Althütte is a municipality of the Rems-Murr district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Althütte
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Althütte within Rems-Murr-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 48°54′47″N 09°34′19″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Rems-Murr-Kreis
Area
• Total	18.15 km2 (7.01 sq mi)
Elevation	497 m (1,631 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,287
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	71566
Dialling codes	07183
Vehicle registration	WN
Website	www.althuette.de

History

The modern municipality of Althütte was formed by the merging of the villages of Althütte and Sechselberg in 1971.[2]

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Althütte is located in the Rems-Murr district, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Althütte is physically located in the Murrhardt Forest, a region of the larger Swabian-Franconian Forest. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of 571 meters (1,873 ft) Normalnull (NN) to a low of 339 meters (1,112 ft) NN.[2]

Portions of the Federally protected Hörschbachschlucht and Strümpfelbach valley [de] nature reserves are located in Althütte's municipal area.[2]

Politics

Althütte has two boroughs (Ortsteile), and 16 villages: Fautspach, Gallenhof, Glaitenhof, Hahnenhof, Hörschhof, Hörschhöfer Sägmühle, Kallenberg, Klösterle, Lutzenberg, Nonnenmühle, Rottmannsberger Sägmühle, Schlichenhöfle, Schlichenweiler, Schöllhütte, Voggenhof, and Waldenweiler. Althütte is in an mutually-beneficial municipal association [de] with the city of Backnang and the municipalities of Allmersbach im Tal, Aspach, Auenwald, Burgstetten, Kirchberg an der Murr, Oppenweiler, and Weissach im Tal.[2]

Coat of arms

Althütte's municipal coat of arms displays two white glassblowing pipes crossed over a field of blue. The coat of arms refers to the name Althütte and to Althütte's history of glassworking. This coat of arms was created from a proposal by the Central State Archive Stuttgart [de] in 1924.[2]

Transportation

Althütte is connected to Germany's network of roadways by its local Landesstraßen and Kreisstraßen. Local public transportation is provided by the Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart.[2]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Althütte.

• Official website (in German)

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[ru] Альтхютте