Mühlacker

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Mühlacker
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Coordinates: 48°57′0″N 8°50′22″E / 48.95000°N 8.83944°E / 48.95000; 8.83944Coordinates: 48°57′0″N 8°50′22″E / 48.95000°N 8.83944°E / 48.95000; 8.83944
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Enzkreis
Subdivisions	6
Government
• Lord mayor	Frank Schneider (FDP)
Area
• Total	54.32 km2 (20.97 sq mi)
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	26,093
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	75401–75417
Dialling codes	07041
Vehicle registration	PF
Website	www.muehlacker.de

Mühlacker is a town in the eastern part of the Enz district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Mühlacker station has direct rail connections with Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Pforzheim and the Northern Black Forest.

Since 1930, Mühlacker has been transmitter site, at which between 1934 and 1945 the tallest tower ever built of wood stood (height: 190 metres).

Further landmark are the water tower and the castle ruin.

Water tower

Mühlhausen an der Enz where Spree killer Ernst August Wagner killed 13 people in 1913 has been a part of the city since 1972.

The community of Ötisheim joined onto the city so as to act as a single municipality for certain tasks.

Thirty Years' War[]

The Thirty Years' War brought hardship and misery. In 1648 only 50 inhabitants survived from originally 1242 inhabitants (1622). In the Nine Years' War (1688-1697) Dürrmenz was looted in 1692 by French troops. Eckenweiher was incorporated to Dürrmenz in 1832.

Industrialisation[]

With the opening of the Württemberg Western Railway Stuttgart - Bruchsal in 1853 the industrial age began in the Dürrmenz-Mühlacker area. As the Karlsruhe-Mühlacker railway was built in 1863, Mühlacker was at the same railway junction and border station. As a curiosity, until 1930 it had two stations side by side, the larger Württemberg station and the Baden railway station. Favored by the dismantling of custom barriers 1819-1851 and the abolition of the compulsory guild (1862), industrial enterprises settled near the train station.

20th century[]

After World War I, inflation, great depression and high unemployment interrupted the further development. In 1930, the large Mühlacker radio transmitter was put into operation.

Radio transmitter

With the dissolution of Oberamt Maulbronn, young city Mühlacker in 1938 was incorporated into district Vaihingen. During the Nazi period five of the eight Jewish citizens of Mühlacker were murdered in Auschwitz. The World War II ended in Mühlacker with destruction by air raids and artillery shelling. After 1945, 3000 refugees and displaced persons found settled in Mühlacker. As part of the district reform on January 1, 1973, the district Vaihingen was dissolved. The western region, with the town of Mühlacker became part of the newly formed Enzkreis. The eastern part of the district Vaihingen was incorporated into the district of Ludwigsburg.

International relations[]

Mühlacker is twinned with:

• Bassano del Grappa, Italy^[2]

Sons and daughters of the town[]

• Hellmut G. Haasis (born 1942), writer and historian
• Frank Schneider (born 1961), since 2010 mayor of Mühlacker
• Verena Veh (born 1977), volleyball player
• Florian Naroska (born 1982), water polo player
• Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan, (born 1990), Indonesian footballer
• Anna Catharina Wedderkopf, (1715 – 1786), businesswoman, consultant and feminist

See also[]

• Mühlacker Water Tower

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in German)
• War memorials in Muehlacker cemetery at "Sites of Memory" webpage

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