Burladingen

Burladingen
Panorama of Burlandingen.

Coat of arms
Burladingen
Location of Burladingen within Zollernalbkreis district
Coordinates: 48°17′25″N 09°06′34″E / 48.29028°N 9.10944°E / 48.29028; 9.10944Coordinates: 48°17′25″N 09°06′34″E / 48.29028°N 9.10944°E / 48.29028; 9.10944
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Tübingen
District Zollernalbkreis
Government
 • Mayor Harry Ebert
Area
 • Total 123.33 km2 (47.62 sq mi)
Elevation 722 m (2,369 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 12,239
 • Density 99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 72386–72393
Dialling codes 07475
Vehicle registration BL, HCH
Website www.burladingen.de

Burladingen is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 24 km southwest of Reutlingen.

The town of Burladingen consists of

  • Burladingen (with Hermannsdorf)
  • Gauselfingen
  • Hausen im Killertal
  • Hörschwag
  • Killer
  • Melchingen
  • Ringingen
  • Salmendingen
  • Starzeln
  • Stetten unter Holstein

The European Watershed between Black Sea and North Sea runs through the area. The Fehla is a tributary of the Lauchert, which is a tributary of the Danube.

The 14 km long Killertal valley is named after the village of Killer, as the church parish was located there. The river in the valley is the Starzel, a tributary to the Neckar in Baden-Württemberg.

Flooding

In the evening of 2 June 2008, three women drowned in the Starzel following heavy rainfalls and disastrous flooding. English language news reports attempted to give the story a bit of drama by misleadingly referring to the Killertal as the "Killer Valley" (the Killer in Killertal in fact coming from the name of the nearby village).[2][3][4]

Economy

Burladingen is the seat of Germanys biggest T-shirt and tennis clothing manufacturer Trigema.[5] It is the only clothing enterprise left in the city, although Burladingen was a centre of textile industry in Germany.

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Johann Evangelist Maier(1833-1899), born in Hörschwag, Reichstag and Landtag deputy of the German Center Party
  • Wolfgang Grupp (b 1942), entrepreneur (Trigema)

Other personalities

  • Franz Grupp (1905-2003), manager and owner of Trigema

Graves

  • Josef Reinhard Holocaust victim [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2017". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ Spiegel Online VERHEERENDE ÜBERSCHWEMMUNGEN - Drei Menschen ertrinken bei Unwetter-Inferno im Killertal
  3. ↑ 3 women drown in flash flood in southwestern Germany
  4. ↑ killertal flood
  5. ↑ Trigema Homepage (German)
  6. ↑ (Stopper): Grab Josef Reinhard. In: Schwarzwälder Bote vom 28. Februar 2012.


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