Type: | Stadt |
Image Coa: | DEU Bopfingen COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 48.8569°N 10.3522°W |
Image Plan: | Bopfingen in AA.svg |
State: | Baden-Württemberg |
Region: | Stuttgart |
District: | Ostalbkreis |
Elevation: | 468 |
Area: | 76.98 |
Postal Code: | 73441 |
Area Code: | 07362 |
Licence: | AA |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 08 1 36 010 |
Divisions: | 9 Stadtteile |
Website: | www.bopfingen.de |
Mayor: | Dr Gunter Bühler[1] |
Leader Term: | 2021 - 29 |
Bopfingen (Swabian: Bopfeng) is a small city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Ostalbkreis, between Aalen and Nördlingen. It consists of the city Bopfingen itself and its suburbs Aufhausen, Baldern, Flochberg, Kerkingen, Oberdorf, Schloßberg, Trochtelfingen, and Unterriffingen.Bopfingen is famous for its landmark Ipf, a table mountain which is part of the neighboring Schwäbische Alb to the east. To the west it borders to Bavaria and the meteor crater Nördlinger Ries.
The first known settlers came to the area 8000 years ago in the Holocene. Also Celtic and Roman relics were found. It was first mentioned between 775 and 850 AD in a deed of foundation of "Traditiones Fuldenses" where it was called "Pophingen".
Since February 2006 Gunter Bühler is the mayor of Bopfingen. Bühler is an economic geographer. Previous mayors: