Murr, Baden-Württemberg

Coordinates: 48°58′N 9°16′E / 48.967°N 9.267°E / 48.967; 9.267
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Murr
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Murr is located in Germany
Murr
Murr
Murr is located in Baden-Württemberg
Murr
Murr
Coordinates: 48°58′N 9°16′E / 48.967°N 9.267°E / 48.967; 9.267
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictLudwigsburg
Government
 • Mayor (2020–28) Torsten Bartzsch[1]
Area
 • Total7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi)
Elevation
203 m (666 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total6,703
 • Density860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
71711
Dialling codes07144
Vehicle registrationLB
Websitewww.gemeinde-murr.de

Murr is a municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Murr, 2 km upstream from its confluence with the Neckar and about 9 km northeast of Ludwigsburg.

View of the village with church, Murr, Germany
Disused railway station in Murr, Germany

Geography[edit]

Geographical location[edit]

Murr lies in the Neckar Basin in 196 to 261 meters height at the Murr, two kilometers before it flows into the Neckar and about twelve kilometers north of Ludwigsburg. An uninhabited exclave in the Hardtwald near Rielingshausen is attributed to the natural area Swabian-Franconian Forest.[3]

Neighbouring communities[edit]

Neighboring municipalities are Pleidelsheim in the west, Marbach in the south and Benningen am Neckar in the southwest, as well as Steinheim an der Murr in the east, which merges directly into the municipal area of Murr.

Municipal structure[edit]

To Murr belong the village Murr and the farmstead Sonnenhof.[4]

Areal Distribution[edit]

According to Data of the Statistischen Landesamtes, Stand 2014.[5]

Demographics[edit]

Population development:[6]

Year Inhabitants
1990 4,660
2001 5,839
2011 6,187
2021 6,703

Politics[edit]

City Council[edit]

The municipal council in Murr has 14 members. The municipal elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result.[7] The municipal council consists of the elected honorary municipal councillors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Parties and Voter Associations %
2019
Seats
2019
%
2014
Seats
2014
FW Free Voters Association Murr 34,15 5 37.15 5
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 26.73 4 28.23 4
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 21,30 3 23,51 3
GREEN Alliance 90/The Greens 17.82 2 11,10 2
total 100,0 14 100,0 14
Voter turnout 67,28 % 57,41 %

Mayor[edit]

Torsten Bartzsch (independent) is mayor of the municipality of Murr since July 1, 2012. He was elected on April 22, 2012, in the first ballot with 72.26% of the votes and confirmed in office on April 26, 2020, with 95.36% of the votes. His predecessor was Manfred Hollenbach (CDU), who served as mayor from 1972 to 2012.

Crest and flag[edit]

The municipal coat of arms is under a golden shield head, in it a black stag pole, split by gold and red, in front a red chalice, in the back an upright golden hafthorn with green shackle pointing to the splitting. The municipal flag is red-yellow and was awarded on April 18, 1980.

Notable People[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
  3. ^ Natural areas of Baden-Württemberg. State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2009
  4. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description according to districts and communities. Volume III: Administrative district of Stuttgart, regional association of the Middle Neckar. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2. p. 458-459
  5. ^ Statistisches Landesamt, Fläche seit 1988 nach tatsächlicher Nutzung für Murr.
  6. ^ "Murr (Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  7. ^ Electoral information of the Municipal Computer Center