Eislingen

Eislingen is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located on the river Fils, about 2 km east of Göppingen.

Eislingen
Christuskirche (Christus Church)
Coat of arms
Location of Eislingen within Göppingen district
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Eislingen
Eislingen
Coordinates: 48°41′36″N 9°42′24″E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictGöppingen
Government
 • MayorKlaus Heininger
Area
 • Total16.41 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Elevation
336 m (1,102 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total20,885
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
73054
Dialling codes07161
Vehicle registrationGP
Websitewww.eislingen.de (in German)

Mayor

Mayor of the municipality Klein-Eislingen until 1933
  • 1830: Stübler, then Rapp, Haug and Nieß
  • 1868-1884: Leo (came 1860 from Gschwend)
  • 1884-1890: Kleindienst (first professional)
  • 1890-1906: Scheer (born March 31, 1864 in Klein-Eislingen)
  • 1907-1932: August Umgelter (born February 1, 1872 in Stuttgart)

Mayor of Greater Eislingen (würzburgischer district) until 1806
  • around 1798: Jakob Rummel
  • 1806: Anton Lechleitner

Mayor of Greater Eislingen (Württemberg district) until 1806
  • about 1770: Michael Schrag
  • to 1796-1806: Jakob Link

Mayor of the united town of Gross-Eislingen 1806
  • 1806-1818: Jakob Link
  • 1819-1833: Joseph Lieker (1716–1833)
  • 1833-1843: Joseph Comforter (born 1783 in Pfauhausen, surgeon and doctor)
  • 1844-1846: Franz Joseph Rieker
  • 1845-1866: Schrag
  • 1866-1895: Johann Michael Schrag
  • 1895-1929: Julius Vogel
  • 1930-1933: Anton Breuling (after the unification of both Eislingen cities official)

Mayor of the city Eislingen 1933-2011
  • 1933-1945: Hans Schuster
  • 1945: Gottlieb Nürk
  • 1945-1947: G. Rohrer
  • 1947: temporary administrator H. Bulling
  • 1948-1978: Erwin Meyer
  • 1978-2010: Günther Frank ( SPD )
  • 2010-2011: Klaus Heininger (independent)

Lord Mayor of district town Eislingen since 2012.[2] Klaus Heininger (independent)

Partner cities

Music

The Punk-Band Itchy Poopzkid was founded in 2000 in Eislingen.

Sons and daughters of the town
  • Heinrich Beck (1832–1882), founder of Beck's brewery in Bremen
  • Amalie Volz (1878–1962), founder of the first evangelikal Mütterschule in Württemberg (school for mothers)
  • Albert Sing (1917–2008), German player for the German's national football team and Football coach.
  • Thomas Gruber (born 1943), media scientist, director of the Bayerischer Rundfunk

Further important persons
  • Theodor Engel (1842–1933), theologian and geologist.
  • Josef Mühlberger (1903–1985), author who lived for many years in Eislingen.
  • Arthur Eisenmenger (1915–2002), the designer of the Euro-Sign (€).
  • Tina Stroheker (born 1948), poet

References
  1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2018". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). July 2019.
  2. Waldstetten hat nun einen Oberbürgermeister. In: Rems-Zeitung. 3. Januar 2012.
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