Gammertingen

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

Gammertingen
Coat of arms
Location of Gammertingen within Sigmaringen district
Gammertingen
Gammertingen
Coordinates: 48°14′58″N 9°13′3″E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionTübingen
DistrictSigmaringen
Government
 • MayorHolger Jerg
Area
 • Total52.97 km2 (20.45 sq mi)
Elevation
662 m (2,172 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total6,320
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
72497–72501
Dialling codes07574
Vehicle registrationSIG
Websitewww.gammertingen.de

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 armsDistrictInhabitantsSurface area
Gammertingen (main locality)5.0001.769 ha
Bronnen> 500?
Feldhausenca. 400991 ha
Harthausen~ 250671 ha
Kettenackerca. 3001.084 ha
Mariaberg> 500?

Notable people
  • John O. Henes (1852–1923), American businessman and philanthropist

References
  1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2018". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). July 2019.
  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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