Stetten am kalten Markt

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Tübingen
Landkreis = Sigmaringen
Höhe = 768
Fläche = 56.47
Einwohner = 5380
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 72506–72510
Vorwahl = 07573
Kfz = SIG
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 4 37 107
Gliederung = 5
Adresse = Rathausplatz 1
72510 Stetten am Kalten Markt
Website = [http://www.stetten-akm.de/ www.stetten-akm.de]
Bürgermeister = Gregor Hipp

Stetten am kalten Markt (Stetten a.k.M.) is a municipality in the Sigmaringen district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Towns

The towns of Nusplingen, Frohnstetten, Storzingen and Glashütte are part of Stetten am kalten Markt.

History

The area was documented early as being in the possession of the Reichenau monastery as "Stetten am kalten Markt."

On March 2, 1945, Air Force pilot second lieutenant Lothar Sieber died in the Lager Heuberg troop exercise area as part of the first manned rocket flight in history. Sieber was piloting a one-man rocket of the type "Bachem Ba 349 Natter".

Economics

Stetten is a large German Federal Armed Forces location; approximately 2,200 soldiers are stationed in the area, attached to the Heuberg troop exercise area. According to the city administration, about 1,300 people per annum are transferred to the master garrison in Stetten for military service. The troop exercise area was first set up after 1910. From 1945 to 1959 it was under the administration of the French armed forces (FFA). Even after administration of the facility was assumed by the German Federal Armed Forces, a section was reserved for the FFA until 1997.

Notable people born in Stetten am kalten Markt

* Michael Beck (*1960; politician), Lord Mayor ("Oberbürgermeister") of the town Tuttlingen
* Wolfgang Urban (* 1948), ordained Deacon; Keeper ("Diözesankonservator") and Curator of the Museum ("Kustos des Diözesanmuseums") of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart in Rottenburg am Neckar, Lecturer at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

External links

* [http://www.stetten-akm.de/ www.stetten-akm.de] — official website (German)