Blaustein

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Blaustein
Municipality
Town hall in Arnegg
Coat of arms
Location of Blaustein within Alb-Donau-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 48°25′6″N 9°54′29″E / 48.41833°N 9.90806°E / 48.41833; 9.90806
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Alb-Donau-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2023–31)	Konrad Peter Menz[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	55.61 km2 (21.47 sq mi)
Elevation	495 m (1,624 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	16,667
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	89134
Dialling codes	07304, 0731
Vehicle registration	UL
Website	www.blaustein.de

Blaustein (German pronunciation: [ˈblaʊ̯ʃtaɪn]) is a town in the district of Alb-Donau Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated on the Blau River, 6 km west of Ulm and has about 15,000 inhabitants.

Before 1968, Blaustein was known as Herrlingen. It was created in 1968 after the union of Ehrenstein and Klingenstein. During the 1970s, the municipalities of Arnegg, Bermaringen, Dietingen, Herrlingen, Lautern, Markbronn, Weidach and Wippingen became part of the new municipality of Blaustein. Herrlingen was the home of Anna Essinger's boarding school, Landschulheim Herrlingen, founded in 1926. In 1933, with the rise of Nazism, Essinger moved the school and, with their parents' permission, the school's 66 Jewish pupils to safety in England.^{[citation needed]}