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Gerstetten

Coordinates: 48°37′21″N 10°1′14″E / 48.62250°N 10.02056°E / 48.62250; 10.02056
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Gerstetten
Municipality
Railway station
Railway station
Coat of arms of Gerstetten
Coat of arms
Location of Gerstetten within Heidenheim district
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Gerstetten is located in Germany
Gerstetten
Gerstetten
Gerstetten is located in Baden-Württemberg
Gerstetten
Gerstetten
Coordinates: 48°37′21″N 10°1′14″E / 48.62250°N 10.02056°E / 48.62250; 10.02056
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictHeidenheim
Government
 • Mayor (2018–26) Roland Polaschek[1]
Area
 • Total92.43 km2 (35.69 sq mi)
Elevation
624 m (2,047 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total11,876
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
89547
Dialling codes07323, 07324 Dettingen/Heuchlingen
Vehicle registrationHDH
Websitewww.gerstetten.de

Gerstetten is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

It consists of the following villages:

  • Gerstetten (population: 7,534)
  • Dettingen (population: 2,042, incorporation 1972)
  • Gussenstadt (population: 1,533, incorporation 1971)
  • Heldenfingen (population: 1,052, incorporation 1971)
  • Heuchlingen (population: 924, incorporation 1974)
  • Heuchstetten (population: 137)
  • and Sontbergen (population: 56, incorporation 1974).

The total population of the municipality is 12,009 (population figures as of September 2004).

Politics

The current mayor is Roland Polaschek.

Twin towns

Gerstetten has two twin towns: Cébazat, a small town near Clermont-Ferrand in France and Pilisvörösvár (German: Werischwar) in Hungary, about 20 km from Budapest.

Notable people

  • 1578 Andreas Josua Ulsheimer, † ???, born in Gerstetten, doctor and world traveller
  • 1831, 3. August, Christian Fink, † 4. September 1911 in Esslingen, born in Dettingen, musician, composer and pedagogue
  • 1841, 10. March, Friedrich Fink, † 19. December 1896 in Stuttgart, born in Dettingen am Albuch, musician, composer
  • 1896, 16. July, Gottlob Berger, † 5. January 1975 in Stuttgart, war criminal, SS-Obergruppenführer and Waffen-SS general
  • 1906, 1. March, Heinrich Roth, † 7. July 1983 in Göttingen, psychologist
  • 1931, 23. August, Günther Steeb, economist, member of Landtag
  • 1933, 11. June, Walther Zügel, banker
  • 1940, 21. July, Heide Gerstenberger, politics and economy scientist
  • 1965, Johannes Zimmermann, theologian, professor in Greifswald
  • 1971, Birgite Gebhardt, singer and music-cabaret-artist

References

  1. ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
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