Renningen

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Renningen


Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region	Stuttgart
District	Böblingen
Population	17,324 (2005?)
Area	31.13 km²
Population density	557 /km²
Elevation	409 m
Coordinates	48°46′ N 8°56′ E
Postal code	71264-71272
Area code	07159
Licence plate code	BB
Mayor	Wolfgang Faißt
Website	renningen.de

Renningen is a town in the district of Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 18 km west of Stuttgart.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Neighbouring boroughs
- 1.2 Areas of the town
2 History
- 2.1 Religion
- 2.2 Areas of Town
  - 2.2.1 Malmsheim
3 Politics
- 3.1 Twin towns
4 Economy and Infrastructure
- 4.1 Transport
- 4.2 Education
5 Culture and places of interest
6 Literature
7 External links

[edit] Geography

Renningen lies west of Stüttgart, between Leonberg and Weil der Stadt on the fringes of the fertile plains of the Neckarland. The Rankbach valley extends here to the Renningen Basin.

[edit] Neighbouring boroughs

Magstadt, Weil der Stadt, Leonberg, Rutesheim, Heimsheim

[edit] Areas of the town

Renningen consists of the areas of Renningen and Malmsheim. To the south lies Ihinger Hof, once its own township, today just an isolated farm.

[edit] History

Renningen lies in an area which even in the Early Stone Age was thickly populated. Proof of this are the many remains found of settlements from the linear pottery culture. Remains of settlements found to originate with the Urnenfelderkultur (c.1000 BC) as well the Hallstatt- and La Tène culture (Early to Late Iron Age) are evidence of settlement during various prehistoric eras.

The evaluation of archeological digs and finds show outward development within the Renningen Basin from two early Alemannic settlement north and south of the Rankbach. Excavations by the then State Office for Historical Monuments in Baden-Württemberg in the Raite Industrial Park (1991) unearthed a number of farmsteads comprising three-naved longhouses, storehouses and pit houses (4th/5th C).

A second settlement in the Neuwiesenäckern developed into a large settlement, which can be identified as Altheim, mentioned in the 12th Century. During the Middle Ages, numerous other areas of settlement sprang up alongside this settlement. In the 12./13. Century the population began to gravitate towards the two present-day centres of the town, for around 1200 the expansion in the outlying areas of the town seems to have stopped. Several earlier finds in the centre of Renningen show, that an older core settlement exists on the site of the later village. A few finds belong to the late Merovingian period or the Carolingian period, but most of the finds date to the 11./12.Century and are contemporary to the settlements on the Neuwiesenäckern. It is however uncertain if the site had been occupied during the centuries between. Near the church there is a graveyard from the early Merovingian era excavated in 1989/90 by the State Office for Historical Monuments, that was abandoned around 500 though it is questionable as to whether it served an actual settlement, since the only evidence for this is a single fragment of pottery found in the vicinity. Later burial sites have been found only the south side of Malmheim, on a suspected early Merovingian graveyard.

Written tradition says that Renningen was subject to the Villikation system of the Weißenburg monastery during the Carolingian period. 22 1/2 farmsteads are mentioned, whereby the historical observations on the fate of this property begs the question, as to whether these farmsteads were located within the later boundaries of the town. In the 11th und 12th Centuries there was a nobility, which owned property in both towns, according to written records. In Malmsheim and the abandoned Altheim, Staufian style properties have been found. By the 14th Century the community was organised to some extent, with the existence of a Schultheiß (Early form of Mayor) as well as a collective three-field system.

At the dawn of the modern era, Renningen was a large village, characterised by it handicrafts, its town boundaries marked by a wall, which exists to this day.

In 1982 Renningen was granted town rights. New development has expanded the former village well to the north.

[edit] Religion

Since the Reformation Renningen has been predominantly Evangelical. Only in recent time has a Roman Catholic community emerged once more. Alongside these, there is a New Apostolic community and the Liebenzeller Gemeinschaft.

[edit] Areas of Town

[edit] Malmsheim

Malmsheim was first mentioned in documents from 1075 as the property of the Weissenberg monastery under the name of Mahalbodesheim. During the municipal re-organisation of 1972, the town lost its independence and was incorporated into Renningen. By absorbing the new development area of Schnallenäcker (from 1996), Malmsheim had 6054 inhabitants as of 31. December 2004.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Twin towns

Mennecy (France), seit 1982
Saalburg (Thüringen)

There is also a local youth council, which since 2001 has been re-elected in two-yearly intervals! Hompage: http://www.jgr-renningen.de

[edit] Economy and Infrastructure

Renningen is economically dependent on the wider community, a large percentage of the workforce work outside the district, for example at DaimlerChrysler in Sindelfingen or in Stuttgart. Nevertheless there are employment opportunities, for example through Pininfarina, who are involved in Formula 1 and in manufacture of sports cars. Kromberg & Schubert, the major cable harness supplier to the German car industry also have a presence in the town.

[edit] Transport

The closest major airport is 22 km away (Stuttgart), although in Malmsheim there is a military airfield with an adjacent glider airfield. The German Luftwaffe with „SAR 46“ keep a Search and Rescue helicopter in readiness around the clock.

The Schwarzwaldbahn, (Stuttgart - Weil der Stadt) is currently used as Line S6 of the S-Bahn Stuttgart and has stops in Renningen and Malmsheim. For 2008, it is planned that the Rankbachbahn (to Böblingen) will be re-commissioned as Line S60.

On the national road network, Renningen is connected through Bundesstraße B 295 (Stuttgart - Calw).

[edit] Education

Renningen has a gymnasium and a realschule. With the Friedrich-Schiller-Schule in the main town and the Friedrich-Silcher-Schule in Malmsheim there are, in addition, two grundschulen and hauptschulen.

[edit] Culture and places of interest

[edit] Theatre

http://www.naturtheater-renningen.de Naturtheater Renningen

Against the natural backdrop of a former quarry, "Am Längenbühl", stands the vast open air stage of the Naturtheater. It is a "true open air theatre", which has neither a stage roof, nor spectator seating. For adults, yarns and comedies are performed in Swabian dialect. Since 1984 classical children's fairy tales like "Rapunzel", "Tischlein deck Dich", "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" or "Puss in Boots" have been rehearsed here. The English language theater group, Outcast International Theater has also performed "Robin Hood" in 1999, 2000 and 2002.

[edit] Museums

Archaeological Museum (in the School buildings)
Local museum (Malmsheim)

[edit] Building

Town walls

Oven

[edit] Literature

S. Arnold/U. Gross/I. Stork, ... mehr als 1 Jahrtausend... Leben im Renninger Becken vom 4. bis 12. Jahrhundert. Archäologische Informationen Baden-Württemberg Heft 19, Stuttgart 1991.
R. Schreg, Ländliche Siedlungen in Schwaben. - Strukturwandel zum Jahr 1000?, in: B. Scholkmann/S. Lorenz (Hrsg.), Schwaben vor 1000 Jahren, Filderstadt 2002, Seiten 216-238.
I. Stork, Vor- und Frühgeschichte im Renninger Becken, in: I. Stork/H.-M. Maurer/V. Trugenberger/R. Müller/F. Kühbauch/ H. Müller/B. Maier, Renningen und Malmsheim. Eine Stadt und ihre Geschichte, Stuttgart 1991, Seiten 10-31.