Beuren, Esslingen

Beuren is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is a spa and resort. With the majority of its district (95.2%), Beuren is part of the Swabian Alb Biosphere Reserve.

Geography
Beuren is located 28 km southeast of Stuttgart and 16 km southwest of Reutlingen.

Mayors since 1853

 * 1853–1879: Nicolaus Klaß
 * 1879–1888: Jacob Klaß
 * 1888–1890: Philipp Friedrich Nestel
 * 1890–1927: Wilhelm Eugen Schraft
 * 1927–1934: Karl Friedrich Schminke
 * 1934: Wilhelm König
 * 1934–1945: Wilhelm Spanagel
 * 1945–1946: August Reuß
 * 1946–1948: Helmut Link
 * 1948–1983: Willi Gras
 * 1983–2015: Erich Hartmann
 * since 2016: Daniel Gluiber

Municipal council
The result of the local government elections on May 25, 2014:

Notable people

 * August Pfänder (1891–1971), mayor in Neuffen and Nürtingen
 * Gottlob Espenlaub (1900–1972), born in Balzholz, German pilot and plane-constructor
 * Karl Albert Pfänder (1906–1990), wooden sculptor and wood turner, designer for wood products
 * Wolfgang Ischinger (born 1946), German jurist, former diplomat, leader of Munich Security Conference since 2008