Durlangen

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '  N , 9 ° 48'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Ostalbkreis
Height :	470 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.43 km 2
Residents:	2856 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	274 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	73568, 73565
Area code :	07176
License plate :	AA, GD
Community key :	08 1 36 015
Address of the municipal administration:	Hermann-Löns-Weg 5 73568 Durlangen
Website :	www.durlangen.de
Mayor :	Dieter Gerstlauer
Location of the community Durlangen in the Ostalb district

Durlangen is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Ostalb district .

geography

Geographical location

The municipality of Durlangen is located on a ridge north of the Leintal in the east of the Welzheimer Wald natural area , around six kilometers north of Schwäbisch Gmünd .

Neighboring communities

The municipality borders in the north on Spraitbach , in the northeast on Ruppertshofen , in the east on Täferrot , in the south on Schwäbisch Gmünd and Mutlangen and in the west on Alfdorf in the Rems-Murr district .

Community structure

The community consists of the villages Durlangen, Tanau and Zimmerbach , the hamlet Mooswiese, the farms Amandusmühle, Bruckacker, Gehau and Karrenstrietle and the houses Hummelbühl, Leinhaus, Leinmühle and Stutzenklinge.

Panoramic view over the municipality of Durlangen

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.

history

Since the beginning of the 19th century, Durlangen belonged to the Gmünd Oberamt , which later became the Schwäbisch Gmünd district . When this was dissolved in the course of the district reform in 1973 , the community came to the new Ostalbkreis .

Population development

The population figures from 1852 to 1970 are census results and from 1980 official updates of the State Statistical Office (only main residences ).

year Population numbers 1852 740 1871 781 1880 830 1890 784 1900 790 1910 803 1925 832 1933 826 1939 788

year Population numbers 1950 1070 1956 1101 1961 1297 1970 2098 1980 2614 1990 2663 2000 2941 2010 2893 2015 2936

Religions

St. Cyriakus Church in Zimmerbach

The Catholic St. Cyriakus Church in Zimmerbach was built in 1853.

The Sankt Anna pilgrimage chapel is located in the Tanau district. The tower and nave date from the Romanesque period, the choir is late Gothic. The St. Anne's Chapel is the destination of many pilgrims, primarily because of the portrait of Anna herself and a Pieta from the 15th century.

politics

Administrative association

The community is a member of the Swabian Forest community administration association based in Mutlangen.

Municipal council

The municipal council election on May 25, 2014 brought this result: 12 seats for the FWV.

mayor

Dieter Gerstlauer, mayor since 1994, was re-elected in January 2010 with 97.2 percent and in January 2018 with 54 percent of the valid votes.

coat of arms

Blazon : A silver fir tree in red on a green three-mountain.

The coat of arms refers to the abundance of forests in the Durlang district. The colors silver and red were taken from the coat of arms of the former imperial city Schwäbisch Gmünd and refer to the Gmünd patricians who owned land in the community.

The municipality flag is white and red.

On September 19, 1957, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior awarded the municipality the coat of arms and flag that are valid today.

Economy and Infrastructure

education

In Durlangen there is a primary school , the closest secondary schools, the Realschule and the Hauptschule (with Werkrealschule ) are in Mutlangen . Other secondary schools are available in Schwäbisch Gmünd .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Franz Schuster (* 1943), German politician (CDU), MdL (Thuringia), Minister of the Interior and Economics of the State of Thuringia (1992–2003)

Web links

Commons : Durlangen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Durlangen in the description of the Oberamt Gmünd from 1870  - sources and full texts

• http://www.durlangen.de/ - Official website of the municipality of Durlangen
• http://www.durlangen.com/ - Private website about the municipality of Durlangen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 , pp. 755-757.
3. ↑ Brief portrait. Retrieved April 8, 2019 . 
4. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Durlangen.
5. ↑ census results on Leo-BW
6. ↑ Dieter Gerstlauer re-elected as mayor in Durlangen on remszeitung.de, accessed on January 21, 2018.
7. ↑ Heinz Bardua: The communal coat of arms of the Ostalb district . Ostalb-Einhorn 10 (1983), pages 75-88
8. ↑ Heinz Bardua: District and community arms in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 1: The district and community coats of arms in the Stuttgart administrative region . Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (ed.), Konrad Theiss Verlag Stuttgart, 1987, 158 pages, ISBN 3-8062-0801-8