Nürtingen is a town in the district of Esslingen

Esslingen (district)

Esslingen is a district in the centre of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rems-Murr, Göppingen, Reutlingen, Böblingen and the district-free city Stuttgart.-History:...

 in Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

 in southern Germany

Germany

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. It is located on the river Neckar

Neckar

The Neckar is a long river, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, but also a short section through Hesse, in Germany. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the River Rhine...

.

History

The following events occurred, by year:

• 1046 : First mention of Niuritingin in the document of Speyer
  Speyer
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  . Heinrich III gave Nürtingen as a gift to the chapter of Speyer
• around 1335 : Nürtingen receives the city rights
• 1421 : Nürtingen is the domicile of the Württemberg
  Württemberg
  Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
  
   widows.
• 1602 : The Maientag, a famous folklore procession and celebration is first recorded
• 1634 : Half of the population died in the Thirty Years' War
  Thirty Years' War
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   and of the plague
• 1750 : 133 buildings were burned down in the great fire
• 1783/1784 : Friedrich Hölderlin
  Friedrich Hölderlin
  Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin was a major German lyric poet, commonly associated with the artistic movement known as Romanticism. Hölderlin was also an important thinker in the development of German Idealism, particularly his early association with and philosophical influence on his...
  
   and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling are pupils of the Latin
  Latin
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   school (German: Lateinschule). They are still commemorated in the town by the street name Schellingstraße and the name of a highschool Hölderlin-Gymnasium.
• 1945 : A few bombs hit Nürtingen. The Tiefenbachtal (a valley in south part of Nürtingen) was an escape route for German soldiers.
• 1948 : The population increases from 10,000 to 17,000 due to refugees and displaced persons from East Germany
• 1973 : The district of Nürtingen is merged into the district of Esslingen
  Esslingen (district)
  Esslingen is a district in the centre of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rems-Murr, Göppingen, Reutlingen, Böblingen and the district-free city Stuttgart.-History:...
  
  

Education

Nürtingen is home to Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science, also known as the Hochschule fuer Wirtschaft und Umwelt in German. The school hosts undergraduate and graduate programs in business administration, finance

Finance

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, real estate, and landscape architecture. Programs are taught in English and German, with a reputed Master of Science in International Finance being taught through its growing European School of Finance, which partners with the German Institute for Corporate Finance, the European Derivatives Institute, the Deutsche Boerse, and the Eurex

Eurex

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 exchange.

Twinnings

Nürtingen is twinned with: Pontypridd

Pontypridd

Pontypridd is both a community and a principal town of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales and is situated 12 miles/19 km north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff...

, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales

Wales

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 Oulins

Oulins

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, France

External links

• Official website of the city (German)
• Official Website of University (German & English)