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Schlat

German municipality

Field	Value
type	Gemeinde
image_photo	FSchlat03.jpg
image_caption	View of Schlat
image_coa	DEU Schlat COA.svg
coordinates
image_plan	Schlat in GP.svg
state	Baden-Württemberg
region	Stuttgart
district	Göppingen
elevation	412
area	9.68
Gemeindeschlüssel	08117043
postal_code	73114
area_code	07161
licence	GP
website
mayor	Karin Gansloser
leader_term	2023–31

Schlat is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

History

Schlat changed owners several times during the Middle Ages. Barbara von Schlat, a local noblewoman, sold a third of the town in 1410 to Adelberg Abbey, which already controlled nearby properties donated to it by the County of Württemberg. The other two thirds of the town were inherited by the . As a result of the Protestant Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire, Adelberg Abbey was secularized and its holdings seized by the Duchy of Württemberg, which purchased the Liebenstein's portion of Schlat in 1789. The portions of Schlat were until 1807 divided between a district based out of the old abbey and . The Oberamt was reorganized as a Landkreis in 1938 and Schlat remained in its jurisdiction. The town grew after World War II to its east and south.

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Schlat is located at the center of the district of Göppingen, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Schlat is physically located at the foot of the , in the of the Swabian Jura. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of 751 m Normalnull (NN) at the top of the Wasserberg to a low of 368 m NN.

Politics

Schlat has one borough (Ortsteil) and three villages: Fuchseckhof, Rommental, and Ursenwang. There are also two abandoned villages, Dollenkirchen and Zillenhart, in the municipal area. Schlat is in an with the municipalities of Wangen and Wäschenbeuren.

Coat of arms

Schlat's coat of arms displays a sheep, in red, grazing below the branch of an apple tree, in green with four leaves and one red apple, upon a field of yellow. The images on the municipal on the blazon refer to Schlat's history of agriculture, especially husbandry. The coat of arms was awarded along with a municipal flag by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on 30 June 1959.

Transportation

Schlat is connected to Germany's network of roadways by Bundesstraße 10. Local public transportation is provided by the .

References

[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/buergermeisterwahl-schlat-2023/ Bürgermeisterwahl Schlat 2023], Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
"Schlat". [[Baden-Württemberg]].

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