N rtingen
Nürtingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. Its population is 40,111 (2003), and its geographical location 48° 37' North, 9° 20' East. It is located on the river Neckar, 291m above sea level.
History
- 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). Schelling is still commemorated in the town in the street name Schellingstraße.
- 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
