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Rechberghausen

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Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Rechberghausen within Göppingen district

(2023–31) Claudia Dörner^[1]Area

• Total6.40 km² (2.47 sq mi)Elevation

339 m (1,112 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total5,471 • Density850/km² (2,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

73098

Dialling codes07161Vehicle registrationGPWebsitewww.rechberghausen.de

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

Geography

Geographical location

The community lies in on the foothills of the central Swabian Jura and on the edge of the eastern Schurwald. The elevation is 320 to 400 metres (1,000 to 1,300 ft) amsl.

Neighbouring communities

In the northwest the municipality borders to Börtlingen, in the northeast to Birenbach. Eastern and south-eastern neighbour is the county seat Göppingen, with its Bartenbach district, the western neighbour is the community Wangen (Göppingen). All are located in the district of Göppingen.

History

The place was first mentioned in 1245. He was then the Dukes of Teck after the local castle had previously probably heard the Lords of Rechberghausen.

Religions

Till the seventies of the 20th century, the Catholics had a great majority. Today there is a very active evangelical community. The Catholic Church Mariä Himmelfahrt was consecrated in 1912, the evangelic Jesus Christus Kirche in 1961.

Inhabitants

The development between 1837 and 2010.

Date	Inhabitants
1837	737
1907	1.335
17. May 1939	1.726
13. September 1950	2.514
27. May 1970	4.629
31. December 1983	4.916
31. December 2000	5.490
31. December 2005	5.532
31. December 2010	5.366

Source: Statistical Office Stuttgart

Mayor

Mayor was from December 1, 1977, to June 30, 2015, Reiner Johannes Ruf. Since July 1, 2015 Claudia Dörner is the new mayor in Rechberghausen.

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahl Rechberghausen 2023, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "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.