Lonsee

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Lonsee

Total population

5,157

Elevation564 m

Land area43.32 km²

Coordinates48.54°, 9.92°

Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Lonsee is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The population of Lonsee in 2021 is 5121; the town consists of 7 villages – Ettlenschieß, Halzhausen, Lonsee, Luizhausen, Radelstetten, Sinabronn, and Urspring. The village has a town hall, two railway stations on the Fils Valley Railway, and two schools. Various clubs and groups provide for an active social life. Lonsee was first mentioned in the year 888, but the remains of a Roman fort in nearby Urspring tell of an even older history. Lonsee has been twinned with the English town of Kingskerswell since 1989.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Jerome Emser

German theologian

Leonhard Hutter

German theologian

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Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter

German scholar

Samuel Hebich

German missionary (1803–1868)

Benedikt Denzel

German abbot (1692-1767)

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Christian Leibing

German politician and farmer (1905-1997)

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Eberhardt Renz

German clergyman and bishop

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Heinrich Stooß

German politician (1896-1971)

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Georg Widmanstetter

German printer

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Heinrich Suso Groner

German priest (1895–1968)

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Johann Peter Miller

German classical scholar

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Joseph Wannenmacher

German painter (1722-1780)

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Peter Wilhelm Stahl

German pilot and aviation writer (1913–2001)

Konrad Dieterich Haßler

German educationist, theologian, orientalist and politician (1803-1873)

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Walter Schieber

SS officer; chief of Armament Supply Office (1896–1960)

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Ludwig Brucker

German politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Baden-Württemberg

• Reutti
  2.4 mi away
• Amstetten-Dorf
  3.6 mi away
• Scharenstetten
  3.7 mi away
• Türkheim
  5.9 mi away
• Bollingen
  6.1 mi away
• Albeck
  7.7 mi away
• Stötten
  8 mi away
• Schnittlingen
  9.3 mi away
• Treffelhausen
  10.3 mi away
• Donzdorf
  11 mi away · pop. 10,800
• Ermingen
  11.1 mi away
• Weißenstein
  11.3 mi away

Browse all places in Baden-Württemberg →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Beech Gall Midge

Mikiola fagi

Seen 2026-06-09

Common Carder Bumble Bee

Bombus pascuorum

Seen 2026-06-08

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-06-08

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-06-08

Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Seen 2026-06-08

Dicerca berolinensis

Dicerca berolinensis

Seen 2026-06-07

Golden Ground Beetle

Carabus auratus

Seen 2026-06-07

Continental Striped Shield Bug

Graphosoma italicum italicum

Seen 2026-06-07

Pearly Heath

Coenonympha arcania

Seen 2026-06-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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