German-Dutch clergyman and astronomer
Alfred Beck 1889-1957, born in Richen, veterinary physician
Rosemarie Wenner born 1955, Bishop of the Evangelical-Methodist Church for Germany

Notesedit

^ "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Postleitzahl am 30092016" Statistisches Bundesamt in German 2016
^ On a shield divided vertically down the middle, to the left a red diagonal stripe on a gold field, to the right on a black field a gold spread-eagle with red beak and claws The red bend on a gold background is the arms of Baden
^ Epping-Eppingen Town Twinning Association

External linksedit

Stadt Eppingen website in German
Eppingen Local Portal in German

v e Towns and municipalities in Heilbronn district
Abstatt Bad Friedrichshall Bad Rappenau Bad Wimpfen Beilstein Brackenheim Cleebronn Eberstadt Ellhofen Eppingen Erlenbach Flein Gemmingen Güglingen Gundelsheim Hardthausen am Kocher Ilsfeld Ittlingen Jagsthausen Kirchardt Langenbrettach Lauffen am Neckar Lehrensteinsfeld Leingarten Löwenstein Massenbachhausen Möckmühl Neckarsulm Neckarwestheim Neudenau Neuenstadt am Kocher Nordheim Obersulm Oedheim Offenau Pfaffenhofen Roigheim Schwaigern Siegelsbach Talheim Untereisesheim Untergruppenbach Weinsberg Widdern Wüstenrot Zaberfeld

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