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Gammertingen
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Gammertingen within Sigmaringen district
Gammertingen Show map of Germany Gammertingen Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 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 (2015–23)	Holger Jerg[1]
Area
• Total	52.97 km2 (20.45 sq mi)
Elevation	662 m (2,172 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,318
• 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] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Sigmaringen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 18 km north of Sigmaringen.

Geographyedit

Geographical locationedit

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

Neighbouring communitiesedit

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 communitiesedit

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.

Historyedit

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]

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 peopleedit

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

Referencesedit