Börtlingen
Börtlingen is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Geography. Börtlingen belongs to the marginal zone of the metropolitan region of Stuttgart. Geographical location. Börtlingen is located in the Schurwald in 334-498 meters above sea level, in a straight line about 6 km north of the county town Göppingen. Municipality arrangement. To Börtlingen belongs the village Börtlingen, the two Weiler Breech and Zell, the courts Ödweiler and Schweizerhof and the house Schneiderhof and the proofs of former village Oedweiler. Population development. The development between 1837 and 2010. Source: Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg  Stuttgart Economy and Infrastructure. Transportation. Börtlingen is accessible via the B 297 and the county road K 1408 from Lorch and Göppingen. Local roads lead to Zachersmühle and Oberwälden and about the Kaisersträßle to Adelberg and Oberberken. There is also a bus service to and from Göppingen. In earlier times Börtlingen was connected to the rail network by the former Hohenstaufenbahn (Schwäbisch Gmünd - Göppingen). The station Adelberg-Börtlingen however was located 3.5 km from the town center. Education. With Paul Roth-school Börtlingen has its own primary school, there is also a Protestant kindergarten . Schools can be reached in Rechberghausen  and Göppingen. Buildings. Located in the upper part of Börtlingen is the St. John's Church, which was inaugurated in 1202. The original late Gothic building of the present church was built in 1500 and was later in the 18th century probably modeled in Baroque style . Between the district Breech and Rattenharz, at the county road K 1408 ( 48 ° 46 '10 "N, 9 ° 38' 29" O is the Reinhold Maier-tower. The observation tower, a former shuttle water tower has a height of about 25 m and can be seen from Börtlingen. It was built in 1914 and  was until 2008 in use as a water tower. It could be obtained as a tower by the initiative of the mayor and some citizens. Freeman. Georg Ganzenberg (born July 14, 1914, died December 22, 2006) was for many years the teacher in Börtlingen and a founding member and honorary member of several associations of Börtlingen.