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Wiesensteig | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wiesensteig within Göppingen district  | |
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| Coordinates:48°33′42″N9°37′31″E / 48.56167°N 9.62528°E /48.56167; 9.62528 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Göppingen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2018–26) | Gebhard Tritschler[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.40 km2 (9.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 592 m (1,942 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,102 |
| • Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 73349 |
| Dialling codes | 07335 |
| Vehicle registration | GP |
| Website | www.wiesensteig.de |
Wiesensteig is a town in thedistrict of Göppingen inBaden-Württemberg in southernGermany. It is located on the riverFils, 16 km south ofGöppingen.
Wiesensteig is located in the upper Fils valley in 575–750 meters altitude inGöppingen (district). At the edge of the town passesBundesautobahn 8 toUlm.
To Wiesensteig belongs the town of Wiesensteig, the courtyards Bläsiberg, Eckhöfe, Heidental, Reußenstein and Ziegelhof and the houses Lämmerbuckel, Papiermühle and thedialed towns Michelnbuch and Schafhaus[3]
Adjacent municipalities areGruibingen in the north,Mühlhausen im Täle in the northeast,Drackenstein in the east,Hohenstadt in the south east,Westerheim (Alb-Donau-Kreis) in the south,Römerstein (Reutlingen (district)) in the southwest,Lenningen in the west, andNeidlingen (bothEsslingen (district)) in the northwest.
Wiesensteig was first mentioned in 861 in a document, as there was founded aBenedictine monastery.
The town has the town privileges since 1356. It was then under theHouse of Helfenstein. Since 1512, the rule Wiesensteig was assigned to theSwabian Circle within theHoly Roman Empire.
Count Ulrich XVII of Helfenstein (1524-1570) and his brother Sebastian († 1564) introduced in 1555 the Lutheran confession in Wiesensteig. 1562/63 in the rule Wiesensteig a greatwitch-hunt took place in which at least 63 women and men were executed.[4]
After the extinction of theHouse of Helfenstein in 1627 the Reich County Wiesensteig fell about two-thirds in 1642 by purchase toAltbayern and one third to theHouse of Fürstenberg (Swabia). Through a land swap the town came in 1806 to theKingdom of Württemberg and became the seat of Oberamt Wiesensteig.
The number of inhabitants between 1837 and 2010.
| Date | Inhabitants |
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| 1837 | 1.496 |
| 1907 | 1.327 |
| 17 May 1939 | 1.683 |
| 13 September 1950 | 2.063 |
| 27 May 1970 | 2.632 |
| 31 December 1983 | 2.490 |
| 31 December 2005 | 2.312 |
| 31 December 2010 | 2.138 |
The local council of Wiesensteig has since the local elections in Baden-Württemberg May 25, 2014 12 members, including two women.
The mayor Gebhard Tritschler (independent) was elected in 2010, and re-elected in 2018.
About theLandesstraße 1200 Wiesensteig has connection to the Bundesstraße B 466 and to the Bundesautobahn A 8. Wiesensteig is located on the Swabian Jura Route.
From 1903 to 1968, Wiesensteig was connected by the "Tälesbahn" (Geislingen-Wiesensteig) to the national rail network.
With theFranz Xaver Messerschmidt School Wiesensteig has aprimary and ahigh school withWerkrealschule.
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Wiesensteig has with theski areaBläsiberg the largest ski resort in the Swabian Jura. It includes threetows and about 5 kmslopes with different levels of difficulty.[6]
The TSV Obere Fils was founded on June 24, 1972 by the merger of the two clubs TSV Wiesensteig and TSV Mühlhausen.
