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Hülben
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Hülben within Reutlingen district
Hülben Show map of Germany Hülben Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°31′06″N 09°24′20″E / 48.51833°N 9.40556°E / 48.51833; 9.40556
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Reutlingen
Government
• Mayor (2022–30)	Siegmund Ganser[1]
Area
• Total	6.40 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
Elevation	713 m (2,339 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,078
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	72584
Dialling codes	07125
Vehicle registration	RT
Website	www.huelben.de

Hülben is a municipality in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

It is located next to the area of the Celtic Heidengraben.

Hülben is a municipality on the northern edge of the Swabian Jura, above the spa town of Bad Urach.

The following cities and municipalities are bordering the municipality Hülben, they are (starting from the north) called the clockwise and belong to Reutlingen district or to Esslingen district ¹

Neuffen ¹, Erkenbrechtsweiler ¹, Grabenstetten, Bad Urach and Dettingen an der Erms.

The municipality Hülben includes the village Hülben and a group of houses.^[3]

Hülben was probably founded in the time of the Alemannic conquest between 700 and 800. The village name is a dwelling place name by the two Hülben , where at that time had settled the first settlers. 1137 Hülben is first mentioned in the Zwiefalter chronicles. 1265 came Hülben as part of the House of Urach to Württemberg, and became Protestant 1534 after the Battle of Lauffen.

Only in 1866 Hülben had his own parish.

Nationally the community became known by the derived from Michael Cullin (* 1540) family of teachers named Kullen. From 1722 to 1966 (until 1939 without interruption) members of the family Kullen worked in the school service of Hülben. From the family Kullen came also the old pietism community, which holds the "fair Monday hour" till today.

The population figures are census results (¹) or official updates of the State Statistical Office (only principal residences).

Date Number of inhabitants 1. December 1871 1 957 1. December 1900 1 1.330 17. May 1939 1 1.921 13. September 1950 1 2.209 6. June 1961 1 2.545 27. May 1970 1 2.676 25. May 1987 1 2.610 31. December 1995 2.893 31. December 2000 2.936 31. December 2005 2.885 31. December 2010 2.826

The council Hülben has 12 members. The local elections in Baden-Württemberg 2014 were made in Hülben according to the majority vote, this means that only one list was drawn up. The council consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

• 1922-1951: Ernst Schaude
• 1952-1982: Fritz Herter
• 1982-2006: Hans Notter
• Since 2006: Siegmund Ganser

Blazon: "In blue over a silver Wellenschildfuß a golden ammonite."

The old coat of arms was awarded on 26 April 1951 by Ministry of the Interior Württemberg-Hohenzollern.

Blazon: "In silver over a black Wellenschildfuß a black bar."

After a council resolution of 12 March 1948, the emblem of the already then no longer predominantly agricultural municipality should include other figures. The Wellenschildfuß refers to the municipality of origin, which is derived from "hülwe" = pool or lake. The bar is reminiscent of the Knights of Dettingen who had possessions in Hülben. The family of Cudi miles de Tettingen led this crest figure.^[4]

The Hülben stalactite cave was discovered during the construction of national road Bad Urach-Hülben on September 19, 1978, it is a stalactite cave with stalactites and stalagmites. An about 5 m deep shaft leads into the easily accessible part of the cave. This has about room size, but with only partial low altitude.^[5]

• Hüle-Hock, end August
• Kirchweih Monday hour on Monday after the 3rd Sunday of October
• Feuerwehr Hock, in mid-June
• May Hock, May 1

Modern art (glasses) outside Hülben

The National Road 250 connects the municipality to the south with Bad Urach. The state road 1250 connects Hülben to the north with Neuffen.

The Public transport is guaranteed by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau (NALDO). The community is located in the comb 221.

• Hans Schwenkel (1886-1957), Württemberg State Curator of Nature Conservation during Nazi era
• Gotthilf Kächele (1888-1969), baker champion and politician
• Eberhard Kullen (1911-2007), Federal Railroad official, head of old pietism community Hülben

• Ernst Schaude (1916-2001), jurist, Government Vice-President of the Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, grew up in Hülben
• Markus Pleuler (born 1970), football player, comes from Hülben

• Johann Ludwig Fricker (1729-1766), pastor in Hülben
• Wilhelm Zimmermann (1807-1878), pastor in Hülben, professor of German literature and history, a deputy in the Frankfurt National Assembly, Member of Parliament

• Karl Wilhelm Bauerle (1831-1912), a painter at the court of Queen Victoria

• Hülben. Hrsg.: Gemeinde Hülben. Neuffen, Hülben [1995]. – Mit Abbildungen
• Hülben. Ein Gang durch die Geschichte. Herausgeber: Gemeinde Hülben. Redaktion: Kreisarchivarin Irmtraud Betz. Hülben 1987. – Mit Abbildungen

Pietismus

• Dr. Wilhelm Busch: Aus einem schwäbischen Dorfschulhause (Familie Kullen). 2. Aufl. Elberfeld 1906
• Friedrich Baun: Die Familie Kullen. Zweihundert Jahre im Dienst der Schule zu Hülben (1722–1922). Stuttgart 1922
• Julius Roessle [Rößle]: Von Bengel bis Blumhardt. Gestalten und Bilder aus der Geschichte des schwäbischen Pietismus. 4. Auflage. Metzingen/Württ. 1966, Seite 324–332: "Hülben und die Familie Kullen"
• Gelebter Glaube. Erfahrungen und Lebenszeugnisse aus unserem Land. Ein Lesebuch. Herausgegeben von Werner Raupp. Metzingen/Württemberg 1991, S. 179–188: "Familie Kullen"
• Rolf Scheffbuch: Das Kullen-Schulhaus in Hülben. Hrsg. [und Verleger]: Siegfried Kullen, Hülben, [Hauptstr. 18], 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-036752-6. [Erschienen anlässlich des 200-Jahr-Jubiläums der Erbauung.]

• Webpräsenz der Gemeinde Hülben