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37-673: Pfullingen is situated in the Northern foothills of the Alb in the valley of the river Echaz . Pfullingen is surrounded by the cone-like hills Achalm and Georgenberg as well as some mountains of the Albtrauf . Pfullingen was first mentioned in a charta by Emperor Otto I in 937. It was the main settlement in the Pfullichgau . At the end of the 14th century Pfullingen lost its city privileges after having been conquered and destroyed by

74-850: A tributary of the Neckar . It has its source on the Swabian Jura , near Lichtenstein , south of Reutlingen . After flowing through Pfullingen , Reutlingen and Wannweil , it discharges into the Neckar near Kirchentellinsfurt , which lies halfway between Reutlingen and Tübingen . The origin of the Echaz is situated close to the Albtrauf south of the district Honau of the municipality Lichtenstein . The Echazquellen are situated below Lichtenstein Castle at an altitude of 557 metres above sea level at

111-491: A cycle path runs on the former treck. A citizen bus, operated by volunteer drivers, runs from Monday to Friday. The service began on May 30, 2011, and there are similar projects in Ebersbach an der Fils and Salach . Pfullingen has been known in recent years by the installation of a prototype of the new pedestrian crossing system People mover . The People mover Pfullingen is the only road crossing border elevator system in

148-569: A deed of donation of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor in the year 937 Pfullingen was first documented. Towards the end of the 14th century, Pfullingen lost due to the cities wars his town privileges to the city of Reutlingen and was captured and destroyed. The Poor Clares Monastery in Pfullingen was founded in 1250 by two sisters, Mechtild and Irmel, from a family of minor nobility in Pfullingen. The Holy Roman Emperors granted it preferential rights and freedoms. The monastery Hofmeister also managed

185-542: A diverse grouping of avant-garde artistes (painters, sculptors and poets), including several who previously held meetings in 1910 at the rue Visconti studio of Henri Le Fauconnier . Their first diner presided over by neo-symbolist Paul Fort was held at the house of Balzac , rue Raynouard, in the presence of Guillaume Apollinaire , Raymond Duchamp-Villon , Marie Laurencin , Henri Le Fauconnier, Fernand Léger , André Mare , Jean Metzinger , Francis Picabia , Henry Valensi, and Jacques Villon . Albert Gleizes chose Passy as

222-527: A typeface known as "le Franklin". He also printed a 1782 treatise by Pierre-André Gargaz titled A Project of Universal and Perpetual Peace , which laid out a vision for maintaining a permanent peace in Europe . It proposed a central governing council composed of representatives of all the nations of Europe to arbitrate international disputes. He also worked on his scientific projects at a laboratory he shared with others, which had been installed by Louis XV in

259-406: Is discharged and after treatment is fed into the drinking water supply of the region, which also uses other water, for example from Lake Constance . The lower Echaz springs have the heaviest rainfall. In the karst aquifer they have an underground catchment area of about 90  km² , which therefore continues beyond the very close surface European watershed at the Albtrauf far to the south below

296-536: Is located approximately 53 km south east of Geneva in the department of Haute-Savoie. Since 1973, there were regular meetings between the Friedrich Schiller Gymnasium in Pfullingen and the Lycée de Mont-Blanc Passy. This extended to events between associations of both cities and ended in 1985, finally in an official twinning, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2010. Since 2012 is also

333-648: Is the burial place for many well-known persons including American silent film star Pearl White , the painters Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot , and composer Claude Debussy . Honoré de Balzac lived in Passy for over six years, and his house is now a museum ( Maison de Balzac ). The apartment in which Marlon Brando trysts with Maria Schneider in Bernardo Bertolucci 's 1972 film Last Tango in Paris

370-622: The American Revolutionary War , when he represented American interests and sought French support for American independence. Franklin established a small printing press in his lodgings to print pamphlets and other material as part of his mandate to maintain French support for the revolution. He called it the Passy Press. Among his printing projects, he produced comics he called Bagatelles and passports. He developed

407-601: The Château de la Muette . When Franklin returned to America, the new American Ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson , wrote: "When he left Passy, it seemed as if the village had lost its patriarch." To this day, a street in Passy bears the name Rue Benjamin Franklin. After the French Revolution , Passy became a commune of Seine . The population was 2,400 in 1836, 4,545 in 1841, but larger in summer. In 1861

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444-720: The Handball-Bundesliga . Since the 2010/2011 season, the VfL Pfullingen plays in the Handball Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. The Schützenverein Pfullingen 1522 was founded in 1522. On the Übersberg is 48 ° 27 '33 "N, 9 ° 17' 55" O a glider area at around 780 meters above sea level with two 1,100-meter-long tracks. Pfullingen is the seat of Prettl group. The Daimler-Benz AG and the company Robert Bosch are also represented in

481-704: The Right Bank . It is adjacent to Auteuil to the southwest, and Chaillot to the northeast. It is home to many of the city's wealthiest residents, hence its informal grouping in the Neuilly-Auteuil-Passy area. Many embassies are based in Passy. The earliest mentions of Passy appears in the mention of a lease in villenage in 1250 by members of the Congregation of France .{ }} The Château de Passy (no longer existing) had been built in 1381, later renamed to Château de Boulainvilliers in 1747. During

518-547: The Thirty Years' War Pfullingen was, from 1635 to 1648 with short interruptions, the administrative headquarters of Pfandherren ("pledge lords") of Achalm and thus part of Further Austria . The Austrian manager resided in the castle. This was attacked by the commander of Württemberg fortress Hohentwiel , Konrad Widerholt, and was badly damaged. With the Peace of Westphalia Pfullingen returned to Württemberg. The monastery

555-474: The 14th century, King Charles V of France authorized Passy's inhabitants to enclose walls around their fields, and a century later in 1416, Passy became a Lordship . In 1658, hot mineral springs were discovered near what is now Rue des Eaux where spa facilities were developed. This attracted Parisian society and English visitors, some of whom made the area, which combined attractive countryside with both modest houses and fine residences, their winter retreat, as it

592-476: The 19th century, in Reutlingen 27. Very early on the Echaz fish farming was practised. For example, the first mention of Honau in a document in connection with fishing rights. Even today, Honau is widely known for its restaurants with trout specialities. Passy Passy ( French pronunciation: [pasi] ) is an area of Paris , France , located in the 16th arrondissement , on

629-510: The Baden-Württemberg homeland days ( Heimattage Baden-Württemberg ) took place in Pfullingen. The Pfullingen council has 22 members. The local elections on 25 May 2014 led to the following official results. The council consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The mayor is elected for a term of eight years. From January 13, 2015 until January 2021,

666-661: The Saxon community Lichtenstein twinned with Pfullingen. It was signed in a partnership ceremony on September 29, 2012, in Lichtenstein. Parks and gardens include the 'Wedding meadow', monastery garden, monastery sea, the park of Villa Laiblin, Castle Park, and town garden. Pfullingen has to his district over several attractions and recreational areas on Albrand and on the Alb plateau, among which some nature reserves with different habitats are. The most popular among them are: Due to

703-490: The beginning of the 15th century one handed down in print for the first time in 1501 Seal showing the speaking for the place name "Pfulben" (= Pfiihl, pillows) under the Württemberg stag rod; Today you explain him the privilege of a spring market. The background of the emblem is blue. The city flag is blue-white-red. Since 1985 there is an official twinning with the French community Passy . The on tourism focused community

740-572: The city. The main road B 312, coming from the Bundesautobahn 8 at Stuttgart Airport, leads via Pfullingen over Riedlingen and Biberach an der Riss to Memmingen . In December 2003, the 1180 m long Ursulaberg tunnel was opened. The Public transport is guaranteed by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau (NALDO). The city is located in the comb 220. Until the early 1980s a railway drove through Pfullingen. Today,

777-520: The data are noted. Highest possible source of the Echaz at the Ohafelsen south-underneath Lichtenstein Castle at about 690 metres above sea level Estuary of the Echaz at the western edge of Kirchentellinsfurt . The water body is 23.8 km long from the Ohafelsen and has a catchment area of 135.6 km². After prolonged rainfall at the end of May and beginning of June, the villages of

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814-490: The forces of the Free Imperial City Reutlingen. About 1500 Pfullingen became part of Württemberg , its city privileges being restored only in 1699. Pfullingen is home to many schools, in 2013 Wilhem-Hauff-Realschule held an exchange with East Bergholt High School. The Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium, which is named by a famous German poet, held an exchange with Park Ridge High School, New Jersey. In

851-500: The incumbent was Michael Schrenk, who was elected on October 19, 2014 as successor of Rudolf Hess. At the beginning of 2021, the Reutlingen district office has given Pfullingen's mayor Michael Schrenk early retirement due to illness. Elections were held in May 2021, at which Stefan Wörner was elected mayor. Blazon: "In blue under a lying black stag antler a silver pillow with gold tassels on the four corners and red foray." Pfullingen led since

888-485: The location on the escarpment are some of these localities viewpoints that offer training and tourism on the landscape structure of the wider area. Pfullingen has several museums that deal with the regional cultural history: In the rooms of the Alemannic half-timbered building from the mid-15th century and the associated scouring is housed a permanent exhibition and an annually changing special exhibition. The costume and

925-658: The mill museum are housed in the Baumann's mill. In the Trachtenmuseum the Schwäbischer Albverein shows not only costumes and costume accessories from the Kingdom of Württemberg and the surrounding area, but also furniture, home appliances and laundry. The mill museum with a functioning grain mill is housed facing part of Baumann's mill at the Echaz. In addition to the presentation of the mill equipment,

962-613: The monastery's properties at Genkingen and Reicheneck . During the Reformation , the monastery was dissolved and disintegrated. In 1793 the ruins were completely removed. In 1487 the last lord of Pfullingen, Caspar Remp, sold his holdings including castle and all goods to Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg , thus, the town came under control of Württemberg. Together with the villages Unter-and Oberhausen, Honau , Lichtenstein , Holzelfingen and Kleinengstingen Pfullingen formed an Unteramt which became part of Oberamt of Urach. During

999-466: The museum also focuses on the history of hydropower and corn mills. The former publisher Neske established in early 2010, Neske library, a permanent exhibition of works which have been published by Neske. In the laundry house of the former Poor Clare monastery is a permanent exhibition on the themes "- humility - poverty - obedience". The VfL Pfullingen was founded in 1862 and has over 3,200 members (2005). The men's handball team played from 2002 to 2006 in

1036-554: The plateau of the Swabian Alb . The Echazquelle is protected under the protected area number 841-50920044 as an extensive natural monument . The Echaz continues to flow through Lichtenstein, the district Unterhausen and the towns Pfullingen and Reutlingen . Below Wannweil the river leaves the Reutlingen district and then flows into the Neckar at Kirchentellinsfurt from the right at 305.5 metres above sea level. So

1073-617: The population was 11,431. Passy's population was 17,594 when it was absorbed into Paris along with several other communities in 1860. The painting Albert Gleizes painting Les ponts de Paris (Passy), The Bridges of Paris (Passy) , housed in the collection of the Museum Moderner Kunst ( mumok ), Vienna, refers to the spirit of solidarity among the newly formed "Artists of Passy", during a time when factions had begun to develop within Cubism . Les Artistes de Passy consisted of

1110-489: The river has a mean bed gradient of about 12 ‰ on the 22.8 km from the Echazquellen to the mouth of the river. List of tributaries from the source to the estuary. Lengths of water bodies usually according to LUBW-FG10 (data record entries), catchment areas correspondingly according to LUBW-GEZG, lake areas according to LUBW-SG10, elevations according to the contour line image on the geodata viewer. Other sources for

1147-405: The south-eastern tip of the wedging open corridor of a valley, which continues as a wooded and steep ravine upwards for almost a kilometre and mostly dry up to the Ohafelsen . These springs pour from 60 L/s to 2.000 L/s, on average about 680 L/s. At several places water is leaking out, which collects in the stream bed. However, a large part of the spring water is captured before it

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1184-580: The station building, where the bride's father at the time was stationmaster, her wedding night. Nine months later, Bertolt Brecht was born in Augsburg. 1997/1998 you honored him with the slogan "Bertolt Brecht - made in Pfullingen" with various local events on the occasion of his 100th birthday and "procreation year". . Unincorporated: Gutsbezirk Münsingen Echaz The Echaz is a 23 km long river in Baden-Württemberg , Germany ,

1221-880: The subject of this painting. Passy is home to the Musée Marmottan Monet , housed in the Château de la Muette , and the Jardin du Ranelagh park. It is served by the Ranelagh metro station . There is now a rue Benjamin Franklin and a square de Yorktown near the Trocadéro . A lively street in the area is Rue de Passy, which goes from La Muette to the Place de Costa Rica just behind the Trocadéro. It has boutiques and chain stores along its length. The Cimetière de Passy , located at 2, rue du Commandant Schœlsing,

1258-773: The upper Echaz valley between Lichtenstein and Reutlingen were also affected by the Flood in Central Europe 2013. The power of the Echazwasser is still used today to generate electricity, partly with historical plants like the Baumannsche Mühle in Pfullingen with electricity for up to 40 households, partly even with modern, newly built plants like at the Reutlingen ZOB . (electricity for 30 households). In Pfullingen up to 34 water drives were in use in

1295-515: The world. The People Mover was developed by the company Schmid Engineering, the structural was planned by the company Knaack-Reich. In 2009, the system was shut down due to enormously high operating and maintenance costs until further notice. Official Journal of the city Pfullingen (since January 1, 2016) Further training: Elementary Schools: As "almost son" Pfullingens applies the playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956). Meanwhile, parents married proven in May 1897 in Pfullingen and spent in

1332-520: Was located between Paris and the Chateau de Versailles . It was dependent on the parish of Auteuil until 1761. Anne Gabriel Henri Bernard de Boulainvilliers was the last lord of Passy, after he sold it to escape the guillotine. The Hôtel de Valentinois (at that time the property of Monsieur de Chaumont) in Passy was the home of Benjamin Franklin during the nine years that he lived in France during

1369-516: Was vacated. In 1699 Pfullingen again received town privileges and was raised to a monastery office. In 1806 it was incorporated into the Oberamt Reutlingen . In 1824 the town of Pfullingen had 3,435 inhabitants. The hydropower of the Echaz made very early industrialization possible. Already in 1830 were counted 22 water engines. The formerly dominant agriculture fell sharply, also former viticulture does not longer exist today. In 1999,

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