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Gerstetten | |
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Location of Gerstetten
within Heidenheim district  | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Heidenheim |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2018–26) | Roland Polaschek[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 92.43 km2 (35.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 624 m (2,047 ft) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 89547 |
| Dialling codes | 07323, 07324 Dettingen/Heuchlingen |
| Vehicle registration | HDH |
| Website | www.gerstetten.de |
Gerstetten (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛʁʃtɛtn̩]) is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
It consists of the following villages:
| Name | Population | Incorporated |
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| Gerstetten | 7,534 | |
| Dettingen | 2,042 | 1972 |
| Gussenstadt | 1,533 | 1971 |
| Heldenfingen | 1,052 | 1971 |
| Heuchlingen | 924 | 1974 |
| Heuchstetten | 137 | |
| Sontbergen | 56 | 1974 |
The total population of the municipality is 12,009 (as of September 2004[update]).
Politics
[edit | edit source]The current mayor is Roland Polaschek.
Twin towns
[edit | edit source]Gerstetten has two twin towns: Cébazat, a small town near Clermont-Ferrand in France and Pilisvörösvár (German: Werischwar) in Hungary, about 20 km from Budapest.
- France Cébazat (near Clermont-Ferrand), France (Auvergne) since June 27, 1992
Pilisvörösvár, Hungary since May 5, 1996
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- 1578 Andreas Josua Ulsheimer, † ???, born in Gerstetten, doctor and world traveller
- 1831, 3. August, Christian Fink, † 4. September 1911 in Esslingen, born in Dettingen, musician, composer and pedagogue
- 1841, 10. March, Friedrich Fink, † 19. December 1896 in Stuttgart, born in Dettingen am Albuch, musician, composer
- 1896, 16. July, Gottlob Berger, † 5. January 1975 in Stuttgart, war criminal, SS-Obergruppenführer and Waffen-SS general
- 1906, 1. March, Heinrich Roth, † 7. July 1983 in Göttingen, psychologist
- 1931, 23. August, Günther Steeb, economist, member of Landtag
- 1933, 11. June, Walther Zügel, banker
- 1940, 21. July, Heide Gerstenberger, politics and economy scientist
- 1965, Johannes Zimmermann, theologian, professor in Greifswald
- 1971, Birgite Gebhardt, singer and music-cabaret-artist
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 12 September 2021.
External links
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