Oberkochen

Oberkochen station is a railway station in the municipality of Oberkochen, located in the Ostalbkreis district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The station lies on the Brenz Railway. The train services are operated by DB Regio Baden-Württemberg and SWEG Bahn Stuttgart.

The Red Kocher (German: Roter Kocher) is a small river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It flows into the Black Kocher in Oberkochen.

The Volkmarsberg is a mountain in the Swabian Alb, south of Aalen in the Ostalbkreis, Germany, with an altitude of 743 metres (2,438 ft). It rises at the edge of the town of Oberkochen, from where there is a 2.5-kilometre (1.6 mi) path to the summit. On the summit plateau there is a shelter as well as the 23-metre (75 ft) Volkmarsberg tower, a stone observation tower built in 1930, from which one has a far-reaching view over the entire Ostalbkreis. In rare temperature inversion conditions the 180-kilometre (110 mi) distant Zugspitze can be seen.Volkmarsberg was designated as a nature reserve in 1938, and recognised by the European Environment Agency as a nature conservation site in 1994.

Unterkochen station is a railway station in the city of Aalen, located in the Ostalbkreis district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The station lies on the Brenz Railway. The train services are operated by SWEG Bahn Stuttgart.

The Black Kocher (German: Schwarzer Kocher) is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. At its confluence with the White Kocher (Weißer Kocher) in Unterkochen, the Kocher is formed.

The White Kocher (German: Weißer Kocher) is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. At its confluence with the Black Kocher (Schwarzer Kocher) in Unterkochen, the Kocher is formed.

Ostwürttemberg (East Württemberg) is a region in eastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Stuttgart subdivision (Regierungsbezirk). It is located in the southwestern part of Germany. It consists of the districts of Heidenheim and Ostalb. It borders the Stuttgart Region to the west, the Heilbronn-Franken Region to the north, western Middle Franconia (Bavaria) to the east, Bavarian Swabia to the southeast, and the Alb-Danube district to the south.The area of Ostwürttemberg covers 2139 km², with a population of 446 349 people. The administrative seat is Schwäbisch Gmünd. The region is mainly rural, encompassing most of the eastern parts of the Swabian Alb and parts of the valleys of the rivers Brenz, Jagst, Kocher and Rems. The main towns are Aalen, Ellwangen, Heidenheim and Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Königsbronn Abbey (Kloster Königsbronn) was a Cistercian monastery in Königsbronn in the district of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Königsbronn is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Königsbronn (Koenigsbronn) as an administrative community also includes the villages of Itzelberg, Ochsenberg and Zang. It lies in the Brenz valley within the hills of the Swabian Jura, a landscape shaped by karst (limestone). A spring near the town center is the source of the Brenz, a tributary of the Danube.

Ziegelbach is a small river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Brenz in Königsbronn.

Pfeffer is a short river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Brenz at the Königsbronn Abbey.

Aalen (German pronunciation: [ˈaːlən] (listen)) is a former Free Imperial City located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of Stuttgart and 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district and is its largest town. It is also the largest town in the Ostwürttemberg region. Since 1956, Aalen has had the status of Große Kreisstadt (major district town). It is noted for its many half-timbered houses constructed from the 16th century through the 18th century.With an area of 146.63 km2, Aalen is ranked 7th in Baden-Württemberg and 2nd within the Government Region of Stuttgart, after Stuttgart. With a population of about 66,000, Aalen is the 15th most-populated settlement in Baden-Württemberg.