Gammertingen () 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.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, , S. 23–36, hier S. 24. Gammertingen was first mentioned in 1101 in a document of the Kloster Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen. Gammertingen was first mentioned in 1311 as a city.Ludwig Eglers Chronik der Stadt Hechingen. Hechingen 1980, S. 14 Anmk. 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.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
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
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