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The municipality Berglen consists of the following nine districts: Bretzenacker, Hößlinswart, Barrenhardt, Öschelbronn, Oppelsbohm, Reichenbach near Winnenden, Rettersburg, Steinach, Vorderweißbuch.
Since theReformation the area of Berglen has been predominantlyLutheran. There are Protestant churches in Oppelsbohm and Hößlinswart. The church inRemshalden Buoch, to the south-west ofBerglen is responsible for several districts.
With the neighborhood school In the Berglen there is aprimary andhigh school withWerkrealschule. Moreover, Steinach and Vorderweißbuch have their own primary schools. Schools can be visited in the neighboring cities. For the youngest members of the community there are six municipalnursery schools, and also a privateforest kindergarten.
TheRichtfest takes place annually in the Erlenhof district, organized by theBerglesbond association, which was founded in 1992.
There is a Street festival by local clubs in the Hößlinswart district.
There is a Christmas market on the Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in Advent in the Birkenweißbuch district.
TheLinde Festival, organized by the Weißbuch Music Club (Musikverein), also takes place every year in the Birkenweißbuch district, usually in the first holiday weekend.
Otto Mörike (1897–1978), a resistance fighter against Nazism, who was a Lutheran pastor in Oppelsbohm, has been declared a member ofRighteous Among the Nations
Manfred Winkelhock (1951–1985), race driver, lived in the municipality until his death
Denis Scheck (born 1964), German literary critic, translator and journalist, grew up in Bretzenacker