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38-548: In November 1949, a pilot series of the cabriolet saloon Superior 600 was built in Plochingen , and in July 1950, the regular series production began at the Calw division. The standard model was offered until April 1954. At the 1950 Frankfurt Spring Fair, the cabriolet was presented; the public, however, did not show much interest. The "Superior-Sport", an expensive roadster with a Wendler body,

76-615: A Gymnasium ( Gymnasium Plochingen ), a Realschule , a Grundschule and Werkrealschule , a Special school and a pure primary school. There are also nine kindergartens in the town. Furthermore, Plochingen is home to a GARP education centre for the IHK Region Stuttgart e.V. Plochingen is lies on the Württemberger Weinstraße with many sights. The Park railway in the Neckarauen is a 1.5-kilometre-long park railway that

114-618: A landmark for navigating around town. The summits of the Nebelhorn and Fellhorn provide dramatic panoramic views of the alps. The Nebelhorn can be reached with a big cable car. Visitors can ride a unique diagonal elevator to the top of the Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze . Oberstdorf consists of the village of Oberstdorf (813 metres above sea level, survey point by the Roman Catholic church) and five other villages: There are

152-506: A large number of valleys in the area around Oberstdorf, many of which are not only scenic, but are often starting points for walks in the mountains. The following list shows the main valleys together with their side valleys: Oytal and Dietersbachtal are separated by the Höfats and Rauheck . Gerstruben , Germany's highest village, lies at the entrance to the Dietersbachtal. The Rappenalptal

190-470: A longitudinally mounted, water-cooled two-cylinder two-stroke engine in front. It displaced 593 cm (bore × stroke = 71 mm × 75 mm) and was rated 20 to 22 PS (15 to 16 kW) at 3250 rpm. The model 600 Luxus had a more luxurious interior. In 1952, the 700 Luxus followed with 663 cm engine (75 mm bore × 75 mm stroke) and 26 PS (19 kW) at 4300 rpm. As an alternative to this carburetted engine, Gutbrod offered an engine with petrol direct injector . This engine

228-768: A market and the High Court. In 1518 Count Hugo of Montfort built a spa in Tiefenbach at the sulphur spring, which is regarded as a precursor of today's spa facility. Oberstdorf’s experience in the Third Reich is recounted in A Village in the Third Reich . During World War II the mountains around the village were used to train mountain troops of the Wehrmacht . At the end of the war French and Moroccan troops were stationed there. In December, before every New Year , Oberstdorf hosts

266-659: A market for building materials, salt and agricultural goods, including in particular wine, grain, fishing and livestock. In 1536 Duke Ulrich von Württemberg pushed through the Reformation. In 1545 the first bridge over the Neckar was built, replacing a medieval footbridge. In addition, a bridge over the Fils was built, so that bridge tolls could be charged for it. After the Battle of Nördlingen lost for Württemberg, Plochingen's convenient location had

304-503: A mechanical petrol direct injection . At the same time, a similar system was also used by Goliath . Both manufacturers showed their direct-injected models at the 1951 International Motor Show Germany (IAA Frankfurt). They are considered the world's first mass-produced vehicles with petrol direct injection. The production of the Superior 700 E started in September 1951. The ponton body of

342-509: A negative effect on the traffic situation during the Thirty Years' War, as imperial troops plundered the town as early as 1634 and many houses burned down. The population of about 1300 people before the war sank to about 500 inhabitants after the war. In 1698 Plochingen became a post station on the imperial postal line between Antwerp and Venice , operated by the House of Thurn- und Taxis. In 1778

380-630: Is operated every weekend from Easter Monday to October. Plochingen is twinned with: Oberstdorf Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic : Oberschdorf ) is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany , located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps . It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns. At the center of Oberstdorf is a church whose tall spire serves as

418-782: Is served by long-distance trains, regional trains and the S1 line of the S-Bahn Stuttgart . The maintenance of the railcars of the S-Bahn Stuttgart takes place in the Depot Plochingen . The Neckar harbour (dt. Neckarhafen ) in Plochingen has been the end point of the navigable Neckar since 12 July 1968. It was designed as a port for commercial inland navigation exclusively for the pure transport of goods without passenger shipping. The port area extends along two harbour basins. Responsible for

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456-687: Is the longest and runs from Germany's southernmost village, Einödsbach , past the Haldenwanger Eck , Germany's southernmost point. At the end of the valley the Schrofen Pass leads to Austria . The Allgäu Alps in the area around Oberstdorf attain heights of over 2,600 metres and belong to the Northern Limestone Alps . The best known summits in Oberstdorf are: There are numerous lakes at various heights around Oberstdorf: Findings show that

494-809: The Gemeindeverwaltungsverband Plochingen . Frank Buß , the mayor of the town of Plochingen, is the chairman of the administrative association. The town of Plochingen also runs its own businesses. These are the Stadtwerke (Public utilities), the Eigenbetrieb Abwasserbeseitigung (Own operation sewage disposal) and the Eigenbetrieb Wohnen (Owner-occupied living). The municipal council in Plochingen has 22 members. The local elections in Baden-Württemberg 2019 led to

532-752: The Plochinger Dreieck the B ;313 branches off, direction Tübingen and Stockach from the B ;10 In addition to this motorway-like structure, two further road bridges and a pedestrian bridge span the Neckar near Plochingen. The Plochingen station is a traffic junction of the Deutsche Bahn at the Neckar-Alb-Bahn (Stuttgart- Tübingen - Horb am Neckar ) and the Filstalbahn (Stuttgart- Ulm - Munich ). It

570-725: The Schwäbische Albverein was founded in the Waldhorn Restaurant. In 1905 the wooden bridge from 1778 was replaced by an iron bridge over the Neckar. On 1 June 1913 a tornado destroyed numerous buildings in Plochingen. During the district reform during NS period in Württemberg Plochingen came to the district of Esslingen in 1938. After the Second World War, the community fell into the American occupation zone and

608-717: The Bahnbetriebswerk Plochingen . In 1998, Plochingen hosted the Landesgartenschau Baden-Württemberg. Since the Reformation Plochingen has been evangelical shaped. There is also a Roman Catholic church. In recent years, an Evangelical Methodist and a New Apostolic Church have also been established. The population figures are estimates, or official updates of the Statistical Office. Plochingen forms with Altbach and Deizisau

646-614: The Hofwerkmeister Johann Christian Adam Etzel (1743-1801; uncle of Gottlieb Christian Eberhard von Etzel ) built the covered wooden bridge with a self-supporting span of 70 metres without intermediate pillars across the Neckar, which then became famous in Europe, 1905 it was replaced by the extension of the railway station completely intact. In 1808, the municipality moved from the Amtsoberamt Stuttgart to

684-674: The Romans and in the early Middle Ages the Alamanni settled in the area. In the High Middle Ages, Plochingen was situated in the territory of the Herzogtum Schwaben and formed part of the Neckargau . The place was first mentioned in 1146 as Blochingen in a document of the king Conrad III of Hohenstaufen . There were two castles in Plochingen, but nothing remains of them. From the 12th to

722-446: The Tour de Ski , a cross-country skiing stage event. Germany's modern figure skating center was built on the outside of the town. It has three covered rinks and some of them are accessible to the public, for recreational skating. It is a popular destination with European skaters for training camps. Oberstdorf hosts the annual Nebelhorn Trophy figure skating competition and has hosted

760-511: The 14th century the seat of a noble family can be proven for Plochingen. In 1331, the lord of the castle Johann von Plochingen sold some property in Plochingen to the hospital in Esslingen . The Württemberg part of Plochingen, originally with the bailiwick of Nellingen, was already subordinated to the office in Stuttgart at the beginning of the 15th century. Since the 12th century Plochingen had had

798-639: The Gutbrod Superior was supported by its contributions to motorsport . The car was especially successful in long-distance competitions. In 1953, at the first 6 Hours of Nürburgring , a 1000 km race initiated by the ADAC on the Nürburgring , two Gutbrod Superiors participated. Both cars lasted and were the last to finish in places 26 and 27 with 37 of 44 laps finished. In total, they covered 843.6 km each, with times of 10:34:23 and 10:35:23 respectively. This race proved

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836-511: The Neckar at 247 metres above sea level, the highest point is in the very north at the White Stone on the Schurwaldkamm at about 448 metres above sea level, from which forest areas cover a large part of the town area. Neighbouring towns are in turn the community Altbach in the west, the district town Esslingen am Neckar in the northwest, the community Baltmannsweiler in the northeast and

874-615: The Oberstdorf area was already inhabited from the Stone Age to the Roman Empire . When the Romans had abandoned the area east of the Upper Rhine and north of the Upper Rhine in the 3rd century, various Germanic groups migrated into the area, which were later called Alemanni . Oberstdorf was first mentioned in 1141. King Maximilian , the later emperor, granted Oberstdorf in 1495 the right to hold

912-527: The cars' reliability. The average speeds were 79.8 and 79.7 km/h respectively. During the 48-hour winter drive to Oberstdorf in 1954, Wolfgang Gutbrod and Heinz Schwind driving Gutbrod Superiors scored second in all categories. They were awarded with the ADAC silver cup and a gold medal . Plochingen Plochingen ( Swabian : Blocheng or Blochenga ) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany . It lies on

950-565: The community Reichenbach an der Fils in the east, in the southeast briefly the municipality Hochdorf , in the south the town Wernau (Neckar) , in the southwest the municipality Deizisau , all of which also belong to the district of Esslingen. Plochingen includes the town of Plochingen and the district of Stumpenhof to the north-east of the town. According to data from the Statistical State Office Baden-Württemberg , status 2014. Due to its convenient location at

988-465: The conception, realisation and development was from 1954 to 1992 harbour director Heinz Kreeb. Since 1992, Eberhard Weiß has been entrusted with the management of the port. Nearly 20 companies with an investment volume of around EUR 100,000,000 have settled in the Neckar harbour. The main transhipment goods are iron/steel products/scrap, animal feed/grain, mineral oil and wood. The goods handling per year amounts to more than 1,300,000 tons. Plochingen has

1026-452: The estates were made by Westfalia . The vehicle has independent suspension, the front wheels were equipped with double control arms , coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers , in rear it had a pendulum axle, also equipped with coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers. Experiments with front transverse leaf springs had not led to a satisfying result. Hydraulically operated drum brakes on all wheels were standard. The model 600 had

1064-615: The first part of the ski jumping Four Hills Tournament on the Schattenberg large hill. There is also a ski flying hill, Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze , about seven kilometres to the south. ABC 's Wide World of Sports famously featured the Oberstdorf ski flying hill when Vinko Bogataj fell during his jump in 1970, thus becoming known as " The Agony of Defeat ". Oberstdorf hosted the Nordic skiing World Championships in 1987 , 2005 and 2021 . The town has also hosted several stages of

1102-403: The following official final result. The local council consists of the elected honorary local councillors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The town coat of arms is five times diagonally left divided by blue and gold. The town colours are blue and yellow. The town can be reached by car via Bundesstraße 10 from Stuttgart in about 25 minutes. At

1140-681: The mouth of the Fils into the Neckar, people have been living in the area since the earliest times, which is attested by finds from the Stone Age. Finds of weapons and grave goods from the Bronze Age give evidence of a settlement belonging to the Urnfield culture . Also from the Hallstatt period grave mounds indicate that there might have been a continuous Celtic settlement up to the Roman period. In classical antiquity

1178-603: The newly established Oberamt Esslingen in implementing the new administrative division of Württemberg in the Kingdom of Württemberg . In 1846, the construction of the Filstalbahn as far as Plochingen led to the connection to the emerging network of the Württembergische Staatsbahnen , only one year after a train had run for the first time in Württemberg on the line between Cannstatt and Untertürkheim . In 1888

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1216-526: The river Neckar , on which it has a river port. With about 14,000 inhabitants, it is part of the Stuttgart Metropolitan Region . Plochingen is about nine kilometres east-southeast of the district town Esslingen am Neckar and in the same direction about 19 kilometres from the state capital Stuttgart . The town is situated on the right banks of the Fils and the outflowing Neckar . In the area of

1254-500: The small notchback cabriolet saloon was mounted on a forward forked central tube frame. It had two seats, and initially two suicide doors . Starting from 1951, the doors were hinged at the front and carpeted. In the Superior's first version, the boot was only accessible from inside; later, it received a lid. In 1952, the estate was presented. Whilst the bodies for the cabriolet saloons were made by Karosseriewerke Weinsberg , bodies for

1292-497: The town, three Natural areas collide, the Foreland of the central Swabian Alb in the southeast, the subspace Schurwald of the natural area Schurwald and Welzheimer Wald in the northeast, and the subspace Nürtinger-Esslinger Neckartal , which is part of the Filder , along the larger of the two rivers in the west. The lowest point in the town area is in the very west at the outflow of

1330-443: Was 7.5 L/100 km in its carburetted version, and 7.0 L/100 km (40 mpg Imp. ) in its direct-injection version, which, unlike the carburetted version, had a dedicated autolube system. The modell 700 Luxus cabriolet saloons had a top speed of 110 km/h (68 mph) with the carburetted engine, and 115 km/h with the direct-injected engine. The estates reached top speeds of 100 km/h and 105 km/h (62 and 65 mph) respectively. The popularity of

1368-454: Was also less successful, despite being offered at a price of less than DM 8000. In 1951/52, only twelve units were built. Only two prototypes of a four-seater saloon that had been announced for 1954 have been built. In April 1954, the production of Gutbrod cars discontinued due running out of funds. The Calw and Plochingen divisions were sold to Bauknecht . Managed by Hans Scherenberg , Gutbrod cooperated with Robert Bosch GmbH and developed

1406-546: Was located in the state Württemberg-Baden from 1945 to 1952. On April 13, 1948, the municipality of Plochingen was elevated to the status of a town, which became part of the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952. On 12 July 1968 the Neckarhafen Plochingen was inaugurated. Since the beginning of the S-Bahn operation in the Stuttgart area on October 1, 1978, the vehicles have been technically maintained and cleaned in

1444-431: Was rated 30 PS (22 kW) at same speed. All models had a single-disc dry clutch, a nonsynchronised three-speed gearbox , and front-wheel drive . In 1953, vehicles with 700 cm engines were fitted with gearboxes that had synchromesh on the second and third gears only. The model 600 had an average fuel consumption of 7.5 l/100 km (38 mpg Imp. ), and reached a top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph). The 700 Luxus fuel consumption

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