Geislingen an der Steige

Geislingen an der Steige
Geislingen an der Steige
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Stuttgart
District Göppingen
Mayor Wolfgang Amann
Basic statistics
Area 75.83 km2 (29.28 sq mi)
Elevation 464 m  (1522 ft)
Population 26,841 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 354 /km2 (917 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate GP
Postal codes 73301–73312
Area codes 07331, 07334, 07337
Website www.geislingen.de

Geislingen an der Steige is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

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History

Although the area had settlements since the Bronze Age, Geislingen was founded by the counts of Helfenstein as a transit collection station on the important commercial route between the Rhine valley and the Mediterranean. The fortified Helfenstein castle existed since 1100. Giselingen was first mentioned as civitas in a document dated 1237. From 1396 through 1802, Geislingen was owned by the free and imperial city of Ulm on the Danube. In 1803 Ulm and Geislingen became part of Bavaria, but in a land exchange were incorporated into the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1810.

Industrialization started with the arrival of the railroad and the construction of the railroad “Steige” (1847-1850), a steep incline of rail and road to the plateau of the Schwäbische Alb (Swabian Jura). The leading industrial enterprise is the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF) founded in 1852, a world renowned manufacturer of goods for kitchen and table.

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Partnership

Geislingen is twin town of:

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