The
History of Tuebingen
The
settlement of was probably first situated in the area of the today's upper city.
A local gentleman, who called himself the Count of T¨¹bingen, established the
first castle around 1050 in the place of the lock. The castle is mentioned in
writing for the first time to the year 1078. Later on, the T¨¹binger count rose
to one of the most powerful families in the southwest of the realm
(seals
of the Pfalzgrafen of T¨¹bingen). Before 1146 he acquired office and became a
Pfalzgrafen (deputy of the duke).
T¨¹bingen,
which was situated in the centre of its numerous possessions, developed at an
energetic pace. With the reconstruction after a large city fire (1280) the medieval
T¨¹bingen
already achieved a size
that was not exceeded until the 1900¡¯s. After the reconstruction from the
fire a system of channels, which branches 4 km around the city, was developed
mainly for the use of the mills and craftsmen (Gerber and F?rber) but also
served the town cleaning.
With the fall of the Stauffer
in the 1300¡¯s and the economic and political fall of the Pfalzgrafen 1342,
the city was sold to the counts of W¨¹rttemberg. However, within the new territory
T¨¹bingen played an important role. Regarding its number of inhabitants and
resources it was the second largest city of the region after Stuttgart. The
influence
of
T¨¹bingen on other cities in the region continued to grow in the form of judicial
courts. After the collection of the county to the duchy (1495), T¨¹bingen received
the honorary title "The second largest and residence city " and In
1811 King Friedrich he called T¨¹bingen " our good city ". Further
honour (from the Duke¡¯s faithful actions during the farmer rebellion) came in
1514 when the W¨¹rttemberg Courts moved to T¨¹bingen and the city obtained the
right to have special delegate for the country.
