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GEISINGEN Latitude and Longitude:

47°55′20″N 08°38′47″E / 47.92222°N 8.64639°E / 47.92222; 8.64639
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Geisingen
Coat of arms of Geisingen
Location of Geisingen within Tuttlingen district
Konstanz (district) Rottweil (district) Sigmaringen (district) Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Zollernalbkreis Aldingen Balgheim Bärenthal Böttingen Bubsheim Buchheim Deilingen Denkingen Dürbheim Durchhausen Egesheim Emmingen-Liptingen Fridingen Frittlingen Geisingen Gosheim Gunningen Hausen ob Verena Immendingen Irndorf Königsheim Kolbingen Mahlstetten Mühlheim an der Donau Neuhausen ob Eck Reichenbach am Heuberg Renquishausen Rietheim-Weilheim Seitingen-Oberflacht Spaichingen Talheim Trossingen Tuttlingen Wehingen Wurmlingen
Geisingen is located in Germany
Geisingen
Geisingen
Geisingen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Geisingen
Geisingen
Coordinates: 47°55′20″N 08°38′47″E / 47.92222°N 8.64639°E / 47.92222; 8.64639
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Tuttlingen
Government
 •  Mayor (2019–27) Martin Numberger [1]
Area
 • Total73.74 km2 (28.47 sq mi)
Elevation
667 m (2,188 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
 • Total6,441
 • Density87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes
78187
Dialling codes07704
Vehicle registrationTUT
Website www.geisingen.de

Geisingen is a town in the district of Tuttlingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 13 km southwest of Tuttlingen, and 21 km southeast of Villingen-Schwenningen.

History

Geisingen is referenced (spelled variously as 'Chisincs' and 'Gisinga') in deeds dated in the years 724 and 829 recorded in the monastery of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and as such is attested as one of the oldest towns in the region. [3]

Geography

The town is on the left (here, the northern) bank of the Danube at the eastern edge of a plateau known as the Baar. Where the valley of the Danube leads out of town to the east, the altitude is 2162 feet. From the peak of the Wartenberg, a conical hill (altitude: 2756 feet) which overlooks the town from the west, one can on a clear day catch a glimpse of the Swiss alps. [4]

Aulfingen, church: Kirche Sankt Nikolaus
Kirchen Hausen, church: Pfarrkirche Sankt Marien

Sons and daughters of the city

  • Gustav Gihr (1894-1959), major general in the Second World War
  • Siegfried Meister (1903-1982), engineer and politician (CDU), Member of Landtag, Member of Bundestag, Member of European Parliament

References

  1. ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
  3. ^ August Vetter Geisingen: Eine Stadtgründung der Edelfreien von Wartenburg ©1964 Südkurier GmBH Konstanz
  4. ^ based on the author's visit and climb of the Wartenberg