Börtlingen

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

Börtlingen
Coat of arms
Location of Börtlingen within Göppingen district
Börtlingen Börtlingen
Coordinates: 48°45′13″N 9°37′55″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Göppingen
Government
• Mayor	Franz Wenka
Area
• Total	8.26 km^2 (3.19 sq mi)
Elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,690
• Density	200/km^2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	73104
Dialling codes	07161
Vehicle registration	GP
Website	www.boertlingen.de

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Johanneskirche, Börtlingen, Württemberg. A very old church originating from 1202, and renovated between 1991 and 2000.

History of the very old Johanneskirche in Börtlingen, Württemberg.

A barn and well in Börtlingen

Börtlingen in Göppingen district

Geography

Börtlingen belongs to the marginal zone of the metropolitan region of Stuttgart.

Geographical location

Börtlingen is located in the Schurwald in 334-498 meters above sea level, in a straight line about 6 km north of the county town Göppingen.

Municipality arrangement

To Börtlingen belongs the village Börtlingen, the two Weiler Breech and Zell, the courts Ödweiler and Schweizerhof and the house Schneiderhof and the proofs of former village Oedweiler.[2]

Population development

The development between 1837 and 2010.

Date	Residents
1837	669
1907	660
17. May 1939	651
13. September 1950	935
27. May 1970	1.311
31. December 1983	1.571
31. December 2000	1.767
31. December 2005	1.798
31. December 2010	1.754

Source: Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart

Economy and Infrastructure

Transportation

Börtlingen is accessible via the B 297 and the county road K 1408 from Lorch and Göppingen. Local roads lead to Zachersmühle and Oberwälden and about the Kaisersträßle to Adelberg and Oberberken. There is also a bus service to and from Göppingen. In earlier times Börtlingen was connected to the rail network by the former Hohenstaufenbahn (Schwäbisch Gmünd - Göppingen). The station Adelberg-Börtlingen however was located 3.5 km from the town center.

Education

With Paul Roth-school Börtlingen has its own primary school, there is also a Protestant kindergarten . Schools can be reached in Rechberghausen and Göppingen.

Buildings

Located in the upper part of Börtlingen is the St. John's Church, which was inaugurated in 1202. The original late Gothic building of the present church was built in 1500 and was later in the 18th century probably modeled in Baroque style .[3]

Reinhold Maier Turm Börtlingen District of Göppingen

Between the district Breech and Rattenharz, at the county road K 1408 ( 48 ° 46 '10 "N, 9 ° 38' 29" O is the Reinhold Maier-tower. The observation tower, a former shuttle water tower has a height of about 25 m and can be seen from Börtlingen. It was built in 1914 and was until 2008 in use as a water tower. It could be obtained as a tower by the initiative of the mayor and some citizens.[4][5]

Freeman

Georg Ganzenberg (born July 14, 1914, died December 22, 2006) was for many years the teacher in Börtlingen and a founding member and honorary member of several associations of Börtlingen.

References

1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). September 2020.
2. 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. 340.
3. Broschüre Börtlinger Weg
4. Gemeindeblatt Börtlingen
5. SWP Schurwald 16. Januar 2010