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Wood grubs is a small community in the foothills of the Swabian Alb in the district of Esslingen in Baden- Württemberg.

• 2.1 Population development

• 3.1 Mayor
• 3.2 municipal
• 3.3 Coat of Arms
• 3.4 community partnerships

• 4.1 Specialty

• 5.1 Clubs and organizations

• 6.1 freeman
• 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical location

Wood grubs lies between Stuttgart and Ulm in the foothills of the Swabian Alb in 337-388 meters above sea level, right on the highway A 8

Geology

In the municipality a fossil- rich sedimentary rocks from the period of the lower Jurassic ( Lias, Black Jura) comes to light, the Posidonia Shale. Due to exceptional fossils of shells, ammonites, crinoids, fishes, ichthyosaurs, marine crocodiles and plesiosaurs in wood grubs and around the place has become known worldwide as a significant fossil deposit. The municipality is part of the excavation reserve in 1979 formed wood grubs.

Community structure

The municipality of wood maggots apart from the village wood maggots There are no other places.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are: to the north Ohmden, in the east cell under Aichelberglifte ¹ ¹ and Aichelberglifte, in the south Weilheim an der Teck and Kirchheim unter Teck in the West.

(¹) Göppingen district, all other district of Esslingen

History

Population Development

The population figures are estimates, census results (¹) or official updates by the State Statistical Office (only primary residences ).

Policy

Mayor

Parish council

The local council in wood grubs has 10 members. The turnout at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 was 65.49 %, and resulted in the following distribution of seats:

The council consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the local council.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Argent ( white) under a lying black deer rod a fallen black plowshare. " In many modern representations, the ploughshare is not filled in black.

While the stag bar indicates the Württemberg rule, the plow is based on a spot sign and is detectable since 1773. The current coat of arms of the municipality was awarded by the Ministry of Economy Baden -Württemberg on 28 June 1957. The municipality flag has the colors black and white ( black and silver). The flag colors were in 1980 awarded by the District Office of Esslingen.

Community partnerships

Since 1972, there are partnerships with Connantre in France, a village in the Champagne region, which were sealed in 1990 with an official community partnership.

Culture and sights

Are world-famous, the 180 million year old fossils in Prehistoric Museum Hauff. Locally there is also a quarry can search for fossils in the visitor.

Specialty

Its specialty is considered the " Bätscher ", which can be found in wood grubs and other places in the area, such as Weilheim or Notzingen. The Bätscher is pizza -like Brotteiggebäck, coated with sour cream, cumin and various spices. Previously, the Bätscher was mostly made ​​of black bread dough and had an oval, the flat bread -like shape. The village with church, rectory and some houses having such a shape and therefore also bears the name " Bätscher ".

Infrastructure and facilities

The municipality is located north of the motorway 8, almost exactly halfway between Ulm and Stuttgart and is 5 min. away from the junction Aichelberglifte.

The place was formerly over the train track Kirchheim ( Teck ) South Weilheim ( Teck ) connected to the railway network. The passenger traffic was discontinued in 1982, the freight in 1995., The listed station now serves as a restaurant.

Wood grubs also has a primary school, two kindergartens, a community hall is closed forming gym and a sports and leisure facility.

Clubs and organizations

The association's work is a key factor in social life in wood grubs. So every three years is a common village festival organized ( Bätscherfest ).

Personalities

Freeman

• Gottlieb Stoll

Sons and daughters of the town

• Adolf Eduard Laiblin ( born August 17, in wood grubs, March 4, 1879), physician and pioneer of Württembergisch medical relief fund
• Bernhard Hauff (1866 - 1950), founder of the Prehistoric Museum Hauff
• Heinz Kälberer ( b. 1942 ), former mayor of Vaihingen an der Enz