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Bretten is a city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Image File history File links Wappen_Bretten. ... Image File history File links 140px-Karte_bretten_in_deutschland. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as LÃ¤nder (transliterated as Laender in English, singular Land). ... Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg is a federal state in southwestern Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (BundeslÃ¤nder). ... Karlsruhe is one of the four Regierungsbezirke of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the north-west of the country. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Karlsruhe is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre (in the U.S., chiefly meter) is a measure of length, approximately equal to 3. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Night view of Taipei City. ... Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg is a federal state in southwestern Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ...

Bretten lies in the centre of a rectangle that is formed by Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Heilbronn and Stuttgart as corners. It has a population of approximately 28,000. The centre of Bretten consists of many old half-timbered houses around a lively marketplace. Towns and villages under the administration of Bretten include Bauerbach, Büchig, Diedelsheim, Dürrenbüchig, Gölshausen, Neibsheim, Rinklingen, Ruit and Sprantal. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2080x1544, 907 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2080x1544, 907 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Heidelberg is a scenic city in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany, halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt. ... Karlsruhe (population 283,959 in 2005) is a city in the south west of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, located near the French-German border. ... Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany, near Stuttgart. ... Stuttgart [], a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 (as of September 2005) in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ...

History

Bretten was first mentioned as "villa breteheim" in the "Lorscher Codex" in 767. Since 1148 Bretten had the right to mint and issue coins. In 1254 Bretten received city rights. In 1492 Bretten was granted to hold four fairs by Pfalzgraf Philipp. Philipp Melanchthon was born in Bretten in 1497. The residents of Bretten successfully sallied against the Swabian besiegers around Ulrich of Württemberg in 1504. For the aircraft, see Boeing 767. ... Events Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona conquered Tortosa in posetion of the moors. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... 1492 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, by Lucas Cranach the Elder. ... 1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Swabian is a native of Swabia, a place that is located in the south-west region of Germany. ... WÃ¼rttemberg (often spelled Wurttemberg in English) refers to an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in south-western Germany. ... 1504 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1803 Bretten became “Badische Amtsstadt”. After the industrial revolution, the local economy was dominated by cooker production for many years. In 1975 Bretten was given the status of a "Große Kreisstadt" (district city). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2080x1544, 881 KB) Summary self made picture of Bretten Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2080x1544, 881 KB) Summary self made picture of Bretten Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Transport

Many commuters live in Bretten and use the so called “Stadtbahn” (City Train), which brings them three times an hour to Karlsruhe and back. In Bretten there are 5 City Train stations and five additional stations in the villages that belong to the district of Bretten. Every two hours there are direct train connections to Stuttgart and Heidelberg. The motorways A5, A6 and A8 are reachable within approximately 30 minutes. Karlsruhe (population 283,959 in 2005) is a city in the south west of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, located near the French-German border. ... Stuttgart [], a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 (as of September 2005) in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... Heidelberg is a scenic city in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany, halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt. ... Bundesautobahn 5 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 5, short form Autobahn 5, abbreviated as BAB 5 or A 5) is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. ... This article is about the A6 road in England. ... The A8 is a major road in Scotland, connecting Edinburgh to Greenock via Glasgow. ...

Famous residents

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The Peter and Paul Festival in Bretten

The largest event in Bretten is the annual Peter and Paul Festival, which usually attracts up to 80,000 visitors. It is held one long weekend in summer. The main attractions are the numerous performances in countless camps and in the mediaeval lanes in the old town of Bretten. On Sunday, a huge procession of dressed up citizens and guest groups takes place. For other senses of this word, see Summer (disambiguation). ...

Visitors may be irritated by the mixture of costumes which are related to different centuries. You can see mediaeval men-at-arms, shepherds, musicians, jugglers as well as Biedermeier styled families and militias. But the festival has three different sources. The oldest is the successful sally of citizens and men-at-arms on June 28 in 1504 against Swabian besiegers. Bretten was also the place for a traditional competition called “shepherds’ jump”, that was celebrated by all local shepherds. During the 16th and the 18th century several shooting competitions took place, some of them on the Peter and Paul Day. In 1805 a citizen militia was founded in Bretten. Since then the Peter and Paul Festival has been celebrated regularly. After the Revolution in Baden the militias were not allowed to wear weapons anymore and the festival became a children’s festival. In 1923 the militia was refounded and the festival became bigger, with lots of guests and militias from other towns. After World War II the American administration allowed the festival to happen again in 1950, with a new militia and several societies that promoted the mediaeval aspects of the sally in 1504. Nowadays the organising society tends to advance the mediaeval aspects of the festival. Many citizens of Bretten are busy all the year round organising the Festival, preparing their costumes, studying old books, practicing music (especially drumming), fighting, dancing, juggling or practicing other performances. Since the 1980’s, the organising society has also engaged professional artists. Biedermeier architecture Biedermeier refers to work in the fields of literature, music, the visual arts and interior design in the period between the years 1815 (Vienna Congress), the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and 1848, the year of the European revolutions and contrasts with the Romantic era which preceded it. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1504 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Swabian is a native of Swabia, a place that is located in the south-west region of Germany. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Allies: Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France/Free France, United States, Canada, China, India, Australia, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Burma, Slovakia Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1504 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The festival also provides a fairground that attracts mainly kids and teenagers. For most citizens and guests the festival is the most important meeting point for former, existing or new friendships, or - as a pupil told the Bretten newspapers: “For me the Peter-and-Paul-Festival is a festival of love”.

Partner cities

Some of the villages have additional twin towns: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2080x1544, 842 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2080x1544, 842 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Statue of Martin Luther in the main square Wittenberg, officially [Die] Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a town in Germany, in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, at 12Â° 59 E, 51Â° 51 N, on the Elbe river. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Hemer Hemer is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Longjumeau is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Bellegarde is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Bellegarde, in the Gard dÃ©partement Bellegarde, in the Gers dÃ©partement Bellegarde, in the Loiret dÃ©partement Bellegarde, in the Tarn dÃ©partement Bellegarde-du-RazÃ¨s, in the Aude dÃ©partement Bellegarde-en-Diois... Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales_2. ... Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pÅµl) is a town of approximately 37,000 people in the traditional county of Monmouthshire, southern Wales. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ...

External links

Cities and towns in Karlsruhe (district)

Bad Schönborn | Bretten | Bruchsal | Dettenheim | Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen | Ettlingen | Forst (Baden) | Gondelsheim | Graben-Neudorf | Hambrücken | Karlsbad (Baden) | Karlsdorf-Neuthard | Kraichtal | Kronau | Kürnbach | Linkenheim-Hochstetten | Malsch | Marxzell | Oberderdingen | Oberhausen-Rheinhausen | Östringen | Pfinztal | Philippsburg | Rheinstetten | Stutensee | Sulzfeld | Ubstadt-Weiher | Waghäusel | Waldbronn | Walzbachtal | Weingarten (Baden) | Zaisenhausen Image File history File links Coat of arms of the Karlsruhe district File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Karlsruhe is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Bad SchÃ¶nborn is a small town in Northern Karlsruhe County in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Bruchsal is a city approximately 20 km to the northeast of Karlsruhe in the state of Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg in Germany. ... Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen/BW (UN/LOCODE: DE EGL) is a city of about 15000 inhabitants located at 49. ... Ettlingen is a city in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Forst is a town in Northern Karlsruhe County in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Gondelsheim is a town in Northern Karlsruhe County in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Graben-Neudorf is a town in Northern Karlsruhe County in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... HambrÃ¼cken is a town in Northern Karlsruhe County in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Karlsbad is a town in the district of Karlsruhe, in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Karlsdorf-Neuthard is a town in Northern Karlsruhe County in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Kraichtal is a town in Northern Karlsruhe County in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Linkenheim-Hochstetten is a municipality in the district of Karlsruhe, in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Malsch is a municipality in the district of Karlsruhe, in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Oberderdingen is a municipality in the district of Karlsruhe, in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Oberhausen-Rheinhausen is a town in Northern Karlsruhe County in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Ã–stringen is a town in Northern Karlsruhe County in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Pfinztal is a municipality in the district Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Philippsburg is a small town in Germany, in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg. ... Rheinstetten is a (German) municipality in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg. ... Stutensee is a town in Northern Karlsruhe County in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Ubstadt-Weiher is a town in Northern Karlsruhe County in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... WaghÃ¤usel is a German city located in the Rhine valley in the south-western state of Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg. ... Waldbronn is a municipality in the district of Karlsruhe, in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Walzbachtal is a town in Northwestern Karlsruhe County in Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Location of Weingarten in Germany Weingarten (Baden) is a village in the district of Karlsruhe in South-Western Germany with approx. ...

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