Berglen

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Berglen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Berglen within Rems-Murr-Kreis district
Interactive map of Berglen
Location within Germany Show map of Germany Location within Baden-Württemberg Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°51′41″N 09°28′10″E / 48.86139°N 9.46944°E / 48.86139; 9.46944
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Rems-Murr-Kreis
Subdivisions	21 Orte
Government
• Mayor (2021–29)	Holger Niederberger
Area
• Total	25.87 km2 (9.99 sq mi)
Elevation	308 m (1,010 ft)
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	6,861
• Density	265.2/km2 (686.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	73663
Dialling codes	07195, 07181, 07183
Vehicle registration	WN
Website	www.berglen.de

Berglen is a municipality in the district of Rems-Murr in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Geography

Geographical location

The community Berglen is located about 25 kilometers east of Stuttgart in 300 to 450 meters altitude in the Keuper hill landscape Berglen .

Constituent communities

The municipality Berglen consists of the following nine districts: Bretzenacker, Hößlinswart, Barrenhardt, Öschelbronn, Oppelsbohm, Reichenbach near Winnenden, Rettersburg, Steinach, Vorderweißbuch.

Space division

Total 2587 ha

• 879 ha = 34,0 % forest
• 1352ha = 52,3 % agriculture
• 10 ha = 0,4 % recovery area
• 8 ha = 0,3 % water
• 162 ha = 6,1 % buildings
• 158 ha = 6,1 % traffic area
• 17 ha = 0,7 % others

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Religions

Since the Reformation the area of Berglen has been predominantly Lutheran. There are Protestant churches in Oppelsbohm and Hößlinswart. The church in Remshalden Buoch, to the south-west of Berglen is responsible for several districts.

Mayor

• Gerhard Schnabel, Mayor of the former municipalities of Vorderweißbuch and Oppelsbohm from 1964 to 1972, and mayor of Berglen from 1972 to 1996
• Wolfgang Schille, Mayor from 1996 to 2012
• Maximilian Friedrich, Mayor since 2012-09-13

Partnerships

Berglen has been in a partnership with Krögis, today part of Käbschütztal in Saxony since October 3, 1993.

Economy and infrastructure

Regular events

• The Richtfest takes place annually in the Erlenhof district, organized by the Berglesbond 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.
• The Linde Festival, organized by the Weißbuch Music Club (Musikverein), also takes place every year in the Birkenweißbuch district, usually in the first holiday weekend.

Personality

Other people

• Otto Mörike (1897–1978), a resistance fighter against Nazism, who was a Lutheran pastor in Oppelsbohm, has been declared a member of Righteous 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

References

External links

• Media related to Berglen at Wikimedia Commons

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