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Wört (German pronunciation: [ˈvœʁt]) is a municipality (German: Gemeinde) and town in the district of Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Wört | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wört
within Ostalbkreis district  | |
 Location of Wört | |
  Wört  Wört | |
| Coordinates: 49°01′56″N 10°16′21″E / 49.03222°N 10.27250°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Ostalbkreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2018–26) | Thomas Saur[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.17 km2 (7.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 455 m (1,493 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,500 |
| • Density | 83/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 73499 |
| Dialling codes | 07964 |
| Vehicle registration | AA |
| Website | www.gemeinde-woert.de |
Geography
editLocation
editWört is located in the valley of the Rotach, a tributary of the Wörnitz River, in the Virngrund region. It is in the northeastern foothills of the Swabian Alb range, between Dinkelsbühl (6 km) and Ellwangen (13 km).
Neighboring Towns
editThe municipality is bordered to the north by Fichtenau, part of Schwäbisch Hall district, to the east by the Bavarian city of Dinkelsbühl, to the south by Stödtlen and to the west by Ellenberg.
Land Use
editAccording to the Baden-Württemberg Statistics Office, the total area of the municipality is 18.17 km2 (7.02 sq mi), of which 8.13 km2 (45%) is woodland, 7.67 km2 (42%) is agricultural, 0.9 km2 (5%) is buildings, 0.74 km2 (4%) is for transportation, 0.62 km2 (3.5%) is water and 0.09 km2 (0.5%) is for recreational use.[3]
Notable residents
editIt is the birthplace of church historian Hubert Wolf (born 1959).
References
edit- ↑ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
- ↑ "Tabellengruppe 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes zum 31. Dezember 2024" [Update of the population as of 31 December 2024] (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.
- ↑ "Fläche seit 1988 nach tatsächlichen Nutzung" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 2014. Retrieved 13 Jul 2016.
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