Drackenstein

Drackenstein

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Drackenstein

Coordinates: 48°33′25″N 9°40′43″E / 48.55694°N 9.67861°E / 48.55694; 9.67861Coordinates: 48°33′25″N 9°40′43″E / 48.55694°N 9.67861°E / 48.55694; 9.67861
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Stuttgart
District Göppingen
Government
 • Mayor Klaus-Dieter Apelt
Area
 • Total 5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 408
 • Density 72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 73345
Dialling codes 07335
Vehicle registration GP

Drackenstein is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

Geographical location

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.


Oberdrackenstein, Church


Drackensteiner Hang Autobahn A 8

Neighboring communities

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

The municipality includes the village Oberdrackenstein, the hamlet Unterdrackenstein and the homestead Kölleshof.[3]

History

Drackenstein was first documented in a chronicle of the Zwiefalten Abbey from the year 1137. See also: Castle Drackenstein

Population Development

The inhabitants of the community development 1837-2010.

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Postleitzahl am 30.09.2016". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.drackenstein.de/index.php?id=7
  3. ↑ Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band III: Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Regionalverband Mittlerer Neckar. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2. S. 347–348
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