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20-603: Tamm is one of the older settlements in the area. Its first official mentioning was in 1287. In 1351, the village was gifted to Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg by Katherina von Veihingen , a member of the Counts Palatinate of Tübingen . In the 17th century, Tamm was almost completely destroyed during the Thirty Years' War , and the reconstruction of core buildings, such as the central fortified church of Saint Bartholomew , wasn't complete until 25 years after

40-607: A bottleneck. In 1999 a new 2,530-metre-long (8,300 ft) Engelberg tunnel was opened. Original plans called for the A ;81 to be continued northwards skirting the north-west of Würzburg to join up with the A ;7 , but these plans were later abandoned. Instead, the A 81 shares a part of the A 8 to the Stuttgart intersection and then continues south on a motorway that was built as A 831 to Gärtringen, where it meets

60-416: A partition again, leading Eberhard to imprison his brother's councilors and the beginning of open hostility between the two. Ulrich then petitioned Emperor Charles IV for a compromise, but he sided with Eberhard and confirmed the indivisibility of Württemberg. On 1 May 1362, Ulrich renounced his position in the government in exchange for various castles, notably Hohenneuffen , and other towns. A sensation

80-523: A stretch of farmland. The presence of well-known corporations (both Porsche and Bosch have offices in Tamm), stable middle class enterprises, and a large shopping mall (the "Breuningerland" ) have made Tamm relatively rich, financing a complete overhaul of the town's railway station, village square, and road system. Tamm's population was 12,112 at the 2005 census. Considering that, in practice, towns of more than 12,000 inhabitants may apply for city status,

100-472: Is 23 minutes. A bus line (RBS line 536 ) commutes between the station and the "Breuningerland" mall via Hohenstange suburb. Sights and landmarks of Tamm include the Wassertürme ( water towers ), which can be seen for miles around, the medieval fortified church of Saint Bartholomew, surrounded by historical Fachwerkhäuser ( half-timbered houses ), the new town square with the new town hall, and

120-585: Is that there are almost no traffic lights in Tamm - most much-frequented intersections have been replaced by roundabouts . Tamm station is also on the Franconia Railway and is served by the Stuttgart S-Bahn system, being the second-to-last outbound stop of line S5 to Bietigheim . Trains leave every half-hour from 4:40 a.m. to 12:40 a.m., travel time to Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof

140-487: The "Gemeinde Tamm" may be eligible to become "Stadt Tamm" in the future. Development since 1980 : The current mayor of Tamm is Martin Bernhard (since 2014). The municipal council is made up of the following parties: The coat of arms of Tamm shows a bend sinister Or , representing a dam ( ger.: Damm , hence the name "Tamm") on a red field , with a golden plough , representing agriculture and tradition, in

160-513: The A 81 between the Weinsberg intersection ( A 6 ) near Heilbronn and Dreieck Leonberg ( A 8 ) near Stuttgart was finished in the years 1938 to 1940. This section included the first tunnel built for an autobahn, the 300-metre-long (980 ft) first Engelberg tunnel near Leonberg . When Weinsberg-Leonberg was upgraded to 3+3 lanes in the 1970s, the tunnel with its two lanes each and steep grades (up to 6%) became something of

180-491: The eldest son of Count Ulrich III and his wife Sophie (died 1344), daughter of Theobald of Ferrette . Eberhard married Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen  [ de ] , daughter of Count Henry of Henneberg-Schleusingen , before 17 September 1342. The marriage produced two children: Ulrich of Württemberg  [ de ] and Sophie (died 1369), who married John I, Duke of Lorraine in 1361. Ulrich married Elisabeth of Bavaria, daughter of Emperor Louis IV , but

200-636: The extension of Württemberg's territory. He fought battles against the towns united in the Schwäbischer Städtebund (Swabian City League) in 1376, 1372 in Altheim, 1377 in Reutlingen and 1388 near Döffingen. The result of this was a stalemate which secured the independency of the towns. Nevertheless, the territorial gains during his rule were substantial, for example Böblingen and Calw . Eberhard died in Stuttgart on 15 March 1392 and

220-461: The modern glass-and-steel S-Bahn station. Eberhard II, Count of W%C3%BCrttemberg Eberhard II (1315 – 15 March 1392), nicknamed the Quarrelsome ( German : der Greiner ), was Count of Württemberg from 1344 until his death in 1392. He ruled Württemberg alongside his brother, Ulrich IV , until Eberhard forced him out of power in 1362. Eberhard was born in 1315,

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240-564: The old village core, more than doubling Tamm's population (11,500 in 1990). This feat was possible mainly due to Tamm's very attractive position in direct proximity to both the Autobahn A81 and the railway line between Stuttgart and Heilbronn . Continuing popularity led to another building phase in the early 21st century, finally connecting the old village ("Ortsmitte") with the Hohenstange borough, which had formerly been divided by

260-455: The same year, the village was transferred to US control, eventually becoming part of the American occupation zone. The post-war years were marked by food and fuel shortages, but Tamm soon recovered and flourished once again, reaching 3900 inhabitants in 1961. In the following decades large expansion projects resulted in the creation of the new "Ortsteil" ( suburb ) Hohenstange , north-east of

280-514: The upper left, and a golden gear wheel , representing industry and progress, in the lower right partition. Tamm is currently twinned with Althofen , Kärnten , Austria . Tamm lies directly adjacent to both federal highway B 27 and autobahn A 81 (Exit Ludwigsburg-Nord ), both running between Stuttgart and Heilbronn . Landstraße ( highway ) L 1110 connects to Asperg and Bissingen , Kreisstraße (district road) K 1671 links Tamm with Markgröningen and Bietigheim . One curious side note

300-532: The war's end in 1648. During the 18th century Tamm's inhabitants participated in the construction of the Duke of Württemberg 's new residence in nearby Ludwigsburg, mostly as socagers . In these days, population skyrocketed, from 543 in 1741 to nearly 1000 in 1800. While Tamm was not directly affected by the Napoleonic Wars , it still suffered from the economic strain put on the entire region. Shortly after

320-562: The war, in 1816, a famine hit, marking a temporary decline in Tamm's development. During the rest of the 19th century, the village grew steadily, getting connected to the railroad in 1877. World War I and the economic crisis caused by the defeat and dissolution of the German Empire again had a negative impact on the village. In 1935, two years after the Nazi Party 's " Machtergreifung ", Tamm's liberal acting mayor Karl Mammele

340-618: Was buried in the Stiftskirche there. Eberhard entered literature through Schiller and Uhland . Bundesautobahn 81 Bundesautobahn 81 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 81 , short form Autobahn 81 , abbreviated as BAB 81 or A 81 ) is a motorway in Germany . It branches off the A 3 at the Würzburg -West triangle and ends near the border with Switzerland . The oldest part of

360-585: Was created 1367 by the assault of Count Wolf von Eberstein on Eberhard II and his son Ulrich during their stay "in Wildbad" (presumably Wildbad or Teinach ). Both fled and seized Neueberstein Castle immediately with a large number of men. However this siege turned out to be unsuccessful. During his regency he strongly aligned his policy against the Free Imperial Cities , which stood in the way of

380-462: Was forced to resign and committed suicide soon after. While Tamm was target of occasional air raids as soon as 1941 , the village didn't see any "real" fighting until April 1945, when it was repeatedly shelled during a twelve-day stand-off between Wehrmacht and Free French Forces in nearby Bietigheim-Bissingen . Tamm was captured and occupied by the French Army on April 21, 1945. In July of

400-537: Was killed at the Battle of Döffingen in 1388. Following the death of Ulrich III in 1344, Eberhard and brother Ulrich IV governed together. However, Eberhard proved the more assertive and energetic of the two, giving his brother little influence in the administration of Württemberg. Ulrich began pressing for a division of the county in 1352, possibly at the insistence of his wife Katharina of Helfenstein , in order to escape his brother's dominance. In 1361, Ulrich demanded

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