# Wurmberg

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For the highest mountain in Lower Saxony, see [Wurmberg (Harz)](/source/Wurmberg_(Harz)).

**Wurmberg** is a municipality in the district of [Enz](/source/Enz_(district)) in [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg) in [Germany](/source/Germany).

## Geography

Wurmberg is located on the so-called Platte, a [Karst](/source/Karst) mountain range in the northern [Black Forest](/source/Black_Forest) (Schwarzwald).

## Municipality

The municipality Wurmberg includes the districts Wurmberg and Neubärental. Wurmberg was a settlement of the [Waldensians](/source/Waldensian) from [Lucerne](/source/Lucerne).

## History

Wurmberg was first mentioned in documents in 1221 as a chapel was built at that time. In the following period, the Maulbronn Monastery secured the rule of Wurmberg. The monastery of Wurmberg came into Württemberg in 1504 following the Bavarian-Palatine War of Succession. At the end of the 17th Century Waldensian Protestants forced to flee from Italy settled in Wurmberg. The establishment of the district of Neubärental in 1721 goes back to these religious refugees. An originating theologian of [Bärenthal](/source/B%C3%A4renthal) ([Hohenzollern](/source/Hohenzollern)) who had converted with some families from Catholicism to Protestantism, had to leave his home in the southern German town of [Bärenthal](/source/B%C3%A4renthal).

## Religion

In 1534, [Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg](/source/Ulrich,_Duke_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg) enforced the [Protestant Reformation](/source/Protestant_Reformation) in his [Duchy of Württemberg](/source/Duchy_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg). [Waldensians](/source/Waldensians) immigrants had found refuge in Wurmberg-Lucerne. 40 people form Bärenthal in Hohenzollern had found refuge in Wurmberg-Neubärental.[2]

### Population growth

The population figures for the respective area of jurisdiction are estimates, census results (¹) or official updates of the State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg (only primary residences ).

Year Population figures 1654 c. 79 December 1, 1871¹ 1,126 December 1, 1880 ¹ 1,181 December 1, 1890 ¹ 1,258 December 1, 1900 ¹ 1,229 December 1, 1910 ¹ 1,213 June 16, 1925 ¹ 1,176 June 16, 1933 ¹ 1,193 May 17, 1939 ¹ 1,146 1946 September 13, 1950 ¹ 1,393 June 6, 1961 ¹ 1,571 May 27, 1970 ¹ 2,025 June 30, 1980 2,191 May 27, 1987 ¹ 2,241 December 31, 1990 2,519 December 31, 1995 2,620 December 31, 2000 2,826 December 31, 2005 2,904 December 31, 2010 3,014

## Economy and infrastructure

The nearest railway station is Pforzheim main station, located about 10 km west of Wurmberg. Even closer to the breakpoint is Niefern on the route Pforzheim Mühlacker. Bus lines 739, 761, 763 and 769 of the Verkehrsverbund Pforzheim-Enzkreis connect Wurmberg with Pforzheim.

## Education

Wurmberg has its own primary school.

## External links

- [Official Website](http://www.wurmberg.de)

## References

1. [Bürgermeisterwahl Wurmberg 2018](https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/buergermeisterwahl-wurmberg-2018/), Staatsanzeiger, accessed 29 August 2022.

1. [The Beck'sche Reformbewegung from 1712 to 1719](http://www.baerenthal.de/index.php/gemeinde/kirchengeschichte/die-becksche-reform), baerenthal.de, 27. Februar 2018.

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