Drackenstein

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Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Drackenstein within Göppingen district

(2019–27) Roland Lang^[1]Area

• Total5.69 km² (2.20 sq mi)Elevation

729 m (2,392 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total479 • Density84/km² (220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

73345

Dialling codes07335Vehicle registrationGP

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

Geography

Geographical location

Drackenstein is located on the slope between the Gosbach valley and the plateau of the Swabian Jura, about 25 km away from the district town Göppingen. On the plateau of the Swabian Jura, (karst mountains), in earlier times water was a precious commodity. Therefore, there was in Unterdrackenstein a Hydraulic ram, that pumped water to Oberdrackenstein. By connecting to the Lake Constance water supply in the 20th century these problems belong to the past. At the opposite Drackensteiner Hang the Bundesautobahn 8 runs towards Stuttgart. There was the dragon hole, a cavity, which was filled in during the construction of the motorway.^[3] It is believed that the name of the community goes back to a legend of the dragon hole.

Neighboring communities

The municipality borders on Bad Ditzenbach, in the southeast on Merklingen, in the southwest on Hohenstadt and in the west on the town Wiesensteig and the municipality Mühlhausen im Täle. Merklingen belongs to Alb-Donau-district, all others to Göppingen district.

Municipality arrangement

The municipality includes the village Oberdrackenstein, the hamlet Unterdrackenstein and the homestead Kölleshof.^[4]

History

Drackenstein was first documented in a chronicle of the Zwiefalten Abbey from the year 1137. See also: Castle Drackenstein

Population Development

The inhabitants of the community development 1837-2010.

Date Population
1837 257
1907 252
May 17, 1939 305
September 13, 1950 417
May 27, 1970 310
December 31, 1983 346
December 31, 2000 432
December 31, 2005 431
December 31, 2010 437

References

^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 12 September 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
^ "Historie: Gemeinde Drackenstein". Archived from the original on 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
^ Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band III: Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Regionalverband Mittlerer Neckar. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2. S. 347–348