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Bissingen an der Teck | |
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Location of Bissingen an der Teck within Esslingen district  | |
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| Coordinates:48°35′58″N9°29′33″E / 48.59944°N 9.49250°E /48.59944; 9.49250 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Esslingen |
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| • Mayor(2019–27) | Marcel Musolf[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.06 km2 (6.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 415 m (1,362 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,475 |
| • Density | 203.7/km2 (527.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 73266 |
| Dialling codes | 07023 |
| Vehicle registration | ES |
| Website | www.bissingen-teck.de |
Bissingen (German pronunciation:[ˈbɪsɪŋənʔandeːɐ̯ˈtɛk],lit. 'Bissingen on theTeck';Swabian:Bissenge) is amunicipality in the district ofEsslingen inBaden-Württemberg in southernGermany.
Bissingen lies at the foot of theSwabian Jura, the district Ochsenwang on the Alb plateau. The municipality covers an altitude of 384 m on the border with Kirchheim unter Teck-Nabern to 830 m in "Brucker Hölzle", which is at the same time the highest point of Stuttgart (region).
The municipality Bissingen an der Teck consists of the town core and the village Ochsenwang.
Adjacent municipalities areKirchheim unter Teck in the north,Weilheim an der Teck in the east,Neidlingen in the southeast,Lenningen in the south,Owen in the West andDettingen unter Teck in the northwest (all Esslingen district).
As one of the first places in the district of Esslingen, Bissingen is documented in the year 769. It is mentioned in the written tradition of theLorsch Codex. From the 11th century to the mid-12th century, Bissingen belonged to theHouse of Zähringen, then to theDuckes of Teck. The place came to Württemberg in 1326.Bissingen belonged to Oberamt Kirchheim, this became in 1938 the district ofNürtingen. In the course of the district reform of 1973, Bissingen was adjoined to the district ofEsslingen.On the eastern edge are the remains of the Wasserburg (water castle] Bissingen.
On January 1, 1975, Ochsenwang was incorporated to Bissingen.
The number of inhabitants are obtained from census results (¹) or from official extrapolations by the statistical office of Stuttgart.
| Date | Inhabitants |
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| December 3, 1834 ¹ | 1,871 |
| December 1, 1871 ¹ | 1,685 |
| December 1, 1900 ¹ | 1,602 |
| May 17, 1939 ¹ | 1,542 |
| September 13, 1950 ¹ | 2,078 |
| June 6, 1961 ¹ | 2,173 |
| May 27, 1970 ¹ | 2,583 |
| May 25, 1987 ¹ | 3,271 |
| December 31, 1995 | 3,476 |
| December 31, 2000 | 3,691 |
| December 31, 2005 | 3,659 |
| December 31, 2010 | 3,523 |
In Ochsenwang is the Mörike House Ochsenwang, whereEduard Mörike lived in 1832.
Bissingen has a music club for brass bands, divided into youth and master chapel. Bissingen has adjacent to this a glee club. The MGV (Männergesangsverein) is divided into a children's choir (the "Kibize"), a mixed chorus ("Fresh Wind") and a men's choir.
Bissingen is surrounded by extensive orchards. In order to maintain these habitats, the Horticultural Association Bissingen takes care of old tree stocks to ensure that landscape and varieties are preserved for future generations. This is done through the support of community-owned orchards and the establishment of a mother garden with old varieties.[3]
The "Randecker Maar" in the district Ochsenwang is a former volcanic vent of the Swabian volcano.
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