Gammertingen

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Gammertingen
Coat of arms
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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  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,370
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	72497–72501
Dialling codes	07574
Vehicle registration	SIG
Website	www.gammertingen.de

Gammertingen (German pronunciation: [ˈɡamɐtɪŋən] (listen)) 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 , 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 the Nazi era, a Reichsarbeitsdienst camp for females was located 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[]

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

References[]

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