Kuchen is a municipality of the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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 View of Kuchen from the Ramsfelsen | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Kuchen within Göppingen district  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°38′21″N 9°47′57″E / 48.63917°N 9.79917°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Göppingen |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.95 km2 (3.46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 407 m (1,335 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 5,706 |
| • Density | 640/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 73329 |
| Dialling codes | 07331 |
| Vehicle registration | GP |
| Website | www |
History
editThe earliest historical documentation of Kuchen, from between 1304 and 1315, refers to it as a "town" (stadt), implying that it received town rights from the Count of Helfenstein in the first half of the 13th century. Kuchen was made a market town in 1356. At some point between the years 1382 and 1396, Kuchen became a possession of the Free Imperial City of Ulm. Ulm and by extension Kuchen was annexed by the Electorate of Bavaria in 1802, but was ceded in 1810 to the Kingdom of Württemberg and then assigned to Oberamt Geislingen. The Fils Valley Railway was constructed through Kuchen in 1845. Kuchen was reassigned in 1938 to the newly-reorganized district of Göppingen. The town grew in every direction after World War II, and then again in the 1970s to the northeast.[2]
Geography
editThe municipality (Gemeinde) of Kuchen is situated in the district of Göppingen, in Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany. Kuchen is physically located in the valley of the Fils, in the central foothills of the Swabian Jura. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of 726 meters (2,382 ft) Normalnull (NN) to a low of 385 meters (1,263 ft) NN.[2]
Politics
editKuchen has one borough (Ortsteil), Kuchen, and one minor administrative area, Süddeutsche Baumwolleindustrie. There are three abandoned villages in the municipal area: Böldlinshof, Seelhofen, and Spitzenberg.[2]
Demographics
editPopulation development:[3]
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Coat of arms
editKuchen's coat of arms is divided party per fess into an upper, red half and a lower, white half. In the upper half is a white elephant standing upon a yellow, four-pointed hill, which is a reference to the House of Helfenstein. The lower half contains a red, five-petaled rose with green sepals, taken from the arms of Geislingen an der Steige, a town Kuchen has centuries of shared history with. This coat of arms first appeared in town seals created after 1930. It was approved by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and a corresponding municipal flag issued on 16 February 1959.[2]
Transportation
editKuchen is connected to Germany's network of roadways by Bundesstraße 10 and its system of railroads by Fils Valley Railway. Local public transportation is provided by the Filsland Mobilitätsverbundes.[2]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e "Kuchen". LEO-BW (in German). Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Kuchen (Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
External links
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- Official website
(in German)
