Köngen became a member of what organization or association in Jul 2018?
Köngen Köngen is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany . About nine kilometers from the district city Esslingen am Neckar and about six kilometers away from Nürtingen . It is part of the Stuttgart Region and the european Stuttgart Metropolitan Region . Geography . Geographical location . Köngen is located on the left side of the river Neckar on the western slopes of the Neckar valley . Neighboring communities . Adjacent communities are in northern Deizisau , northeast Wernau , southeast Wendlingen , south Unterensingen and west Denkendorf ( all Esslingen district ) . Municipality arrangement . The municipality includes the village Köngen , the yards Birkenhöfe , Buchenhöfe , Erlenhöfe , Kempflerhöfe , Lerchenhof , Riedhöfe , Rothöfe , Seehof , Talhof and Wangerhöfe and the house Altenberg . Area distribution by type . According to data from the Statistical State office , effective 2014 . History . Ancient History . Köngen is in the area of the Roman settlement Grinario that was built around 100 AD around a Roman castra . Grinario was the endpoint of the Roman road Neckar-Alb-Aare which originated in Windisch ( Switzerland ) . In 260 the place was destroyed by the Alemanni and the Romans were expelled . Middle Ages . The Alemanni place was first mentioned in 1075 in a document of the Hirsau Abbey . In 1336 the lords of Hohenberg sold the village to Albrecht von Aichelberg . In 1382 the lords of attained the sovereignty , who relocated their residence from Grisons to Köngen in 1430 . Hans Friedrich Thumb promoted early the Reformation ; already in 1527 was therefore preached Lutheran in Köngen , this is seven years before Duke Ulrich penetrated in 1534 the Reformation in Württemberg . Modern history . 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 the Battle 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 the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806 until 1808 Köngen was seat of an . During the consolidation phase of the new württembergian administration it was allocated to the , which was as part of the ( county reform ) during the National Socialist time in 1938 changed and enlarged to the district of Esslingen . Because Köngen became part of the American occupation zone after the Second World War , it belonged to the state of Württemberg-Baden , founded in 1945 which in 1952 merged into todays state of Baden-Württemberg . Religion . Since the Reformation Köngen has been mostly Lutheran . Only since 1953 there has been a catholic church again . The new building became necessary because of the relocation of many catholic ( homeland expellees ) . Furthermore there are a United Methodist Church and since 1924 a New Apostolic Church . Population . The populations are estimates , results of the censuses in Germany ( ¹ ) or official updates of the statistical state office ( only main residence ) . Politics . Mayors . - 1945–1946 Wilhelm Zaiser - 1947 Gustav Bracher - 1947–1982 Erwin Rath - 1982–2014 Hans Weil - since 2014 Otto Ruppaner Municipal Council . The municipal council in Köngen has 18 members . The local election on 26 May 2019 had the following official results . The municipal council consists of the elected honorary members of the council and the mayor as chairperson . The mayor is eligible to vote . Heraldry . Blazon : In blue a silver bell . Köngen has the largest bell of its Peter-und-Paulskirche in its coat of arms . This bell is supposed to have been burried 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 named „Sauglocke“ ( sow bell ) . Sister cities . Köngen maintains partnerships to : - Taucha in Saxony-Anhalt and - Český Brod in the Czech Republic . Economy and infrastructure . Transportation . Köngen is connected to the national road network through the federal road B 313 and the Bundesautobahn 8 . The bus line 151 connects the town to the nearby train station of Wendlingen am Neckar . From there trains run towards Tübingen and Stuttgart , the S-Bahn runs towards Stuttgart and Kirchheim unter Teck . 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 to Stuttgart Airport and the train station Kirchheim unter Teck . Established businesses . DHL operates in Köngen a parcel center with 700 employees . Also , mechanical engineering companies and plastic processing companies are located in Köngen . Education . In Köngen there are a primary and secondary school ( the ) , and a further primary school , the , named after Eduard 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 . Culture and points of interest . Points of interest . - Köngen is located at the Neckar line of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes . In the town the long Lautertal Limes line splits off from the Neckar line , which ends at the Alb Limes at ( a parish of Römerstein ) . This straight path had already been known as Sibyllenspur for a long time prior to its interpretation as Limes in 1976 . - Köngen is start and end point of the scenic route . - Notable are two replicas of Jupiter Columns : - Replica of the on top of the roundabout at the Plochinger Straße . - Replica of the in front of the reconstructed guard tower in the southeast corner of the roman park . - . The has been a ( cultural monument ) since 1974 and is the only castra along the entire Neckarlimes not being over built after the war . It is as an military camp at the roman Limes part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 2005 . The corner tower of the old garrison was found in 1885 by general Eduard von Kallee and already reconstructed in 1911 . - The 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 of Chur 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 the Swabian League . Therefore an almost entirely new construction was built after 1520 . The castle changed into a Renaissance palace . During this construction the great hall was expanded in 1538 , which has survived almost unchanged up to today . The changes took almost the entire 16th century . 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 by . Weishaar bought the estate in 1825 and let it be changed according to his needs . Up to the 1930s it was a place for cultur . Here the youth association „“ was established . The painter Christian Mali and the dutch-german painters family Peters 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 . - The foundation stone for the protestantist church Peter- und Pauls-Kirche was laid in 1502 by the builder . After his death in 1504 it was finished by builder Merx from Esslingen until 1512 . The dimensions of the nave are times . Unter a king 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 . Features : The sculptor from Ulm created a pulpit with carved reliefs in 1953 ( topics : the works of mercy ) ; the renaissance pulpit ceiling remained . The glas artist 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 . Due to impoundment downstream the pilars of the bridge are nowadays partially under the water level . Regular events . - Pfingstmarkt ( Pentecost market on pentecost monday ) - Autumn market - Culture days - weekly market - Pentecost music festival of the - 3k-Festival Notable people . Sons and daughters of the city . - Konrad Thumb von Neuburg ( 1465-1525 ) , hereditary marshal of Ulrich , duke of Württemberg - Gustav Adolf Boley ( 1835-1891 ) , entrepreneur and inventor - Nicolai Theilinger ( * 1992 ) , handball player Other personalities who are associated with Köngen . - 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