page_title: Aalen
section_title: Boroughs
hierarchical_section_title: Aalen / Geography / Boroughs
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Karte der Stadtbezirke von Aalen English: Map of the boroughs of Aalen, Germany
context_page_description: Aalen is a former Free Imperial City located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about 70 kilometres east of Stuttgart and 48 kilometres north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district and is its largest town. It is also the largest town in the Ostwürttemberg region. Since 1956, Aalen has had the status of Große Kreisstadt. It is noted for its many half-timbered houses constructed from the 16th century through the 18th century.
  With an area of 146.63 km², Aalen is ranked 7th in Baden-Württemberg and 2nd within the Government Region of Stuttgart, after Stuttgart. With a population of about 66,000, Aalen is the 15th most-populated settlement in Baden-Württemberg.
context_section_description: Aalen's territory consists of the town centre (Kernstadt) and the municipalities
  merged from between 1938 (Unterrombach) and 1975 (Wasseralfingen, see mergings section).
  The municipalities merged in the course of the latest municipal reform of the 1970s are also called Stadtbezirke (quarters or districts), and are Ortschaften ("settlements") in terms of Baden-Württemberg's Gemeindeordnung (municipal code), which means, each of them has its own council elected by its respective residents (Ortschaftsrat) and is presided by a spokesperson (Ortsvorsteher).
  The town centre itself and the merged former municipalities consist of numerous villages (Teilorte), mostly separated by open ground from each other and having their own independent and long-standing history. Some however have been created as planned communities, which were given proper names, but no well-defined borders.
  List of villages:
caption: Map of Aalen's boroughs (Stadtbezirke)
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