Gerstetten

Geschichte

Gerstetten is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.It consists of the following villages: Gerstetten (population: 7534) Dettingen (population: 2.042, incorporation 1972) Gussenstadt (population: 1.533, incorporation 1971) Heldenfingen (population: 1.052, incorporation 1971) Heuchlingen (population: 924, incorporation 1974) Heuchstetten (population: 137) and Sontbergen (population: 56, incorporation 1974).The total population of the municipality is 12.009 (population figures as of September 2004).PoliticsThe current mayor is Roland Polaschek.Twin townsGerstetten has two twin towns: Cébazat, a small town near Clermont-Ferrand in France and Pilisvörösvár (German: Werischwar) in Hungary, about 20 km from Budapest. Cébazat (near Clermont-Ferrand), France (Auvergne) since June 27, 1992 Pilisvörösvár, Hungary since May 5, 1996