Gerstetten

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Gerstetten
Municipality
Railway station
Coat of arms
Location of Gerstetten within Heidenheim district
Interactive map of Gerstetten
Location within Germany Show map of Germany Location within Baden-Württemberg Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°37′21″N 10°1′14″E / 48.62250°N 10.02056°E / 48.62250; 10.02056
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Heidenheim
Government
• Mayor (2018–26)	Roland Polaschek
Area
• Total	92.43 km2 (35.69 sq mi)
Elevation	624 m (2,047 ft)
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	11,530
• Density	124.7/km2 (323.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	89547
Dialling codes	07323, 07324 Dettingen/Heuchlingen
Vehicle registration	HDH
Website	www.gerstetten.de

Gerstetten (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛʁʃtɛtn̩]) is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

It consists of the following villages:

The total population of the municipality is 11,551 (as of December 2022^[update]).

Politics

The current mayor is Matthias Heisler.

Twin towns

Gerstetten has two twin towns: Cébazat, a small town near Clermont-Ferrand in France and Pilisvörösvár (German: Werischwar) in Hungary, about 20 km from Budapest.

• Cébazat (near Clermont-Ferrand), France (Auvergne) since June 27, 1992
• Pilisvörösvár, Hungary since May 5, 1996

Notable people

• 1578 Andreas Josua Ulsheimer, † ???, born in Gerstetten, doctor and world traveller
• 1831, 3. August, Christian Fink, † 4. September 1911 in Esslingen, born in Dettingen, musician, composer and pedagogue
• 1841, 10. March, Friedrich Fink, † 19. December 1896 in Stuttgart, born in Dettingen am Albuch, musician, composer
• 1896, 16. July, Gottlob Berger, † 5. January 1975 in Stuttgart, war criminal, SS-Obergruppenführer and Waffen-SS general
• 1906, 1. March, Heinrich Roth, † 7. July 1983 in Göttingen, psychologist
• 1931, 23. August, Günther Steeb, economist, member of Landtag
• 1933, 11. June, Walther Zügel, banker
• 1940, 21. July, Heide Gerstenberger, politics and economy scientist
• 1965, Johannes Zimmermann, theologian, professor in Greifswald
• 1971, Birgite Gebhardt, singer and music-cabaret-artist

References

External links

• Official website (in German)

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