Mönsheim is a municipality in the Enz district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Mönsheim | |
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 Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Mönsheim within Enzkreis district  | |
  Mönsheim  Mönsheim | |
| Coordinates: 48°51′52″N 8°51′53″E / 48.86444°N 8.86472°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
| District | Enzkreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–30) | Michael Maurer[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.78 km2 (6.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 432 m (1,417 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,048 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 71297 |
| Dialling codes | 07044 |
| Vehicle registration | PF |
| Website | www |
History edit
Mönsheim became a possession of the Duchy of Württemberg in the 16th century. The town was assigned to the district of Leonberg, then its Oberamt on 18 March 1806, and finally to Landkreis Leonberg on 1 October 1938. When the Enz district was created by the 1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform, Mönsheim was reassigned to it.[3]
About 70 kilometers (43 mi) of the lower Grenzbach in Mönsheim was placed under Federal protection as a Naturschutzgebiet in 1967.[3]
Geography edit
The municipality (Gemeinde) of Mönsheim covers 16.78 square kilometers (6.48 sq mi) of the Enz district, within the state of Baden-Württemberg, in the Federal Republic of Germany. Mönsheim is physically located on the Heckengäu, at the southwestern edge of the Neckar basin. The Heckengäu's table-like, karstified and forested muschelkalk hills describe much of Mönsheim's geography. The Grenzbach, a tributary of the Enz, is the main watercourse and marks its lowest elevation above sea level, 314 meters (1,030 ft) Normalnull (NN) at the border with Wiernsheim. The highest elevation, 509 meters (1,670 ft) NN, is found at the top of the Geißelberg.[3]
Demographics edit
Population development:[4]
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Coat of arms edit
Mönsheim's municipal coat of arms shows a white, crenelated tower with a pointed roof on a green three-crested hill upon a field of red. This pattern was created in 1930 on the advice of the Central State Archive Stuttgart and was informed by the earliest town coat of arms, dated to 1598. The fortified tower, a motif that has represented Mönsheim since the 19th century, is a reference to a nearby keep given to the town in the 15th century by Duke Eberhard I.[3]
References edit
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Mönsheim 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Mönsheim". LEO-BW (in German). Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Mönsheim (Enzkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-07-17.