Gammertingen

Gammertingen

Coat of arms
Gammertingen

Coordinates: 48°14′58″N 9°13′3″E / 48.24944°N 9.21750°E / 48.24944; 9.21750Coordinates: 48°14′58″N 9°13′3″E / 48.24944°N 9.21750°E / 48.24944; 9.21750
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Tübingen
District Sigmaringen
Government
 • Mayor Holger Jerg
Area
 • Total 52.97 km2 (20.45 sq mi)
Elevation 662 m (2,172 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 6,341
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 72497–72501
Dialling codes 07574
Vehicle registration SIG
Website www.gammertingen.de

Gammertingen is a town in the district of Sigmaringen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 18 km north of Sigmaringen.

Geography

Geographical location

Gammertingen is located on the Swabian Jura in the valley of the Lauchert, a tributary of the Danube.

Neighbouring communities

The following cities and towns are adjacent to the city of Gammertingen. They are called the clockwise, starting in the Northeast:

Pfronstetten (Reutlingen (district)) Langenenslingen ( Biberach (district)) Hettingen, Neufra, Burladingen (Zollernalbkreis), Trochtelfingen (Reutlingen (district)).

Constituent communities

In addition to the core city of Gammertingen with around 5000 inhabitants belong to the whole city five districts, among them the three boroughs Feldhausen, Harthausen and Kettenacker together with the princely Hohenzollern domain Lusthof on the plateau of the Swabian Jura, Bronnen and Maria Berg.

History

The well-known Helmet of Gammertingen and other rich grave goods from a number of burial grounds provide the information of an early settlement in the time of the Merovingian dynasty. [2] Gammertingen was first mentioned in 1101 in a document of the Kloster Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen. Gammertingen was first mentioned in 1311 as a city. [3] During the time of the Hohenzollern and later Prussian times, Gammertingen was the seat of Oberamt, district court, forestry department and land registry.

During Nazi era was a camp of the female Reichsarbeitsdienst in Gammertingen.[4]

Coat of arms District Inhabitants Surface area
Gammertingen (main locality) 5.000 1.769 ha
Bronnen > 500 ?
Feldhausen ca. 400 991 ha
Harthausen ~ 250 671 ha
Kettenacker ca. 300 1.084 ha
Mariaberg > 500 ?

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Postleitzahl am 30.09.2016". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
  2. ↑ Angela Vielstich, Edwin Ernst Weber: Der »Dreiländerkreis« Sigmaringen im geschichtlichen Überblick. In: Dirk Gaerte (Hrsg.); Edwin Ernst Weber (Konzeption): Der Dreiländerkreis Sigmaringen. Ein Führer zu Natur, Wirtschaft, Geschichte und Kultur. Gmeiner Verlag, Meßkirch 2007, ISBN 978-3-89977-512-9, S. 23–36, hier S. 24.
  3. ↑ Ludwig Eglers Chronik der Stadt Hechingen. Hechingen 1980, S. 14 Anmk.
  4. ↑ Edwin Ernst Weber: Sophie Scholl im Reichsarbeitsdienstlager Schloss Krauchenwies. In: Denkstättenkuratorium NS-Dokumentation Oberschwaben (Hrsg.): Denkorte an oberschwäbischen Erinnerungswegen in den Landkreisen Bodenseekreis und Sigmaringen. 2012. S. 30


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