Denkendorf

Geschichte

Denkendorf is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located 5 km south of Esslingen, and 14 km southeast of Stuttgart.Geographical locationDenkendorf is just outside the Filder on the southern slopes of Körsch - and Sulzbach valley.Municipality arrangementTo Denkendorf belongs the homestead Spieth-Hof and the house Friedrichsmühle and includes proofs of former village "Der hangende Hof".Neighboring communitiesAdjacent municipalities are Esslingen am Neckar in the north, Deizisau in the northeast, Köngen in the east Unterensingen in the south, Neuhausen auf den Fildern in the west and Ostfildern in the northwest (all Esslingen district).HistoryDenkendorf is first mentioned in a document in 1129 in which Pope Honorius II takes the monastery Denkendorf under his protection. During construction of the Autobahn (A8 today) in 1935, a series Alemannic burial site was uncovered, that is dated in the period shortly before 700 a. Chr.After the end of World War II, the population soared. She has quadrupled from 1945 to 1995. In the district and municipal reform 1973/74 Denkendorf could maintain its independence.