The municipality includes the village Köngen, the yards Birkenhöfe, Buchenhöfe, Erlenhöfe, Kempflerhöfe, Lerchenhof, Riedhöfe, Rothöfe, Seehof, Talhof and Wangerhöfe and the house Altenberg.
History
Köngen is in the area of the Roman settlement "Grinario" that was built around 100 a. Chr. In 260 the place was destroyed by the Alemanni and the Romans were expelled. The Alemanni place was first mentioned in 1075 in a document of the Hirsau Abbey. Hans Friedrich Thumb promoted early the Reformation; already in 1527 was therefore preached Lutheran in Köngen, this is seven years before Duke Ulrich penetrated in 1534 the reformation in Württemberg. 1739 Köngen was part of Württemberg. Since 1808 Köngen belonged to the Oberamt Esslingen, today district of Esslingen.
operates in Köngen a parcel center with 700 employees. In addition, here are located mechanical engineering companies and plastic processing companies.
Education
In Köngen there are a primary and secondary school, and a further primary school, the Mörikeschule, named after Eduard Mörike. In addition, there are seven kindergarten in Köngen. The library of the municipality Köngen is in the attic of the tithe barn and has a stock of around 15,000 media.
Other personalities who are associated with Köngen
Jakob Friedrich Weishaar, Württemberg politician, president of the Chamber of Deputies, lived from 1823 until his death in Köngen
Anna Peters, painter, lived and worked from 1894 to 1924 again at Schloss Köngen
Pietrosella Peters, painter, lived and worked from 1894 to 1924 again at Schloss Köngen
Else Klink, from 1935 to 1991 Head of Eurythmeum Stuttgart, lived in Köngen
Eduard Mörike, was from May until December 1827 vicar with pastor Nathaniel Gottlieb Renz
Literature
Wurster, Otto: Eßlinger Heimatbuch für Stadt und Umgebung. Eßlingen 1931. Darin: Köngen.
Der Landkreis Esslingen. Hrsg. vom Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg in Verbindung mit dem Landkreis Esslingen, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009,, Volume 2, page 81
Oertel, Burkhart: Ortssippenbuch Köngen. Vollständige Wiedergabe der evangelischen Kirchenbücher 1588–1808. Köngen: Geschichts- und Kulturverein Köngen 1998
Fastnacht, Kathrin: Köngen. Ein Schloss und seine Herrschaften. Konrad-Verlag, Weißenhorn 2007,.
