Wört

This article is about Woert, Germany. For other uses, see Wort (disambiguation) and Woert (disambiguation).

Wört
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Wört within Ostalbkreis district
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Coordinates: 49°01′56″N 10°16′21″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Ostalbkreis
Government
• Mayor (2018–26)	Thomas Saur
Area
• Total	18.17 km2 (7.02 sq mi)
Elevation	455 m (1,493 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,534
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	73499
Dialling codes	07964
Vehicle registration	AA
Website	www.gemeinde-woert.de

Wört is a municipality (German: Gemeinde) and town in the district of Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Geography

Location

Wört is located in the valley of the Rotach, a tributary of the Wörnitz River, in the Virngrund region. It is in the northeastern foothills of the Swabian Alb range, between Dinkelsbühl (6 km) and Ellwangen (13 km).

Neighboring Towns

The municipality is bordered to the north by Fichtenau, part of Schwäbisch Hall district, to the east by the Bavarian city of Dinkelsbühl, to the south by Stödtlen and to the west by Ellenberg.

Land Use

According to the Baden-Württemberg Statistics Office, the total area of the municipality is 18.17 km² (7.02 sq mi), of which 8.13 km² (45%) is woodland, 7.67 km² (42%) is agricultural, 0.9 km² (5%) is buildings, 0.74 km² (4%) is for transportation, 0.62 km² (3.5%) is water and 0.09 km² (0.5%) is for recreational use.

Notable residents

It is the birthplace of church historian Hubert Wolf (born 1959).