Gammertingen () is a town in the district of Sigmaringen, in

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. It is situated 18 km north of

Sigmaringen Sigmaringen ( Swabian: ''Semmerenga'') is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district. Sigmaringen is renowned for its castle, Schloss Sigmaring ...

Geography

Geographical location

Gammertingen is located on the

Swabian Jura The Swabian Jura (german: Schwäbische Alb , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of ...

in the valley of the

Lauchert The Lauchert is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous memb ...

, a tributary of the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

Neighbouring communities

The following cities and towns are adjacent to the city of Gammertingen. They are called the

clockwise Two-dimensional rotation can occur in two possible directions. Clockwise motion (abbreviated CW) proceeds in the same direction as a clock's hands: from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back up to the top. The opposite ...

, starting in the Northeast: Pfronstetten ( Reutlingen (district))

Langenenslingen Langenenslingen (; Swabian: ''Ẽslenga'') is a municipality in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It has a population close to 3,500. Geography Location Langenenslingen is located on the northern edge of Upper Swabia ...

( Biberach (district))

Hettingen Hettingen is a town in the district of Sigmaringen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 14 km north of Sigmaringen Sigmaringen ( Swabian: ''Semmerenga'') is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Si ...

, 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 The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from the middle of the 5th century until 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gauli ...

. Gammertingen was first mentioned in 1101 in a document of the Kloster Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen. Gammertingen was first mentioned in 1311 as a city. 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 Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

, a

Reichsarbeitsdienst The Reich Labour Service (''Reichsarbeitsdienst''; RAD) was a major organisation established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militarise the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ...

camp for females was located in Gammertingen.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

Notable people

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

References

{{Authority control Sigmaringen (district)