Gäufelden is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the administrative district of

Böblingen Böblingen (; ) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen (district), Böblingen District. Sindelfingen and Böblingen are Geographic contiguity, contiguous. History Böblingen was founded by Count Wilhelm von Tübingen-Bö ...

, in the

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Geography

Gäufelden is located in the upper Gäu about seven kilometres from

Herrenberg Herrenberg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Härrabärg'' or ''Haerebärg'') is a town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about 30 km south of Stuttgart and 20 km from Tübingen. After Sindelfingen, Böblingen, and Leonberg, it ...

and just as far from

Nagold Nagold () is a town in southwestern Germany, bordering the Northern Black Forest. It is located in the '' Landkreis'' (district) of Calw (Germany/Baden-Württemberg). Nagold is recorded for the first time in a historical document dating back to ...

. The local subdistrict extends from 390 to 545

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. The municipality of Gäufelden is situated in the southwestern corner of the Böblingen district, sharing its eastern border with the district of Tübingen. The highest elevation is located in the north-west, standing at 544.95 m, while the lowest point can be found to the north-east at 381.50 m.https://www.leo-bw.de/en-GB/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/106/ort

Economy and Infrastructure

Traffic

Rail

Gäufelden is connected to the national railway network via the

Stuttgart–Horb railway The Stuttgart–Horb railway is a 67.227 kilometer-long railway in the southern part of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, running from Stuttgart to Horb. It forms part of a railway known as the Gäubahn () or Gäu Railway. The Royal W� ...

. The

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

is served every two hours by regional express trains to

Singen Singen (; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Singe'') is an industrial city in the very south of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany and just north of the German-Swiss border. Location Singen is an industrial city situated in the far sout ...

(in the opposite direction to

Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (; ) is the primary railway station in the city of Stuttgart, the state capital of Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany. It is the largest regional and long-distance railway station in Stuttgart, the main node of the ...

), by regional trains to Freudenstadt Hauptbahnhof or

Rottweil Rottweil (; Alemannic: ''Rautweil'') is a town in southwest Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rottweil was a free imperial city for nearly 600 years. Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alps, Rottweil has over 25,000 ...

, which also share every two hours in Eutingen im Gäu, and by individual regional trains to

(in the opposite direction to Bondorf (b Herrenberg)). In the evenings from Monday to Friday, a pair of trains on the line of the

Karlsruhe Stadtbahn The Karlsruhe Stadtbahn is a German tram-train system combining Karlsruhe trams, tram lines in the city of Karlsruhe with railway lines in the surrounding countryside, serving the entire region of the middle upper Rhine valley and creating connec ...

, which otherwise ends in Eutingen im Gäu, will also be tied through to

, which also stops in Gäufelden.

Bus transport

In order to provide a connection to the line of the

Stuttgart S-Bahn The Stuttgart S-Bahn is a suburban railway system (S-Bahn) serving the Stuttgart Region, an urban agglomeration of around 2.7 million people, consisting of the city of Stuttgart and the adjacent districts of Esslingen, Böblingen, Ludwigsb ...

Kirchheim unter Teck Kirchheim unter Teck (, ; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Kircha'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Esslingen (district), district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter (Neckar), Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It i ...

, which terminates in

, Gäufelden is served hourly by buses in the direction of

Roads

Gäufelden is located on several '' Landesstraßen'' and '' Kreisstraßen''.

History

The municipality was founded July 1, 1971 by the voluntary merger of the previously independent villages of Nebringen, Öschelbronn and Tailfingen. Since then, the population has more than doubled. These three villages constitute "Ortsteile" (districts) of Gäufelden. Each district retains a ''Rathaus'' (town hall), but the administration is centralized in Öschelbronn.

Former mayors

* Herrmann Wolf (1971-2003) * Johannes Buchter (2003-2019)

References

External links

*
Public Library of Gäufelden
(in German) Böblingen (district) {{Böblingen-geo-stub