Auingen
Auingen lies on the edge of the Münsinger Hardt, an area of shared common lands since the Middle Ages, which was turned into a military training area in 1895, became the officially settlement-free area of the Gutsbezirk Münsingen in 1947, and is now part of the UNESCO Swabian Jura Biosphere Reserve (Biosphärengebiet Schwäbische Alb).
Map of the Münsinger Hardt
Ecology of the Münsinger Hardt
Selected publications on the history of Auingen:
Deigendesch, Roland. and Christoph Morrissey (2008). Kleine Geschichte der Schwäbischen Alb. Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DRW Verlag.
Deigendesch, Roland and Lorenz, Eds. (1998). Vom Nutzwald zum Truppenübungsplatz: das Münsinger Hart. Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DRW Verlag.
Stadt Münsingen, ed. (1982). Münsingen: Geschichte – Landschaft – Kultur. Festschrift zum Jubiläum des württembergischen Landeseignigungsvertrags von 1482. Sigmaringen, Jan Thorbecke Verlag.