Beuren, Esslingen

Beuren is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is a spa and resort. With the majority of its district (95.2%), Beuren is part of the Swabian Alb biosphere reserve.

Beuren
Coat of arms
Location of Beuren within Esslingen district
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Coordinates: 48°34′9″N 9°24′10″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Esslingen
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Gluiber
Area
• Total	11.69 km^2 (4.51 sq mi)
Elevation	435 m (1,427 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,689
• Density	320/km^2 (820/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	72660
Dialling codes	07025, 07022 (Sonnenhof)
Vehicle registration	ES
Website	www.beuren.de

Geography

Beuren is located 28 km southeast of Stuttgart and 16 km southwest of Reutlingen.

Politics

Mayors since 1853

• 1853–1879: Nicolaus Klaß
• 1879–1888: Jacob Klaß
• 1888–1890: Philipp Friedrich Nestel
• 1890–1927: Wilhelm Eugen Schraft
• 1927–1934: Karl Friedrich Schminke
• 1934: Wilhelm König
• 1934–1945: Wilhelm Spanagel
• 1945–1946: August Reuß
• 1946–1948: Helmut Link
• 1948–1983: Willi Gras
• 1983–2015: Erich Hartmann
• since 2016: Daniel Gluiber

Municipal council

The result of the local government elections on May 25, 2014:

CDU	46,2%	+2,1	6 seats	±0
Freie Wähler	53,8%	+15,7	8 seats	+2

Notable people

• August Pfänder (1891–1971), mayor in Neuffen and Nürtingen
• Gottlob Espenlaub (1900–1972), born in Balzholz, German pilot and plane-constructor
• Karl Albert Pfänder (1906–1990), wooden sculptor and wood turner, designer for wood products
• Wolfgang Ischinger (born 1946), German jurist, former diplomat, leader of Munich Security Conference since 2008

References

1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). September 2020.