Althütte
Althütte is a municipality in the Rems -Murr district, in Baden -Württemberg.
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 partnerships
- 4.1 traffic
- 4.2 Long distance routes
- 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Geographical Location
Althütte has a share in the natural areas Schurwaldstrasse and Welzheimer Forest and the Swabian- Franconian Forest, both of which are part of the Swabian Keuper- Lias country. The small spa resort is located in the Swabian- Franconian Forest in 334-572 meters altitude. The highest elevation Althüttes, the Hohenstein at Sechselberg so is also the highest elevation of the Murrhardter forest, the Althütte -containing branch of the Swabian-Franconian Forest mountains.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities Althüttes are (clockwise) Murrhardt in the north, Kaiserbach in the east, rowing Mountain in the south and Weissach im Tal and floodplain forest in the west ( all Rems -Murr -Kreis).
Community structure
The community Althütte with the districts Althütte and Sechselberg consists of the following villages, hamlets, farms and residential places:
The hamlet Althütte include the village Althütte, the hamlet Kallenberg, Lutz Mountain, celandine hut ( since 1971 with structurally Althütte grown together ) and Voggenhof and the homestead nuns mill.
The hamlet Sechselberg include the village Sechselberg, the hamlet Fautspach, Gallenhof, Hörschhof, Hoefle wiles, stratagems hamlets and forest hamlet, the courtyards Glaitenhof, Hörschhofer Sagmuhle and the living space Rottmansberger Sagmuhle.
History
Were first documented in Lutz Mountain in 1407, Kalleberg 1408, and Celandine Cottage 1459th Until the founding of the church in 1819, the villages of the district Althütte the staff and jurisdiction in Unterweissach were under. The place name Althütte has, like many other place names in the Swabian-Franconian Forest, with part of their name - hut in the production of glass in forest glassworks out. The village grew out of one of these glassworks that had existed until the end of the 16th century here and was first mentioned in 1459, this was as an accessory to the Castle Reichenberg. Remains of a glassworks were found during excavations. The local population also specialized in the manufacture of wooden rakes, to have been from those made here in 1855 approximately 40,000 units.
The community was Althütte as well as the community Sechselberg founded in 1819, both belonged to the upper office Backnang, since 1938 the district Backnang to. Sechselberg was incorporated into Althütte on 1 July 1971.
Policy
Parish council
After the last municipal election held on 7 June 2009, the council has 14 members. The turnout was 62.87 %. The choice was as follows:
Chairman of the council is the mayor.
Partnerships
Althütte maintains partnership relations with Obertilliach in Austria.
Infrastructure
Traffic
Passing through the municipality, the provincial roads L 1119 and L 1120. The nearest motorway junction is the junction Mundelsheim the Federal Highway 81 in just 32 km away via Großbottwar.
The public transport is ensured by the Transport and Tariff Association Stuttgart.
The nearest train stations are in Murrhardt and Backnang about 11 km and 15 km on the railway line Waiblingen- Schwäbisch Hall Hessental.
Long distance routes
Through the district Fautspach leads the German Limes Cycle Route. It follows the Upper Germanic - Rhaetian Limes 818 km from Bad Hönningen am Rhein to Regensburg on the Danube.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Anna Haag (1888-1982), politician and women's rights activist
- Adolf Ernst ( born 1940 ), FDP politician