Gerstetten is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It consists of the following villages: * Gerstetten (population: 7,534) * Dettingen (population: 2,042, incorporation 1972) * Gussenstadt (population: 1,533, incorporation 1971) * Heldenfingen (population: 1,052, incorporation 1971) * Heuchlingen (population: 924, incorporation 1974) * Heuchstetten (population: 137) * and Sontbergen (population: 56, incorporation 1974). The total population of the municipality is 12,009 (population figures as of September 2004).

Politics

The current mayor is Roland Polaschek.

Twin towns

Gerstetten has two twin towns: Cébazat, a small town near Clermont-Ferrand in France and Pilisvörösvár (German: Werischwar) in Hungary, about 20 km from Budapest. * Cébazat (near Clermont-Ferrand), France ( Auvergne) since June 27, 1992 * Pilisvörösvár, Hungary since May 5, 1996

Notable people

*1578 Andreas Josua Ulsheimer, † ???, born in Gerstetten, doctor and world traveller *1831, 3. August, Christian Fink, † 4. September 1911 in Esslingen, born in Dettingen, musician, composer and pedagogue *1841, 10. March, Friedrich Fink, † 19. December 1896 in Stuttgart, born in Dettingen am Albuch, musician, composer *1896, 16. July, Gottlob Berger, † 5. January 1975 in Stuttgart, war criminal, SS-Obergruppenführer and Waffen-SS general *1906, 1. March, Heinrich Roth, † 7. July 1983 in Göttingen, psychologist *1931, 23. August, Günther Steeb, economist, member of Landtag *1933, 11. June, Walther Zügel, banker *1940, 21. July, Heide Gerstenberger, politics and economy scientist *1965, Johannes Zimmermann, theologian, professor in Greifswald *1971, Birgite Gebhardt, singer and music-cabaret-artist

References

External links

* Heidenheim (district) {{Heidenheim-geo-stub