Mulfingen

Mulfingen is a municipality in the district of Hohenlohe about ten kilometers northeast of Künzelsau.

• 2.1 municipality reform

• 3.1 Mayor
• 3.2 municipal
• 3.3 Coat of Arms and Flag

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 Natural Monuments

• 5.1 Established businesses
• 5.2 Education
• 5.3 Sport

Geography

Geographical location

Mulfingen located in Jagsttal 250-459 meters.

Community structure

Mulfingen itself and the eingemeindeten former municipalities Ailringen, book Bach, Eberbach, Hollenbach, Jagstberg, Simprechtshausen and Zaisenhausen each form a village. There are a total of 27 accommodation places: Mulfingen with Ochsental, Badau, Lausen Bach and Mittelberg, Ailringen with Röthelweiler, book brook with Bernd Mayrhofen, Bodenhof, Heimenhausen and Upper Railhof, Eberbach, Hollenbach with Albertshof, Atzenweiler, Löhlein Mountain, Seelach and Hollenbach lake, Jagstberg with Hohenrot, Seidel blades, rabbits blades, Birkenreisach and Lower Railhof, Simprechtshausen, Zaisenhausen with Staigerbach.

In the former communes of the disposed villages are Gruningen in Ailringen, Spelte and Holzhausen or Mühlenburg in book stream, an unnamed castle in Eberbach, Althollenbach, Igelstrut, Ozendorf and Seelach in Hollenbach, Arnold Stockhausen, Karletzhausen, Liebenberg and Weidelbronn in Jagstberg, Niedermulfingen, Roggelshausen and belt Stetten (?) in Mulfingen, Dürzel, Monbronn, Taubenhof, Western wood and Zwerenberg in Simprechtshausen and Wolf Hardenberg and Borstel, probably a Outbound castle in Zaisenhausen.

History

Mulfingen 980 was first mentioned. In 1479 the town was granted market rights. In 1802 he fell to the County of Hohenlohe- Bartenstein. When, in the course of the Act of Confederation, the Hohenlohe country lost their independence, Mulfingen came in 1806 to the Kingdom of Württemberg.

During the period of Nazi dictatorship St. Josef care were admitted since 1938 children of " gypsies " and " gypsy -like children " from other children Württemberg and boarding schools in the Mulfinger orphanage. In May 1944, 39 Sinti children were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where up to four of them were all killed. Since 1984, recalls the main building, a memorial plaque with the 39 names of these children.

Municipal reform

Policy

Mayor

For followers of Hermann Limbacher of votes Robert Böhnel was elected on February 10, 2008 with 84.57 %.

Parish council

Coat of arms and flag

The blazon of the coat of arms Mulfinger is: In red a silver slant bar, topped with three red roses. The municipal flag is white and red.

The new community Mulfingen continues to lead the 1930 fixed Mulfinger coat of arms, in which it is the old coat of arms of the local nobility, which has been handed down in 1486 by Hans von Mulfingen. However, the color is more recent, as not delivered. Coat of arms and flag were the municipality awarded by the District Office of Hohenlohe on 11 January 1978.

Culture and sights

Structures

The St. Anne's Chapel near the Jagst bridge is a chapel from the 16th century. She stands next to a source that was already known in pre-Christian times to have healing powers.

Above the village is the built in the years 1962-1964 Mulfinger reservoir. It serves as a flood retention area for a catchment area of 9 km ². In a dam height of 13.5 meters and a length of 66 000 cubic meters of storage capacity results in a permanent storage area of ​​1.9 hectares. The lake is used for bathing and angling; Boating and ice skating are prohibited. The banks, however, are largely overgrown steep and tight and there are no facilities such as locker rooms or sanitary facilities are provided.

Natural Monuments

The Dorflinde Hollenbach is having an age of at least 700 years, one of the oldest lime trees in southern Germany.

Economy and infrastructure

Established businesses

Largest based in Mulfingen company is the company ebm -papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG, according to its own representation of the world leader in motors and fans. In fiscal year 2007/2008, the ebm -papst Group employed 9898 employees, including 2538 in Mulfingen, and had a turnover of 1.076 billion euros. Located in the district of Hollenbach is Germany's second largest manufacturer of team sports clothing, sporting goods producer JAKO AG.

Education

Mulfingen has a public elementary school and a private secondary school with Werkrealschule and junior high school.

Sports

The FSV Hollenbach plays since 2010 in the Football Oberliga Baden- Württemberg.