Drackenstein
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Location of Drackenstein
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Göppingen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–27) | Roland Lang[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 729 m (2,392 ft) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 73345 |
| Dialling codes | 07335 |
| Vehicle registration | GP |
Drackenstein is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Geographical location
[edit | edit source]Drackenstein is located on the slope between the Gosbach valley and the plateau of the Swabian Jura, about 25 km away from the district town Göppingen. On the plateau of the Swabian Jura, (karst mountains), in earlier times water was a precious commodity. Therefore, there was in Unterdrackenstein a Hydraulic ram, that pumped water to Oberdrackenstein. By connecting to the Lake Constance water supply in the 20th century these problems belong to the past. At the opposite Drackensteiner Hang the Bundesautobahn 8 runs towards Stuttgart. There was the dragon hole, a cavity, which was filled in during the construction of the motorway.[2] It is believed that the name of the community goes back to a legend of the dragon hole.
Neighboring communities
[edit | edit source]The municipality borders on Bad Ditzenbach, in the southeast on Merklingen, in the southwest on Hohenstadt and in the west on the town Wiesensteig and the municipality Mühlhausen im Täle. Merklingen belongs to Alb-Donau-district, all others to Göppingen district.
Municipality arrangement
[edit | edit source]The municipality includes the village Oberdrackenstein, the hamlet Unterdrackenstein and the homestead Kölleshof.[3]
History
[edit | edit source]Drackenstein was first documented in a chronicle of the Zwiefalten Abbey from the year 1137. See also: Castle Drackenstein
Population Development
[edit | edit source]The inhabitants of the community development 1837-2010.
- Date Population
- 1837 257
- 1907 252
- May 17, 1939 305
- September 13, 1950 417
- May 27, 1970 310
- December 31, 1983 346
- December 31, 2000 432
- December 31, 2005 431
- December 31, 2010 437
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 12 September 2021.
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- ^ Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band III: Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Regionalverband Mittlerer Neckar. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1978, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. S. 347–348
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