Gammertingen

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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Gammertingen within Sigmaringen district

(2015–23) Holger Jerg^[1]Area

• Total52.97 km² (20.45 sq mi)Elevation

662 m (2,172 ft)Population

(2021-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,331 • Density120/km² (310/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

72497–72501

Dialling codes07574Vehicle registrationSIGWebsitewww.gammertingen.de

Gammertingen (German pronunciation: [ˈɡamɐtɪŋən] ^ⓘ) 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 Mariaberg.

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.^[3] Gammertingen was first mentioned in 1101 in a document of the Kloster Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen. Gammertingen was first mentioned in 1311 as a city.^[4] During the time of the Hohenzollern and later Prussian times, Gammertingen was the seat of Oberamt, district court, forestry department and land registry.

During the Nazi era, a Reichsarbeitsdienst camp for females was located in Gammertingen.^[5]

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

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

References

^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 15 September 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
^ 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.
^ Ludwig Eglers Chronik der Stadt Hechingen. Hechingen 1980, S. 14 Anmk.
^ 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