Hohenstadt

This article deals with the community of Hohenstadt in the Swabian Alb. For other meanings of Hohenstadt see: Hohenstadt (disambiguation)

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '  N , 9 ° 40'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Goeppingen
Height :	818 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.64 km 2
Residents:	759 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	65 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	73345
Area code :	07335
License plate :	GP
Community key :	08 1 17 031
Address of the municipal administration:	Schulstrasse 9 73345 Hohenstadt
Website :	www.hohenstadt-alb.de
Mayor :	Günter Riebort
Location of the community of Hohenstadt in the district of Göppingen

Hohenstadt is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg that belongs to the district of Göppingen .

geography

Geographical location

“Plan of Hohenstadt and its mark”, 1760

Hohenstadt is located on the Swabian Alb , about 18 km south of the district town of Göppingen , and is 818 m above sea level. NN the highest municipality in the Stuttgart administrative region . The highest point of the municipality is 837.8 m above sea level. NN in the Gewann Bollergrund. The European watershed , which separates the catchment areas of the North Sea and Black Sea , runs near Hohenstadt .

Community structure

The village of Hohenstadt and the hamlet of Weilerhöhe as well as the abandoned villages of Feuerbuch, Heudorf and Waldstetten belong to Hohenstadt .

Neighboring communities

Hohenstadt borders the town of Wiesensteig in the northwest , and the municipality of Drackenstein in the north and northeast , both in their own district of Göppingen . In the east there is the municipality of Merklingen , from the southeast to the south the small town of Laichingen and in the southwest Westerheim , all three in the Alb-Danube district .

Division of space

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

Population development

Source: Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office for data from 1970

date	Residents
1837	373
1907	428
May 17, 1939	421
September 13, 1950	504
May 27, 1970	471
December 31, 1983	561
May 25, 1987	524
December 31, 1991	572
December 31, 1995	643
December 31, 2005	725
December 31, 2010	722
December 31, 2015	817

At the end of 2012 the district had 807 inhabitants, at the end of 2013 it was 934. In the same period, the number of main residences rose from 741 to 850. The reason for the increase is the construction of the new Wendlingen – Ulm line and the associated work on the Steinbühl tunnel .

politics

mayor

On August 10, 2008, the citizens of Hohenstadt elected a new mayor after the predecessor Klaus Roller was elected mayor of the municipality of Kohlberg . Günter Riebort received the most votes in the second ballot with 47.13 percent, but was just ahead of Bernd Schaefer (45.22 percent) with only 8 votes.

Community finances

The per capita debt was 634 euros at the end of 2013 (2012: 678 euros).

coat of arms

Hohenstadt around 1900

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms of Hohenstadt reads: In red over a square silver battlement wall, a growing silver elephant bursting out .

The elephant stands for the Counts of Helfenstein who used to rule the place. The crenellated wall serves to distinguish it from other elephant coats of arms, which are used in this area by some places such as Deggingen , Wiesensteig . The municipality established the coat of arms in 1948, and the interior ministry awarded it with a white and red flag on March 19, 1960.

Transport links

Hohenstadt is connected to the A8 motorway via a temporary exit .

As part of the new Wendlingen – Ulm line under construction , the establishment of the Merklingen (Swabian Alb) train station is being considered, and Hohenstadt will contribute financially to its costs.

Buildings

Catholic Church

Radio tower

• Catholic parish church St. Margaretha
• At 9 ° 40'15 "east longitude and 48 ° 32'58" north latitude, there has been a 137-meter-high directional radio tower in steel framework construction of the US armed forces since 1963 .

literature

• Hohenstadt in the description of the Oberamt from 1842 ( Wikisource )

Web links

Commons : Hohenstadt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the municipality of Hohenstadt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Report of the NWZ from 30/12/16 p.16
3. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume III: Stuttgart District, Middle Neckar Regional Association. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2 . Pp. 350-351
4. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Hohenstadt.
5. ↑ Hohenstadt “grows” thanks to the construction site for tunnels . In: Schwäbische Zeitung . January 23, 2014, p. 16 .
6. ↑ Hohenstadt transmission tower. In: Structurae ; Retrieved August 16, 2009