Nehren, Württemberg

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Nehren


Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region	Tübingen
District	Tübingen
Population	4220 source (30.06.2005)
Area	8,58 km²
Population density	492 /km²
Elevation	427 m
Coordinates	48°26′ N 9°11′ E
Postal code	72147
Area code	07473
Licence plate code	TÜ
Mayor	Werner Landenberger
Website	nehren.de

Nehren is a community on the outskirts of the Swabian Jura and belongs to the district of Tübingen and its catchment area. The following communities and towns border on the community of Nehren (clockwise, beginning in the north): Gomaringen, Mössingen, Ofterdingen und Dußlingen.

1 History
2 Located Companies
3 Public Transportation
4 Famous People from Nehren
5 External links

[edit] History

Nehren was mentioned documentary for the first time in 1086. The settlement in today's form developed in the 15. and 16. century, when the abutting villages Nehren and Hauchlingen were combined, after they had been "churchly combined" some years before.

In the 18. century some row graves were uncovered near "the Kappel". In the northeast of the railway Tübingen-Sigmaringen an area of the Hallstatt Time (about 8.-5. century B.C.), with approximately 30 grave hills, forms one of the biggest grave fields in the district of Tübingen. In former times Nehren possessed even a castle. During an excavation of the castle hill in the corridor "Weihergarten" in 1951 the foundation walls of a rectangular building, perhaps of a stone house or a tower, were laid open.

During the Thirty Years' War (1618 to 1648) Nehren suffered from draughts of alternating ruler's troops because of its location near the "swiss road" (today: national road 27). The village was plundered and many houses and barns were destroyed.

More specific information about Nehren offer the "village chronicles". They were penned in 1838 by pastor Friedrich August Köhler (1768-1844), who worked and lived here for more than 10 years.

[edit] Located Companies

Walter Klett - chocolate factory
GammaX.net - internet service provider
Dimex AG - plastics
Rilling - canteen kitchens
Nädele - industrial bookbindery

[edit] Public Transportation

The road "Landesstraße L 384" connects Nehren to the close-by federal road B27. In this way Nehren is connected to Tübingen and Stuttgart in the north and Balingen and Rottweil in the south. The railroad line Tübingen-Hechingen-Sigmaringen has a hold point in the community. The public local traffic is warranted by the transport association Neckar-Alb-Donau (Naldo)