- Owen, Germany
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Owen Coordinates 48°35′18″N 9°27′5″E / 48.58833°N 9.45139°ECoordinates: 48°35′18″N 9°27′5″E / 48.58833°N 9.45139°E Administration Country Germany State Baden-Württemberg Admin. region Stuttgart District Esslingen Mayor Verena Grötzinger Basic statistics Area 9.70 km2 (3.75 sq mi) Elevation 391 m (1283 ft) Population 3,449 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 356 /km2 (921 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate ES Postal code 73277 Area code 07021 Website www.owen.de Owen (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊ.ən], see below) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Geography
It is located 29 km southeast of Stuttgart and 7 km south of Kirchheim unter Teck.
Pronunciation
The name's pronunciation contradicts ordinary German orthographic rules and is more similar to English standard pronunciation. The name derives from the old word "Aue", meaning floodplain, and kept its ancient pronunciation.
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 31 December 2009. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf.
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
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