Geisingen Explained

Type:Stadt
Image Coa:DEU Geisingen COA.svg
Coordinates:47.9222°N 8.6464°W
Image Plan:Geisingen in TUT.svg
State:Baden-Württemberg
Region:Freiburg
District:Tuttlingen
Elevation:667
Area:73.74
Postal Code:78187
Area Code:07704
Licence:TUT
Gemeindeschlüssel:08 3 27 018
Website:www.geisingen.de
Mayor:Martin Numberger[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 27

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.[2]

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.[3]

Sons and daughters of the city

References

Notes and References

  1. https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse
  2. August Vetter Geisingen: Eine Stadtgründung der Edelfreien von Wartenburg ©1964 Südkurier GmBH Konstanz
  3. based on the author's visit and climb of the Wartenberg