Owen, Germany
Owen | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Owen
within Esslingen district | |
Location of Owen | |
Owen Owen | |
| Coordinates: 48°35′18″N 9°27′5″E / 48.58833°N 9.45139°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Esslingen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2016–24) | Verena Grötzinger[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 391 m (1,283 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,505 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 73277 |
| Dialling codes | 07021 |
| Vehicle registration | ES |
| Website | www |
Owen (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊ.ən] ⓘ, see below) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Stuttgart and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of Kirchheim unter Teck.
Pronunciation
The name's pronunciation contradicts ordinary German orthographic rules; for this reason, the form Auen was sometimes appended parenthetically on older maps. The name derives from Middle High German ouwe, meaning floodplain, and kept its archaic spelling even as the pronunciation of the corresponding diphthong shifted.
Traffic
Owen is connected to the railway system by the Teck Railway (Wendlingen–Oberlenningen). The Royal Württemberg State Railway built the station in 1899.[3] There are bus connections to the neighbouring communities.
Through Owen leads Federal Road B 465 from Kirchheim unter Teck to Blaubeuren. Highway A 8 is three miles away, at junction Kirchheim-Ost.
References
- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Rainer Stein (1996), "Der württembergische Einheitsbahnhof auf Nebenbahnen", Eisenbahn-Journal Württemberg-Report (in German), vol. Band 1, no. V/96, Fürstenfeldbruck: Merker, pp. 80–83, ISBN 3-922404-96-0