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Jettingen-Scheppach is a market community in the Günzburg Landkreis in the Schwaben (Swabia) Regierungsbezirk in Bavaria. It lies between Ulm and Augsburg. Its population as of 1 December 2005 was 7,044.
Jettingen-Scheppach | |
|---|---|
 Jettingen-Scheppach, former Stauffenberg-Castle | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Jettingen-Scheppach within Günzburg district  | |
  Jettingen-Scheppach  Jettingen-Scheppach | |
| Coordinates: 48°23′N 10°26′E / 48.383°N 10.433°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Schwaben |
| District | Günzburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Christoph Böhm[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 54.07 km2 (20.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 7,221 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 89343 |
| Dialling codes | 0 82 25 |
| Vehicle registration | GZ |
| Website | www.jettingen-scheppach.de |
Politics
editJettingen-Scheppach's first mayor is Christoph Böhm, elected in March 2020.[1]
Community council
editThis section needs to be updated. (July 2021) |
All together, the community council (Gemeinderat) has 21 seats, which as of the last communal election on 16 March 2014 are distributed thus:
- CSU: 8 seats
- Free Independent Voter Community (FUW): 6 seats
- Young Citizens: 6 seats
Economy and infrastructure
editTransport
editJettingen-Scheppach is conveniently located at the Burgau junction on Autobahn A 8 (Stuttgart-Munich section). The borough of Jettingen has a railway station on the line between Ulm and Augsburg. There are hourly regional trains to Ulm (travel time 38 minutes) and Augsburg (28 to 37 minutes), as well as trains every other hour to Munich (78 minutes).
Twinnings
editThe borough of Freihalden in Jettingen-Scheppach has been twinned with the French pilgrimage town of Ars-sur-Formans since 1976. Jettingen-Scheppach has also been twinned with the Hungarian community of Csolnok since 1992.
Personalities
editPeople born in the town
edit- Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702–1762), composer and organist
- Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), Wehrmacht officer in the Second World War and member of the 20 July Plot
- Dominikus Böhm (1880–1955), architect
References
edit- ^ a b Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
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