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Bopfingen
Town

Coat of arms
Location of Bopfingen within Ostalbkreis district
Bopfingen Show map of Germany Bopfingen Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°51′25″N 10°21′8″E / 48.85694°N 10.35222°E / 48.85694; 10.35222
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Ostalbkreis
Subdivisions	9 Stadtteile
Government
• Mayor	Dr Gunter Bühler
Area
• Total	76.98 km² (29.72 sq mi)
Elevation	468 m (1,535 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)^[1]
• Total	11,755
• Density	150/km² (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	73441
Dialling codes	07362
Vehicle registration	AA
Website	www.bopfingen.de

Bopfingen is a small city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Ostalbkreis, between Aalen and Nördlingen. It consists of the city Bopfingen itself and its suburbs Aufhausen, Baldern, Flochberg, Kerkingen, Oberdorf, Schloßberg, Trochtelfingen, and Unterriffingen. Bopfingen is famous for its landmark Ipf, a table mountain which is part of the neighboring Schwäbische Alb to the east. To the west it borders to Bavaria and the meteor crater Nördlinger Ries.

The first known settlers came to the area 8000 years ago in the Holocene. Also Celtic and Roman relics were found. It was first mentioned between 775-850 AD in a deed of foundation of "Traditiones Fuldenses" where it was called "Pophingen".

Mayors

Since February 2006 Gunter Bühler is the mayor of Bopfingen. Bühler is an economic geographer. Previous mayors:

Wilhelm Haas: 1840-1876
Wilhelm Dörr 1877-1899
Adolf Bergmüller: 1900-1903
Eugen Enslin: 1903-1936
Hans Ellinger: 1936-1945
Paul Merz: 1945-1947
Hans Ellinger: 1954-1973
Erich Göttlicher: 1973-1998
Bernhard Rapp: 1998 bis 2006

Sons and daughters of the city

Wilhelm Meyder (1841-1927), born in Oberdorf am Ipf, Schultheiss (mayor) and Member of Landtag
Heinrich Hiesinger (born 1960), industrial manager, since January 21, 2011 Chairman of the Management Board of ThyssenKrupp AG

References

^ "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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Bopfingen, Landschaft-Geschichte-Kultur. Theiss, 1992.

v t e Swabian League
History	Swabian War Knights' War Franconian War Peasants' War
Members	Aalen Augsburg Baden Bavaria Bayreuth Biberach Bopfingen Brandenburg-Ansbach Dinkelsbühl Donauwörth Esslingen Giengen Heilbronn Hesse Isny Kaufbeuren Kempten Leutkirch Lindau Mainz Memmingen Nördlingen Palatinate Pfullendorf Ravensburg Reutlingen Schwäbisch Gmünd Schwäbisch Hall Trier Überlingen Ulm Wangen Weil Wimpfen Württemberg
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v t e Swabian Circle (1500–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire
Ecclesiastical	Augsburg Constance Ellwangen Kempten Lindau
Lords	Baden Heiligenberg Hohenzollern-Hechingen Klettgau Vaduz Waldburg Scheer Trauchburg Waldsee Wolfegg Wurzach Zeil Württemberg
Prelates	Baindt Buchau Elchingen Gengenbach Gutenzell Heggbach Irsee Kaisheim Mainau Marchtal Neresheim Ochsenhausen Petershausen Roggenburg Rot Rottenmünster Salmanweiler St. George's in Isny Schussenried Söflingen Ursberg Weingarten Weißenau Wettenhausen Zwiefalten
Counts	Altshausen Baar Bondorf Buchau Eberstein Eglingen Eglofs Fugger Jakob Johann Markus Gundelfingen Gutenstein Hausen Heiligenberg Helfenstein Hohenems Hohengeroldseck Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Justingen Kinzigerthal Königsegg and Aulendorf Lustenau Meßkirch Mindelheim / Schwabegg Oberdischingen Öttingen Baldern Öttingen Wallerstein Rechberg Rothenfels and Stauffen Stühlingen and Hohenhöwen Tettnang / Langenargen Thannhausen Wiesensteig
Cities	Aalen Augsburg Biberach Bopfingen Buchau Buchhorn Dinkelsbühl Eßlingen Gengenbach Giengen Heilbronn Isny Kaufbeuren Kempten Leutkirch Lindau Memmingen Nördlingen Offenburg Pfullendorf Ravensburg Reutlingen Rottweil Schwäbisch Gmünd Schwäbisch Hall Überlingen Ulm Wangen Weil Wimpfen Zell
Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish · Unencircled territories

Free imperial cities of the

Holy Roman Empire

By 1792

Free Imperial Cities by 1792

Lost imperial immediacy or no longer part of the Holy Roman Empire by 1792

^D Member of the Décapole
^H Member of the Hanseatic League
^S Member or associate of the Swiss Confederacy

v t e Towns and municipalities in Ostalb (district)
Aalen Abtsgmünd Adelmannsfelden Bartholomä Böbingen (Rems) Bopfingen Durlangen Ellenberg Ellwangen Eschach Essingen Göggingen Gschwend Heubach Heuchlingen Hüttlingen Iggingen Jagstzell Kirchheim am Ries Lauchheim Leinzell Lorch Mögglingen Mutlangen Neresheim Neuler Obergröningen Oberkochen Rainau Riesbürg Rosenberg Ruppertshofen Schechingen Schwäbisch Gmünd Spraitbach Stödtlen Täferrot Tannhausen Unterschneidheim Waldstetten Westhausen Wört