Gschwend
Coat of arms of Gschwend
Location of Gschwend within Ostalbkreis district
Gschwend  is located in Germany
Gschwend
Gschwend
Gschwend  is located in Baden-Württemberg
Gschwend
Gschwend
Coordinates: 48°56′03″N 09°44′36″E / 48.93417°N 9.74333°E / 48.93417; 9.74333
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictOstalbkreis
Government
  Mayor (201624) Christoph Hald[1]
Area
  Total54.50 km2 (21.04 sq mi)
Elevation
484 m (1,588 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total4,882
  Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
74417
Dialling codes07972
Vehicle registrationAA
Websitewww.gschwend.de

Gschwend is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, in Ostalbkreis district.

Notable people

  • Philipp Gottlieb Osiander (1803–1876), born in Frickenhofen, Oberamtmann and Member of Landtag
  • Friedrich von Schmidt (1825–1891), born in Frickenhofen, architect of many churches and town halls in new-gothic style
  • Christian Dietrich (1844–1919), Swabian old-pietist
  • Peter Jakob Schober (1897–1983), painter
  • Lina Haag (1907–2012) resistance fighter [3]
  • Erich Schneider (born 1933), politician (CDU), President of Landtag Baden-Württemberg from 1982 till 1992
  • Theodore Frederic Molt (1795–1856), organist and composer in Canada, was born here

References

  1. Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
  3. Sonntagsblatt Ausgabe 18/2007 vom 6. Mai 2007: Eine Überlebensgeschichte. Die 100-jährige KZ-Überlebende Lina Haag und ihr Buch »Eine Hand voll Staub« Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine.


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