Böhmenkirch is a municipality in the district of

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History

Böhmenkirch became a possession of the

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in 1806 after it annexed Rechberg and Rothenlöwen, but was in 1810 ceded to the

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. The town was assigned to until its dissolution in 1938, which resulted in Böhmenkirch being assigned to the district of

. Böhmenkirch began a period of

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after

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. By the end of the 1960s, there were two new residential areas at the southern edge of the town. An industrial zone was established to the north in the 1970s. Böhmenkirch incorporated the municipalities of Treffelhausen and Schnittlingen in 1973 and Steinenkirch in 1974.

Geography

The municipality ('' Gemeinde'') of Böhmenkirch is found at the eastern edge of

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, along its border with the districts of

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and Heidenheim. All three districts, and by extension Böhmenkirch, are part of

, one of the 16 States of the

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. Böhmenkirch is physically located in the and regions. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of

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(NN) to a low of NN. A portion of the Federally-protected

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is located in Böhmenkirch's municipal area.

Politics

Böhmenkirch has four boroughs (''Ortsteile'') – Böhmenkirch, Schnittlingen, Steinenkirch, and Treffelhausen – and nine villages: Berg, Hackmesser, Heidhöfe, Lindenhof, Obere Roggenmühle, Ravenstein, Roggensteinhof, Trasenberg, and Ziegelhütte. There are also seven

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: Boxweiler, Hoebart, Neuhausen, Schönenberg, Siggenweiler, Wintereswanc, Winterreute.

Coat of arms

The municipal

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for Böhmenkirch displays a wooden church, in

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upon a

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. The church is a reference to the municipality's name, Böhmenkirch, or "Bohemian church", and became the municipality's representative motif in 1957 on the suggestion from the in

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. An image of a tree had since 1924 been the municipal motif. The red-yellow

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was taken from the House of Rechberg's arms. The municipal coat of arms was approved by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, and a corresponding flag for Böhmenkirch issued, on 4 September 1958.

Transportation

Böhmenkirch lies on the historically important and is a stop on the . The municipality is connected to Germany's network of roadways by . Local public transportation is provided by the .

References

External links

* (in German) {{Authority control Göppingen (district)