Owen
Coat of arms of Owen
Location of Owen within Esslingen district
Owen  is located in Germany
Owen
Owen
Owen  is located in Baden-Württemberg
Owen
Owen
Coordinates: 48°35′18″N 9°27′5″E / 48.58833°N 9.45139°E / 48.58833; 9.45139
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictEsslingen
Government
  Mayor (201624) Verena Grötzinger[1]
Area
  Total9.70 km2 (3.75 sq mi)
Elevation
391 m (1,283 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total3,388
  Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
73277
Dialling codes07021
Vehicle registrationES
Websitewww.owen.de

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 and is more similar to English standard pronunciation. The name derives from the old word "Aue", meaning floodplain, and kept its ancient pronunciation.

Traffic

Owen is connected to the railway-system by the Teckbahn (WendlingenOberlenningen). The Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen built the station in 1899.[3] There are bus connections to the neighbour communities.

Through Owen leads A-Road B 465 from Kirchheim unter Teck to Blaubeuren. Highway A 8 is three miles away, junction Kirchheim-Ost.

References

  1. Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 12 September 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
  3. Rainer Stein (1996), "Der württembergische Einheitsbahnhof auf Nebenbahnen", Eisenbahn-Journal Württemberg-Report (in German), Fürstenfeldbruck: Merker, vol. Band 1, no. V/96, pp. 80–83, ISBN 3-922404-96-0


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