Kreßberg

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Kreßberg
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Kreßberg
Kreßberg (Germany)
Kreßberg
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Stuttgart
District Schwäbisch Hall
Local subdivisions 33 Teilorte
Mayor Robert Fischer
Basic statistics
Area 48.46 km² (18.7 sq mi)
Elevation 470 m  (1542 ft)
Population 3,887  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 80 /km² (208 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SHA
Postal code 74594
Area code 07957
Website www.kressberg.de
Location of Kreßberg within Schwäbisch Hall district
Map

Coordinates: 49°07′52″N 10°11′03″E / 49.13111, 10.18417

Kreßberg is a community in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

There is no town or village with that name.

The community of Kreßberg consists of 33 separate villages:

Waldtann, Marktlustenau, Mariäkappel, Leukershausen, Bergbronn, Bergertshofen, Wüstenau, Riegelbach, Rötsweiler, Stegenhof, Schwarzenhorb, Hohenberg, Selgenstadt, Vötschenhof, Oberstelzhausen, Unterstelzhausen, Tempelhof, Hohenkreßberg, Gaisbühl, Schönbronn, Bräunersberg, Halden, Vehlenberg, Ruppersbach, Asbach, Haselhof, Waidmannsberg, Mistlau, Neuhaus, Sixenhof, Rudolfsberg, Schönmühle, Rotmühle.

The total population figure of Kreßberg is just below 4000 (2007)

First settlements in the Kreßberg area were established between the 7th and the 9th century. The community in its current dimensions exists since 1st January 1973, when the former communities of Waldtann, Marktlustenau, Mariäkappel and Leukershausen were combined during the municipal reform.