# Notzingen

Notzingen is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

## Geography

Notzingen is east of the district of Esslingen, in a valley between Kirchheim unter Teck and Hochdorf. The town is 35 km (22 mi) southeast from Stuttgart and 50 km (31 mi) from Ulm.

### Nearby municipalities

* Wernau (Neckar)
* Hochdorf (Plochingen)
* Rosswälden
* Schlierbach
* Kirchheim unter Teck

## History
### Prehistory

Archaeological findings from the Neolithic period have been discovered in the territory of Notzingen, including a longsword and a burial ground of the Alamanni.

### Middle Ages

Notzingen was first mentioned in written records in 1077/1078. King Henry IV confiscated Notzingen from Count Luitold von Achalm due to his support for Rudolf of Rheinfelden. (It is not certain whether this refers to present-day Notzingen; it could also pertain to Orsingen-Nenzingen, near which there was a vanished settlement named Bächlingen.) Sovereignty over Notzingen passed to the Zähringen family and later to the Dukes of Teck. Around 1270, the Alwer family from Kirchheim acquired estates in Notzingen and began calling themselves after their ancestral castle of Tumnau ("Dummenowe") from 1274 onwards. In the 14th century, Notzingen came under the jurisdiction of Württemberg along with the town of Kirchheim unter Teck, to which it has belonged since then.
In 1360, a chapel was first mentioned in the area.

### Modern Era

Duke Ulrich of Württemberg implemented the Reformation in Notzingen in 1534. The chapel was expanded into a church around 1620. In 1821, the church parish became independent.
Even after the introduction of the new administrative division in the Kingdom of Württemberg, founded in 1806, Notzingen remained under the jurisdiction of the Oberamt Kirchheim, to which it had already been subject during the time of Old Württemberg.
During the Nazi era in Württemberg, the district of Wellingen was incorporated into Notzingen in 1934, and in 1938, the municipality of Notzingen was assigned to the new district of Nürtingen.
From 1945 to 1952, the municipality was part of the post-war state of Württemberg-Baden, which was established in 1945 in the American Occupation Zone, and from 1952 onwards, it belonged to the new state of Baden-Württemberg.
In 1972, during a citizens' hearing, 70.5% voted against the incorporation into Kirchheim unter Teck. As a result, the municipality remained independent. Since the administrative reform of 1973, Notzingen has been part of the Esslingen district.

### Population Development

1834: 1,035 inhabitants 1861: 1,121 inhabitants 1900: 1,048 inhabitants 1939: 1,130 inhabitants 1946: 1,623 inhabitants 1950: 1,637 inhabitants 1961: 1,892 inhabitants 1970: 2,215 inhabitants 1990: 3,277 inhabitants 1995: 3,512 inhabitants 2000: 3,525 inhabitants 2005: 3,494 inhabitants 2010: 3,552 inhabitants 2015: 3,631 inhabitants 2020: 3,623 inhabitants 2022: 3,631 inhabitants

## Politics
### Mayor

* 1952 - 1987 Helmut Maier (independent)
* 1987 – 2011 Jochen Flogaus (independent)
* from 2011 Sven Haumacher (CDU)

### Municipal council

The results of the local government elections in May 2014:
| CDU | 46,42 % | 6 seats |
| Unabhängige Kommunale Wählervereinigung | 33,14 % | 5 seats |
| SPD | 20,44 % | 3 seats |

## Religions

* Protestant: 1941
* Roman Catholic: 815

## Demographics

Population development:
| Year | Inhabitants |
| 1990 | 3,277 |
| 2001 | 3,523 |
| 2011 | 3,609 |
| 2021 | 3,610 |

## Economy and infrastructure
### Companies

* Eloxal Barz GmbH und Co. KG.
* Le Creuset GmbH

### Education

* Notzingen has one basic school and three kindergartens.

### Notable peoples from Notzingen

* Werner Niefer (1928–1993), Manager of Mercedes-Benz AG; lived in Notzingen
* Hans Ettmayer (born 1946), former Austrian football player lives in Notzingen
* Johannes Muehlhaeuser (1804-1868), founder and first President of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod was from Notzingen.