Wäschenbeuren

Panorama of Wäschenbeuren
Wäschenbeuren
Wäschenbeuren
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Stuttgart
District Göppingen
Mayor Karl Vesenmaier
Basic statistics
Area 12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi)
Elevation 442 m  (1450 ft)
Population 3,976 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 307 /km2 (795 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate GP
Postal code 73116
Area code 07172
Website www.waeschenbeuren.de

Wäschenbeuren is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

Contents

Geography

Location

Wäschenbeuren is located on the edge of the Schurwald, at the Hohenstaufen, between the Filstal valley and the Remstal valley, some 10 kilometers northern of the district city of Göppingen.

Towns and Municipalities of the Neighborhood

In the North, the municipality borders the towns of Lorch and Schwäbisch Gmünd, district of Ostalbkreis, at thr East and in the South, it borders the district city of Göppingen and in the West, it borders Birenbach and Börtlingen.

Organization of the Municipality

The rural community of W£aschenbeuren so as the villages of Krettenhof, Linderbronn and Wäscherhof belong to the municipality of Wäschenbeuren, so do the farm Beutenmühle and the single houses Schützenhof (also to Birenbach), the tile manufacture and furthermore, the abandoned village of Holzweiler [2].

History

Evolution of the population [1]

Inhabitants of the municipality since 1837 :

Date 1837 1907 1939,17 may 1950,13 sep 1970,27 may 1983,31 dec 2005,31 dec
Inhabitants 1,243 1,469 1,764 1,988 2,584 2,738 3,952

Policy

Coat of Arms

The coat of arms is a 'talking one', showing a laundress on a red-white-green background. It was given to the municipality on April 14, 1491.

Economy and Infrastructure

Transportation Wäschenbeuren is located on the primary road 297, from Göppingen to Lorch. Several ùotor-bus lines connect the municipality to neighboring citys and municipalities :

Line 11 : Göppingen – Bartenbach – Rechberghausen – Birenbach – Wäschenbeuren – Schwäbisch Gmünd

Line 11a : Göppingen – Bartenbach – Rechberghausen – Birenbach – Wäschenbeuren – Maitis

line 12 : Göppingen – Faurndau – Rechberghausen – Birenbach – Wäschenbeuren – Maitis – Lenglingen – Schwäbisch Gmünd

The motor-busses of the company Omnibusverkehr Göppingen circulate from 5 AM to 11 PM, at a rate of approx. one an hour and more often during main business time. There are less opportunities towards Lorch and Schwäbisch Gmünd. Railroad connections are located at the station Bahnhof Göttingen for the Fils Valley Railway Stuttgart - Ulm, and in Lorch or Lorch-Waldhausen, for the Remsbahn railway Stuttgart - Aalen. The former 'Hohenstaufen' railway Hohenstaufenbahn, well known in the last decades as the 'Josefle' - the little Joseph - rolling from Schwäbisch Gmünd to Göppingen, was stopped operating by 1984.

Formation

With the Stauferschule, Wäschenbeurer has an Elementary school and a General school (Hauptschule)including a Werkrealschule, a specific sort of a general school in Baden Württemberg, with a tenth school-year for volunteers. Other leading schools are available in the surrounding vicinities : Realschule at Rechberghausen and colleges at Göppingen and Lorch, very well connected through public transportation means.

Other Landmarks

Education and Culture

Museums

The castle named Schloss Wäscherburg is located in the area called Wäscherhof. It shelters an interesting collection on the subject : History of the House of Hohenstaufen.

[1] Former railroad station

Buildings

Near the castle Wäscherburg, you find the Catholic Church with its interesting nave, so as the former railroad station, nowadays fitted up as a kinder garden ; both are worth a visit. In the center, you may also have a look at the Amtshaus - the administration hall -. On the Burren in the North of the locality, you will find the remnants of a middle-age flatland castle (Niederungsburg)

Notable Inhabitants

[2]

Literature

External links

Sources

[1] Office for Statistics of the Land Baden-Württemberg : [Bevölkerungsstand] [3]

[2] The Land Baden-Württemberg - Officil description by Districts and Municipalities - Volume III : Governmental main district Stuttgart, Regional Plan association : Neckar center, by Kohlhammer - Stuttgart - 1978 - ISBN 3-17-004758-2. P. 331–332

[3] Municipal public page ([4])

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 20 July 2011. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf. 
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Towns and municipalities in Göppingen