Geislingen, Zollernalbkreis

Geislingen

Coat of arms
Geislingen
Location of Geislingen within Zollernalbkreis district
Coordinates: 48°17′15″N 08°48′45″E / 48.28750°N 8.81250°E / 48.28750; 8.81250Coordinates: 48°17′15″N 08°48′45″E / 48.28750°N 8.81250°E / 48.28750; 8.81250
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Tübingen
District Zollernalbkreis
Government
 • Mayor Oliver Schmid (non-Party)
Area
 • Total 31.95 km2 (12.34 sq mi)
Elevation 563 m (1,847 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 5,860
 • Density 180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 72349–72351
Dialling codes 07433 / 07428
Vehicle registration BL/HCH
Website www.stadt-geislingen.de

Geislingen is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 4 km northwest of Balingen. Current population is at around 6,000 people. Geislingen consists of three smaller towns, Geislingen (pop. 4,500), Erlaheim (pop. 500) and Binsdorf (pop. 1,000), all of them growing by about 1% per year. While the area has been constantly settled since the stone age, the first written documentation of Binsdorf dates back to the year 834, Geislingen proper gets a first mention in 1188. The local economy mixes agriculture with services and small-scale industry. Most of Geislingen today has a residential character with many citizens working in the highly industrial areas south of Stuttgart or in nearby Balingen.

Mining

In former times sand, sandstone,limestone and ironore was produced in Geislingen. [2] The name of the mine in Geislingen was Goldhöhle.[3] In Erlaheim near Mildersbach Schwefelkies. [4] In Binsdorf a natural stone industry consists of extraction operations of natural stone (quarries) for civil engineering, sandstone (Keupersandstein), sandstone(Stubensandstein) and limestone (Liaskalk) .[5] From an old 3,5 km mine in a Doggererzflöz in Weilheim is wood in the Tuttlinger Fruchtkasten .[6] The mine in Geislingen is collapsed. Steel was produced in Tuttlingen by the Schwäbische Hüttenwerke in Ludwigshal. The ofen in Harras was closed in 1832.[7] The long tranport with horses caused only limited equivalent income of pyrite mining in Erlaheim. By building railways new calculations make the ironore of the area unprofitable.[8] [9] Near Geislingen was broken a black stone for the Operation Desert (German fuel project) at the road to Erzingen .[10] [11]

Nature

Fruit Trees

To help people to help themselves Württemberg plant an alley of trees.(Dienstbarkeit on private ground). The tree farms of Wilhelm and the Brüdergemeinde delivered for free.[12] In 1863: Luiken, Winterlinge, Fleiner, Knausbirnen, Bratbirnen, Glöcklesbirnen, Fäßlesbirnen, Grunbirnen, Lederäpfel, Breitlinge, Goldparmäne, Rosenäpfel, Zuckerbirnen and Bergamottbirnen [13]

Aboretum of Fruit trees (Obstbaumlehrpfad)

Since 1990 in Erlaheim [14]

Weiberschlacht

In 1941 there was a protest against the Nazi Party in Geislingen.[15]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2017". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ Oberamtsbeschreibung Sulz/ Binsdorf
  3. ↑
    Goldloch. In: Schwarzwälder Bote, 20.08.2015.
  4. ↑ Oberamtsbeschreibung Balingen
  5. ↑ Oberamtsbeschreibung
  6. ↑ Fruchtkasten: Abteilung Ludwigsthal. In: Pressemiteilungen. 21.November 2016.
  7. ↑ memminger (in German), Jahrbuch 1839, p. 352
  8. ↑ Friedrich von Alberti (in German), Die Gebirge des Königreichs Württemberg, in besonderer Beziehung auf Halurgie, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J. G. Cotta’sche Buchhandlung 1826, p. 124
  9. ↑
    Eisenindustrie. In: Schwarzwälder Bote, 28.09.2016.
  10. ↑ Gert Ungureanu: KZ Natzweiler. In: Schwarzwälder Bote. Zollernalb, 24. April 2017.
  11. ↑ Denkmalamt
  12. ↑ Apfelgeschichte auf Apfelgut Sulz
  13. ↑ Oberamtsbeschreibung Sulz/ Binsdorf
  14. ↑ Obstlehrpfad
  15. ↑ "Weiberschlacht". Schwarzwälder Bote (in German). 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  16. ↑ Werner-Ulrich Deetjen (1985) (in German), 700 Jahre Stadt Ebingen - Geschichte in Bildern Vorträgezur Geschichte: Das Reich Gottes zu Ebingen-Gedanken zu seiner Geschichte und Eigenart, Albstadt: Druck und Verlagshaus Daniel Balingen
  17. ↑ Hegeler, Hartmut. "Namen der Opfer der Hexenprozesse/ Hexenverfolgung in Rottweil" (PDF). Retrieved Mar 17, 2018.
  18. ↑ NRWZ Verlag Archived 2015-05-25 at the Wayback Machine.
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