Gundelfingen

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There are at least two municipalities called Gundelfingen in Germany. One is located in Bavaria (see: Gundelfingen an der Donau), one in Baden-Württemberg.

Coordinates: 48°03′N, 07°52′E

Gundelfingen im Breisgau


Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region	Freiburg
District	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Population	11578 (31.12.2005)
Area	14,28 km²
Population density	811 /km²
Elevation	266 m
Coordinates	48°03′ N 07°52′ E
Postal code	79194
Area code	0761
Mayor	Dr. Reinhard Bentler
Website	www.gundelfingen.de

Gundelfingen im Breisgau is a municipality directly north of the city Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). With approximately 11,000 inhabitants, Gundelfingen is one of the larger municipalities in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district. It consists of the old place Gundelfingen and the village Wildtal (savage valley), which was included in the municipality in the 1970s.

[edit] History

The place Gundelfingen was founded in the 4th century, so at least the suffix "-ingen" suggests. The name means that some Alamannic chief settled there with his folk. The first sure sign of Gundelfingens existence is found in a 1008 treaty, where a place called "Gondalvingen" is named.

In 1327, Gundelfingen was sold by Counts Konrad and Friedrich of Freiburg to Schnewelin Bernlapp. In 1507, his successor Balthasar von Blumeneck sold Gundelfingen again, this time to the Markgraf Christoph von Baden. Since then it was part of Baden.

In the 16th century, some 350 inhabitants lived in Gundelfingen. In 1825 it was 620, in 1950 1,817. Only in the 1960s and 1970s the numbers started to expand quickly to 5,016 inhabitants in 1970 and 11,000 inhabitants in 2002.

In 1972, Wildtal was included into the municipality of Gundelfingen, after three quarters of its citizens voted for this inclusion. Wildtal was first namend in a document in 1273 as "Wülptal" or "Wolfstal".