Drackenstein
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Drackenstein | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Drackenstein within Göppingen district  | |
  Drackenstein  Drackenstein | |
| Coordinates: 48°33′25″N 9°40′43″E / 48.55694°N 9.67861°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Göppingen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–27) | Roland Lang[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 729 m (2,392 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 479 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 73345 |
| Dialling codes | 07335 |
| Vehicle registration | GP |
Drackenstein is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
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.
