Mutlangen
Encyclopedia
Mutlangen is a town
in the German
state of Baden-Württemberg
, in Ostalbkreis
district. As of 1 August 2007, Mutlangen has 6,548 inhabitants.
The Mutlanger Heide, a heathland nearby, was the site of a US military base for Pershing II missiles
, which were eliminated following the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
in 1990. Mutlangen has since then been a site of peace and antinuclear activism. The former missile base has been completely demolished and now is a residential zone.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
state of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, in Ostalbkreis
Ostalbkreis
The Ostalbkreis is a district in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the border to Bavaria. Neighboring districts are Schwäbisch Hall, Ansbach, Donau-Ries, Heidenheim, Göppingen and Rems-Murr.-History:...
district. As of 1 August 2007, Mutlangen has 6,548 inhabitants.
The Mutlanger Heide, a heathland nearby, was the site of a US military base for Pershing II missiles
Pershing missile
Pershing was a family of solid-fueled two-stage medium-range ballistic missiles designed and built by Martin Marietta to replace the PGM-11 Redstone missile as the United States Army's primary nuclear-capable theater-level weapon. The Pershing systems lasted over 30 years from the first test...
, which were eliminated following the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. Signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8, 1987, it was ratified by the United States Senate on May 27, 1988 and...
in 1990. Mutlangen has since then been a site of peace and antinuclear activism. The former missile base has been completely demolished and now is a residential zone.