Murr, Baden-Württemberg

Murr
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Murr within Ludwigsburg district
Murr Show map of Germany Murr Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°58′N 9°16′E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Ludwigsburg
Government
• Mayor (2020–28)	Torsten Bartzsch[1]
Area
• Total	7.8 km^2 (3.0 sq mi)
Elevation	203 m (666 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,795
• Density	870/km^2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	71711
Dialling codes	07144
Vehicle registration	LB
Website	www.gemeinde-murr.de

Murr is a municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Murr, 2 km upstream from its confluence with the Neckar and about 9 km northeast of Ludwigsburg.

View of the village with church, Murr, Germany

Disused railway station in Murr, Germany

Geography

Geographical location

Murr lies in the Neckar Basin in 196 to 261 meters height at the Murr, two kilometers before it flows into the Neckar and about twelve kilometers north of Ludwigsburg. An uninhabited exclave in the Hardtwald near Rielingshausen is attributed to the natural area Swabian-Franconian Forest.[3]

Neighbouring communities

Neighboring municipalities are Pleidelsheim in the west, Marbach in the south and Benningen am Neckar in the southwest, as well as Steinheim an der Murr in the east, which merges directly into the municipal area of Murr.

Municipal structure

To Murr belong the village Murr and the farmstead Sonnenhof.[4]

Areal Distribution

According to Data of the Statistischen Landesamtes, Stand 2014.[5]

Demographics

Population development:[6]

Year Inhabitants 1990 4,660 2001 5,839 2011 6,187 2021 6,703

Politics

City Council

The municipal council in Murr has 14 members. The municipal elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result.[7] The municipal council consists of the elected honorary municipal councillors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Parties and Voter Associations		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014
FW	Free Voters Association Murr	34,15	5	37.15	5
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	26.73	4	28.23	4
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	21,30	3	23,51	3
GREEN	Alliance 90/The Greens	17.82	2	11,10	2
total		100,0	14	100,0	14
Voter turnout		67,28 %		57,41 %

Mayor

Torsten Bartzsch (independent) is mayor of the municipality of Murr since July 1, 2012. He was elected on April 22, 2012, in the first ballot with 72.26% of the votes and confirmed in office on April 26, 2020, with 95.36% of the votes. His predecessor was Manfred Hollenbach (CDU), who served as mayor from 1972 to 2012.

Crest and flag

The municipal coat of arms is under a golden shield head, in it a black stag pole, split by gold and red, in front a red chalice, in the back an upright golden hafthorn with green shackle pointing to the splitting. The municipal flag is red-yellow and was awarded on April 18, 1980.

Notable People

• Marcus Ziegler (* 1973), former professional footballer (VfB Stuttgart)

References

1. Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
2. "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.
3. Natural areas of Baden-Württemberg. State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2009
4. The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description according to districts and communities. Volume III: Administrative district of Stuttgart, regional association of the Middle Neckar. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2. p. 458-459
5. Statistisches Landesamt, Fläche seit 1988 nach tatsächlicher Nutzung für Murr.
6. "Murr (Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
7. Electoral information of the Municipal Computer Center