Gerstetten
Gerstetten is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
It consists of the following villages:
- Gerstetten
- Dettingen
- Gussenstadt
- Heldenfingen
- Heuchlingen
- Heuchstetten
- and Sontbergen.
The total population of the municipality is 12,009.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 in Hungary, about 20 km from Budapest.
- Cébazat, France 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
Restaurants
Gerstetten has one restaurant named Dönersituation, which serves Döner
