Ratshausen

Ratshausen is a municipality the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In 1805, Ratshausen, previously a possession of the Austrian County of Hohenberg, was annexed by the Kingdom of Württemberg. Ratshausen was assigned to Oberamt Spaichingen, and remained in that district until it was dissolved into Landkreis Balingen in 1938. The town transformed after World War II from a rural and agricultural town to a commercial center. Residential space was added to the southwest in the 1950s. As part of the 1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform, the district of Balingen was dissolved and Ratshausen reassigned to the newly created district of Zollernalb. Further development took place in the 1990s in the north and south. The municipality (Gemeinde) of Ratshausen is located in the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is located at the southwest end of the district and borders Tuttlingen district to the south. Ratshausen is physically located primarily in the High Swabian Jura, in the valley of the Schlichem, which flows through Ratshausen itself.