Mundelsheim is a municipality in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. It is located in the Ludwigsburg district, about 30 km north of Stuttgart and 20 km south of Heilbronn, on the Neckar river. It belongs to the Stuttgart Metropolitan Region.
History
Around the time of Christ's birth around the Neckar valley was populated by the Celts. With the Roman invasion, the area was incorporated into the Roman Empire. From the reign of the Roman remains of a Mithraic temple testify on the grounds of the industrial area Ottmarsheimer Höhe. This temple belonged to an extensive Roman settlement, which has been studied since the 1990s there at securing excavations of Antiquities and Monuments Office of the state Baden-Württemberg. A Roman villa has been discovered during the construction of the federal motorway 81.
In 500 AD, began the rule of the Alemanni was an Alemannic nobleman named Mundolf, who gave the place its present name: "Mundolfsheim" what was in the language changed over the centuries to "Mundelsheim". In 1245 the place "Mundelsheim" was first mentioned in records. After the disintegration of the Duchy of Swabia the community came into the possession of the Margrave of Baden. This gave him the 13th Century the Lords of Urbach fief. In 1422 Emperor Sigismund Mundelsheim awarded municipal law. The Lords of Urbach participated in many robberies on traveling merchants. Therefore, the imperial cities of Heilbronn and Schwäbisch Hall moved in 1440 before with an army of 600 men on horseback against Mundelsheim and destroyed the community.
1595 Mundelsheim was sold to the House of Württemberg. Until 1806 was Mundelsheim seat of an urban district that came up first in the rural district office Beilstein and then in the rural district office Marbach. When this was dissolved in 1938 in the course of municipal reform, the community fell to the rural district of Ludwigsburg, where it now belongs.
Religion
While the Reformation had prevailed in the neighboring municipalities of Württemberg since 1534, the Baden districts such as Mundelsheim and Besigheim did not follow suit until much later. After the Peace of Augsburg in 1555, Margrave Karl II of Baden-Durlach implemented a uniform creed in his domain and introduced the Protestant faith in 1556. Today the Protestant parish of Mundelsheim belongs to the parish of Marbach.
There is also the Catholic parish of St. Wolfgang in Mundelsheim and a parish of the New Apostolic Church.
Demographics
Population development:
Coat of arms and flag
The municipal coat of arms shows a raised silver right hand in red under a lying black deer pole. The coat of arms was introduced after the transition to Württemberg and probably shows a hand raised to oath of subjects. The deer pole stands for belonging to Württemberg.
The municipal flag is white and red and was awarded on August 4, 1980.
Culture and sights
Buildings
Nikolauskirche
Nikolauskirche was a chapel until 1602 and was expanded as a church at that time. In 1836 the tower was demolished and built with sandstone in the neoclassical style. A preciousness inside is the Weimer organ from 1784.
Kilianskirche
As early as 1247, Saint Kilian's church was mentioned in a papal document and belonged to the Oberstenfeld women's choir monastery. Badly damaged by an army from the free imperial cities of Heilbronn and Hall in 1440 and rebuilt in today's larger form, it houses worth seeing late Gothic frescoes from the years 1460 to 1470.
Grossbottwarer Tor
As a sign of the city gate granted in 1422, Mundelsheim was fortified by gates, walls and ditches. The only preserved gate is the Grossbottwarer Tor. It was part of the fortifications and at the same time the official residence of the "gatekeeper".
Hölderlin pharmacy
The house was built in 1747 by pastor Magister Johann Leonhard Hölderlin (uncle of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin). The two-storey plastered building has a hipped mansard roof in the Baroque style. A pharmacy has been operating here since 1832, which gave the building its name.
Municipal bakehouse
The older of the two remaining Municipal bakehouse was built in 1838 due to a ducal order for fire prevention. It is still used regularly as a bakehouse today.
Historical guided tour
The historical guided tour with 24 objects in the centre and other attractions in the outdoor area provides an insight into the history of the place. The tour begins on the market square in front of the community centre. There is an information board on which all the objects are listed. On the buildings and monuments are signs with brief explanations.