Blaubeuren

Blaubeuren
Coat of arms
Blaubeuren
Location of Blaubeuren within Alb-Donau-Kreis district
Coordinates: 48°24′43″N 9°47′6″E / 48.41194°N 9.78500°ECoordinates: 48°24′43″N 9°47′6″E / 48.41194°N 9.78500°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Alb-Donau-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Jörg Seibold
Area
• Total	79.15 km^2 (30.56 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	11,765
• Density	150/km^2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	89143
Dialling codes	07344
Vehicle registration	UL
Website	www.blaubeuren.de

Blaubeuren Abbey

Blaubeuren is a town in the district of Alb-Donau near Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

As of December, 2007 it had 11,963 inhabitants.

Castles

Within the town borough are the ruins of a number of castles: Ruck and Blauenstein, Hohengerhausen (in Gerhausen), Greifen- or Günzelburg and Burkartsweiler (both in Seißen), Sirgenstein (in Weiler), and Gleißenburg (in Beiningen).^[2]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms for the town shows the so-called Blaumännle (little blue man), a small man dressed in blue on a gold background.

Points of interest

• Blautopf, source of the river Blau
• Ruckenkreuz
• Blaubeuren Abbey

References

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.
2. Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band VII: Regierungsbezirk Tübingen. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, 1978, ISBN 3-17-004807-4, pp. 312–317.

External links

• Blaubeuren official website (German)