 The following decades were characterised by a change to a more industrialised town with newly established enterprises and an increasing population.The "Mutlanger Heide", a heathland nearby, was the site of a US military base for Pershing II missiles, which were assigned to the 56th Field Artillery Command headquartered in nearby Schwäbisch Gmünd.The "Pressehütte Mutlangen" has since then been a site of peace and antinuclear activism.