Salach

Salach
Salach
Municipality
	Aerial view of Salach
	Coat of arms
	Location of Salach within Göppingen district
	Salach Salach
	Coordinates: 48°41′20″N 9°44′09″E / 48.68889°N 9.73583°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Göppingen
Government
• Mayor (2022–30)	Dennis Eberle (CDU)
Area
• Total	8.32 km2 (3.21 sq mi)
Elevation	362 m (1,188 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	8,181
• Density	980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	73084
Dialling codes	07162
Vehicle registration	GP
Website	www.salach.de

Salach is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

History

In 1806, Salach, previously a possession of the Lordship of Staufeneck, was mediatized to the Kingdom of Württemberg. The town was assigned to Oberamt Göppingen [de], then connected to the growing system of railways in Europe in 1847 by the Fils Valley Railway. Oberamt Göppingen was reorganized in 1938 as Landkreis Göppingen, under whose jurisdiction Salach remained. The town began a period of urban growth after World War II, adding new areas to its northern and southern extremities.^[3]

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Salach is found in the district of Göppingen, in Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany. Salach is physically located in the Fils river valley, in the central [de] and eastern foothills [de] of the Swabian Jura. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of 551 meters (1,808 ft) Normalnull (NN) to a low of 346 meters (1,135 ft) NN.^[3]

Politics

Salach has one borough (Ortsteil), Salach, and seven villages: Baierhof, Bärenbachhof, Bärenbach, Bärenhöfle, Kapfhöfe, Schafhof, and Staufeneck. The municipality of Salach is in a municipal association with the city of Eislingen and the municipality of Ottenbach.^[3]

Coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms for Salach displays a lion, in blue and facing to the left, upon a field of yellow. This is the coat of arms of the Lords of Staufeneck and it was adopted by the municipal council on the suggestion of the Central State Archive Stuttgart [de] in 1912. It was approved for official use, and a corresponding flag issued to the municipality, by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on 7 March 1960.^[3]