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Bodelshausen

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Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Bodelshausen within Tübingen district

(2022–30) Florian King^[1]Area

• Total13.82 km² (5.34 sq mi)Elevation

508 m (1,667 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total5,851 • Density420/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

72411

Dialling codes07471Vehicle registrationTÜWebsitewww.bodelshausen.de

Bodelshausen is a municipality in the district of Tübingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

Geography

Geographical Area

Bodelshausen is situated southern of the Rammert forest near the town of Hechingen.

Neighboring municipalities and towns

Rottenburg am Neckar, Ofterdingen, Mössingen, Hechingen ¹ and Hirrlingen

History

The oldest historical documents date back to 1100.

Politics

Mayor

The mayor is elected for 8 years. Mayor Bernd-Dieter Esslinger's term ended in 2006. Since 2006, Uwe Ganzenmüller holds the office.

1982 – 2006: Bernd-Dieter Esslinger
since 2006: Uwe Ganzenmüller

Sister municipalities

Soltvadkert, Hungary (1996)

Bodelshausen maintains friendly relationships with:

Hohburg, Saxony
Market town Rum, Austria

Sons and daughters of the town

Johannes Nill (1825–1894), Founder of private Zoo in Stuttgart
Ernst von Wittich (1835–1922), General superintendent of the city of Tübingen
Jakob Nill (1875–1960), Federal Parliament representative
Otto Keck (* 1944), political scientist
Barbara Schober (* 1958), Multi-media artist and online journalist

Economy and Infrastructure

Traffic

The federal highway 27 connects the town with Tübingen and Stuttgart, as well as Balingen and Rottweil.

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahl Bodelshausen 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
^ "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.