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The municipality includes the village Köngen, the yards Birkenhöfe, Buchenhöfe, Erlenhöfe, Kempflerhöfe, Lerchenhof, Riedhöfe, Rothöfe, Seehof, Talhof and Wangerhöfe and the house Altenberg.[3]
Köngen is in the area of the Roman settlement Grinario that was built around 100 AD around a Romancastra. Grinario was the endpoint of theRoman road "Neckar-Alb-Aare" which originated inWindisch (Switzerland). In 260 the place was destroyed by theAlemanni and the Romans were expelled.
The Alemanni place was first mentioned in 1075 in a document of theHirsau Abbey.In 1336 the lords of Hohenberg sold the village to Albrecht von Aichelberg. In 1382 the lords ofThumb von Neuburg [de] attained the sovereignty, who relocated their residence fromGrisons to Köngen in 1430. Hans Friedrich Thumb promoted early theReformation; already in 1527 was therefore preached Lutheran in Köngen, this is seven years beforeDuke Ulrich penetrated in 1534 the Reformation inWürttemberg.[5]
Around the year 1600 about 900 people inhabited the village. During the 17th century Köngen suffered from several outbreaks of diseases and war violence. From 1609 until 1611 there was a first plague outbreak, the second one happened in 1627. About one third of the population died from the disease. Over one hundred inhabitants were killed by marauding troops of the victorious emperorer after theBattle of Nördlingen in 1634. The number of 1,000 inhabitants was only passed during the first half of the 18th century.1739 Köngen became part of Württemberg, at this time the former owners (Thumb von Neuburg) had already been in Württemberg service for more than 200 years. After the foundation of theKingdom of Württemberg in 1806 until 1808 Köngen was seat of anOberamt. During the consolidation phase of the new württembergian administration it was allocated to theOberamt Esslingen [de], which was as part of theKreisreform (county reform) during the National Socialist time in 1938 changed and enlarged to thedistrict of Esslingen. Because Köngen became part of theAmerican occupation zone after the Second World War, it belonged to the state ofWürttemberg-Baden, founded in 1945 which in 1952 merged into today's state ofBaden-Württemberg.
Since the Reformation Köngen has been mostlyLutheran. Only since 1953 there has been acatholic church again. The new building became necessary because of the relocation of many catholicHeimatvertriebene ("homeland expellees"). Furthermore, there are aUnited Methodist Church and since 1924 aNew Apostolic Church.
The municipal council in Köngen has 18 members. The local election on 26 May 2019 had the following official results.[6] The municipal council consists of the elected honorary members of the council and the mayor as chairperson. The mayor is eligible to vote.
Köngen has the largest bell of its Peter-und-Paulskirche in its coat of arms. This bell is supposed to have been buried during the Thirty Years' War for fear of marauders. When the war was over no one was alive anymore who knew the hiding place. The lost bell was then uncovered from the ground, according to legend, by pigs. Since then the bell is namedSauglocke ("sow bell").
Köngen is connected to the national road network through the federal roadB 313 and theBundesautobahn 8. The bus line 151 connects the town to the nearby train station of Wendlingen am Neckar. From there trains run towardsTübingen andStuttgart, theS-Bahn runs towards Stuttgart andKirchheim unter Teck.[7]
Since 2016 an additional citizens' bus runs in Köngen on 3 weekdays and since December 2016 the new Express bus X10 creates a direct connection toStuttgart Airport and the train stationKirchheim unter Teck.
DHL operates in Köngen a parcel center with 700 employees.[8] Also, mechanical engineering companies and plastic processing companies are located in Köngen.
In Köngen there are a primary and secondary school (theBurgschule), and a further primary school, theMörikeschule, named afterEduard Mörike. In addition, there are seven kindergartens in Köngen. The library of the municipality Köngen is located the attic of the tithe barn and has a stock of around 15,000 media.[9]
Köngen is located at the Neckar line of theUpper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes. In the town the 23 km (14 mi) longLautertal Limes line splits off from the Neckar line, which ends at theAlb Limes atDonnstetten [de] (a parish ofRömerstein). This straight path had already been known asSibyllenspur for a long time prior to its interpretation as Limes in 1976.
TheKöngen Palace [de] was first constructed in 1392 as a castle by the local lord, the Free Imperial Knight Hans Thumb von Neuburg. The Neuburg still exists today as a ruin north ofChur in Grisons. Already in 1398 the castle was expanded to a water castle with four wings. In 1520 the castle was heavily damaged by troops of theSwabian League. Therefore, an almost entirely new construction was built after 1520. The castle changed into a Renaissance palace. During this construction thegreat hall was expanded in 1538, which has survived almost unchanged up to today. The changes took almost the entire 16th century.Heinrich Schickhardt [de;es;fr;it;pt] mentioned in his catalogue that he had built a gate house at the palace around 1600. It was torn down together with two wings during the changes made byJakob Friedrich Weishaar [de]. Weishaar bought the estate in 1825 and let it be changed according to his needs. Up to the 1930s it was a place for culture. Here the youth association "Bund der Köngener [de]" was established. The painterChristian Mali and the Dutch-German painters familyPeters stayed often in the palace. During the last few years,frescos from the 18th century on the eastern wall of the great hall have been uncovered and restored. They show figures out of antique mythology and history.[13]
The foundation stone for the protestantist church Peter- und Pauls-Kirche was laid in 1502 by the builderStefan Waid [de]. After his death in 1504 it was finished by builder Merx from Esslingen until 1512.[14] The dimensions of the nave are 23.0 m (75.5 ft) times 12.1 m (40 ft). Unter aking post a painted renaissance beam ceiling is hanging since 1613. The western tower was constructed in 1724. The originally late Gothic carved altar was remodeled in 1614. The architects Kreuz + Kreuz from Stuttgart conducted the latest internal renovations in 2011.[15] Features:[16] The sculptorMartin Scheible [de] from Ulm created a pulpit with carved reliefs in 1953 (topics:the works of mercy); the renaissance pulpit ceiling remained. The glas artistWolf-Dieter Kohler [de] from Stuttgart designed the glas paintings of the three choir windows in 1958 (left: three parables; middle: returning Christ, Angel, Michael; right: three further parables).
The cultural heritage listed Ulrichsbrücke, a bridge over the Neckar river, was constructed according to plans by Heinrich Schickhardt between 1600 and 1602. It is located at the place of an earlier roman bridge.[17] Due to impoundment downstream the pillars of the bridge are nowadays partially under the water level.
Daniel Pfisterer (1651–1728), documented the live in Köngen both in its positive and negative aspects in many pictures and rimes
Jakob Friedrich Weishaar (1775-1834), Württemberg politician, president of the Chamber of Deputies, lived from 1823 until his death in Köngen
Eduard Mörike (1804-1875), was from May until December 1827 vicar with pastor Nathaniel Gottlieb Renz
Eduard von Kallee (1818–1888), discovered the military camp of the castra Köngen in 1885 due to military considerations
Christian Mali (1832–1906), Animal, Landscape and Genre painter, during his life - especially in his last years - the artist spend much time at the Köngener Schloss
Anna Peters (1843-1926), painter, lived and worked from 1894 to 1924 again at Schloss Köngen
Pietrosella Peters (1848-1924), painter, lived and worked from 1894 to 1924 again at Schloss Köngen
Otto Rennefeld (1887–1957), poet and anthropologist, from 1946 in Köngen
Ilse Rennefeld (1895–1984), anthropologist doctor, from 1946 in Köngen
Else Klink (1907-1994), from 1935 to 1991 Head of Eurythmeum Stuttgart, lived in Köngen
^Konrad Miller:Die römischen Kastelle in Württemberg. J. Weise, Stuttgart 1892, p. 16.
^Dieter Planck:Restaurierung und Rekonstruktion römischer Bauten in Baden-Württemberg. In:Günter Ulbert, Gerhard Weber (Ed.):Konservierte Geschichte? Antike Bauten und ihre Erhaltung. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1985,ISBN3-8062-0450-0, p. 150
^Elisabeth Maier:Die Rache der KöniginTamiris im Rittersaal. Restaurator Hans Cabanis stellt freigelegte Wandmalereien vor. In: "Eßlinger Zeitung", 9 March 2010, p. 13.
^Gerald Wiegand and Hans-Peter Duncker:Bauen und Gestalten in der Evangelischen Landeskirche in Württemberg; Stuttgart 2014, p. 4
^Andreas Maier:Impressionen aus der evangelischen Peter- und Paulskirche in Köngen; Ed. Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Köngen am Neckar 2012, can be viewed as PDF at[1], accessed 26 April 2019.
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