Unterriexingen
View towards the center of Unterriexingen
View towards the center of Unterriexingen
Location of Unterriexingen
Unterriexingen  is located in Germany
Unterriexingen
Unterriexingen
Unterriexingen  is located in Baden-Württemberg
Unterriexingen
Unterriexingen
Coordinates: 48°56′19″N 9°3′22″E / 48.93861°N 9.05611°E / 48.93861; 9.05611
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictLudwigsburg
TownMarkgröningen
Area
  Total7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Elevation
194 m (636 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total2,320
  Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
71706
Dialling codes07147
Vehicle registrationLB

Unterriexingen is a village in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. By 1973 it was incorporated to the town of Markgröningen.

Geography

Geology

Unterriexingen lies on a by the Glems split terrace of the Enz, which rises to the south and was covered by a glacial Loess layer.

Location and route network

The village lies on the northern edge of the Strohgäu about four kilometers north of Markgröningen. Through Unterriexingen flows the Glems. About 400 meters below the town the Glems opens in the Enz.

Castle Unterriexingen

Neighbouring

Around Unterriexingen are the settlements of Großsachsenheim, Untermberg, Markgröningen, Talhausen, Aichholzhof, Pulverdingen, Enzweihingen, Leinfelder Hof and Oberriexingen (from the north clockwise).

Evangelical church Unterriexingen
Bakehouse Unterriexingen

Sons and daughters of the town

  • August Ludwig Reyscher (born 1802 in the rectory; died in Cannstatt 1880), lawyer, legal scholars and politician (Landtag and Reichstag), 'the only honorary citizen' of Unterriexingen (appointment on 24 December 1842). He left a description of his youth in Unterriexingen [2]
  • Ulrich Noack (born 1956), lawyer and a professor at the University of Düsseldorf.

References

  1. Unterriexingen, citypopulation.de, accessed 27 September 2021.
  2. Siehe August Ludwig Reyscher: Aus alter und neuer Zeit. Freiburg und Tübingen 1884.


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