Hohenstaufen (Goeppingen)

Hohenstaufen City of Göppingen
Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 22 "  N , 9 ° 43 ′ 10"  E
Height :	564 m
Area :	7.03 km²
Residents :	1098  (Oct 31, 2007)
Population density :	156 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st September 1971
Postal code :	73037
Area code :	07165
Location of Hohenstaufen in the city of Göppingen

Hohenstaufen (603 m above sea level) is a northern district of Göppingen on the southern slope of the Hohenstaufen mountain .

history

Hohenstaufen was first mentioned in 1206. The place goes back to the farm yard of the castle and therefore had special privileges as an imperial village .

On August 1, 1971 Hohenstaufen lost an area with almost 150 inhabitants to Ottenbach . Exactly one month later, the rest of the municipality was incorporated into the district town of Göppingen.

Attractions

• Hohenstaufen Castle with documentation room on the Hohenstaufen history in the village
• Barbarossakirche
• The Spielburg is a rock group on the Hohenstaufen mountain that is protected as a nature reserve.

Web links

Commons : Hohenstaufen (Göppingen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Municipality of Hohenstaufen in the description of the Oberamt Göppingen from 1844  - sources and full texts

• Hohenstaufen on the Göppingen website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Erhard Nietzschmann: The free in the country. Former German imperial villages and their coats of arms. Melchior, Wolfenbüttel 2013, ISBN 978-3-944289-16-8 , p. 44.
2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 449 .

View from the Aasrücke , the ridge between the Hohenstaufen mountain and the Rechberg