Geisingen

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Geisingen (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '  N , 8 ° 39'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Freiburg
County :	Tuttlingen
Height :	667 m above sea level NHN
Area :	73.74 km 2
Residents:	6202 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	84 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	78187
Primaries :	07704, 07708
License plate :	DOES
Community key :	08 3 27 018
City administration address :	Hauptstrasse 36 78187 Geisingen
Website :	www.geisingen.de
Mayor :	Martin Numberger ( CDU )
Location of the city of Geisingen in the Tuttlingen district

Geisingen is a town in the Tuttlingen district in Baden-Württemberg . It is located on the western edge of the district and is the sixth largest municipality in terms of population and the third largest municipality in terms of area.

geography

Geographical location

Geisingen is located in the southwest of the Tuttlingen district on the Danube at an altitude of 663 to 904 meters, on the southeastern edge of the Baar . The wide plateau of the middle Baar narrows between the Wartenberg , the northernmost cone of the Hegau volcanism and the ridge opposite it, the "length", to a narrow valley that continues the Danube eastwards.

Neighboring communities

The city borders in the north on the city of Bad Dürrheim in the Schwarzwald-Baar district , in the east on Immendingen , in the south on Engen and Tengen in the district of Konstanz and Blumberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar district and in the west on the cities of Donaueschingen and Hüfingen , both in the Schwarzwald-Baar district.

City structure

The city of Geisingen consists of the five districts Geisingen , Geisingen / Aulfingen , Geisingen / Gutmadingen , Geisingen / Kirchen-Hausen and Geisingen / Leipferdingen . The city districts are officially named by prefixing the city name and followed by the name of the respective district, separated by a comma . The spatial boundaries of the city districts are identical to the formerly independent municipalities.

Only the villages of the same name belong to the districts of Geisingen / Aulfingen and Geisingen / Gutmadingen . The Geisingen district includes the town of Geisingen, the hamlet of Drei Lärchen, the Wartenberg castle and farmstead and the Espenhöfe and Mühle farms. The districts of Kirchen and Hausen and the homestead Immensitz (Neuhaus) belong to the Geisingen / Kirchen-Hausen district . The Geisingen / Leipferdingen district includes the village of Leipferdingen and the Leipferdingen train station.
In the urban area are the abandoned villages Hagstetten, Längeschloß and Neubrunnen (all districts Geisingen / Aulfingen ), Bodelshausen, Ebenhausen or Sebenhausen, from which parts of the subdivision in Unterbaldingen ( Bad Dürrheim ) have been dissolved, Engelbreiten, Gereuthof and Weiler (all districts Geisingen ), Neu-Sunthausen and Eselsmühle (both in the Geisingen / Kirchen-Hausen district ) and Neufra in the Geisingen-Leipferdingen district .

coat of arms	District	Population (as of May 31, 2019)	surface
	Geisingen (core town)	2930	2163 ha
	Aulfingen	0564	1204 ha
	Gutmadingen	0810	1164 ha
	Kirchen-Hausen	1107	1504 ha
	Leipferdingen	0811	1339 ha
	Wartenberg

history

Until the 19th century

The Alemannic settlement was first mentioned in 764 in a deed of donation from the St. Gallen monastery . In 829 the place was proven to be a public court. The first documented mention of the town as a town took place in 1329, when Geisingen had passed into the possession of the Counts of Fürstenberg .

Geisingen was largely destroyed in a devastating fire in 1487. According to legend, in their desperation, the Geisingers carried the figure of Saint Agatha out of the church and placed it in the main street. Then the fire went out.

From 1500 the city was part of the Swabian Empire . In the 16th century, Geisingen became the seat of government of the Prince von Fürstenberg for three decades. In this epoch between the Peasants 'War and the Thirty Years' War , the city was in its prime. Numerous craftsmen had settled. Towards the end of the 16th century, Geisingen was given the right to hold markets twice a year, and a department store is also occupied by 1580.

After the Thirty Years War, during which Geisingen was conquered by the Swedes in 1632, the city began to decline. In 1806 the city was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Baden .

20th century

Despite hesitant industrialization, Geisingen lost its town charter in 1921 when a new Baden municipal code came into force. It was not until 1956 that Geisingen was authorized by the newly formed state of Baden-Wuerttemberg to reassume the former name "city". This also took into account a strong economic, cultural and urban development that Geisingen experienced after the Second World War.

Incorporations

On April 1, 1972, the then independent communities Gutmadingen and Kirchen-Hausen (so since November 14, 1961, before Kirchen and Hausen ) and on January 1, 1974 the communities Aulfingen and Leipferdingen were incorporated. All parts of the city belonged to the Donaueschingen district until it was dissolved by the district reform on December 31, 1972 .

politics

Municipal council

In Geisingen, the municipal council is elected using the spurious selection process . The number of local councils can change due to overhang mandates . The local election on May 26, 2019 led to the following official final result. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council (results from 2014 and 2009 in brackets).

Turnout: 57.71% 2,780 voters / 38,129 valid votes (51.70%, 52.25%)

FW / FDP - 34.77% 13,257 votes 7 seats of which 1 compensation mandate (29.40%, 6 seats; 34.01%, 8 seats)

CDU - 28.73% 10,957 votes 6 seats including 1 compensation mandate (35.92%, 7 seats; 32.25%, 7 seats)

Active citizens - 19.30% 7,361 votes 4 seats including 1 compensation mandate (13.28%, 2 seats; 11.40%, 2 seats)

SPD / Free Citizens - 17.19% 6,554 votes 4 seats (21.40%. 4 seats; 22.34%, 5 seats)

The districts form residential districts within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code and, with the exception of the Geisingen district, localities under local law , each with its own local council and mayor as its chairman.

mayor

Mayor of Geisingen was from 1971 to 2003 Hans Sorg (1946-2005). From 2003 to August 31, 2019, Walter Hengstler ( CDU , * 1964), who was previously city treasurer in Donaueschingen, was Mayor of Geisingen. Walter Hengstler withdrew his candidacy for a third term of office. Martin Numberger (CDU) was elected the new mayor of the city on June 30, 2019.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In a split shield in front in silver a red lion, behind in gold a blue-armed, blue-tongued red eagle."

Foundation of the coat of arms: The oldest seal of the city of Geisingen hangs on a document from the year 1324 and shows in two shields the waiting mountain lion and the coat of arms of the counts of Fürstenberg. It was created at Fürstenberg (1318) shortly after Geisingen's transition from the hands of the Lords of Wartenberg, who founded the city in the second half of the 13th century. In later seals the lion in the front shield is turned inwards according to the heraldic courtoisie. In the seals of the 19th century, only a left-facing lion without a shield appears, later both figures are united in a split shield, where the Fürstenberg cloud mistake is now omitted. In 1903 the colors for the coat of arms, modeled on the seal, were determined. The Wartenberg and Fürstenbergers also temporarily ruled over three of the four towns that were incorporated into the city between 1972 and 1974.

Town twinning

Gyöngyöstarján , Hungary , since 2003

Culture and sights

The municipality is affiliated with the "Donaubergland" tourist association.

In the south, the district extends to the ridge that separates the Danube valley from the Lake Constance basin. The European watershed runs along this, along with the Alte Postweg for several kilometers , a historical traffic route of national importance.

Buildings

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Geisingen

Numerous testimonies from the Middle Ages and from prehistory can be found on Geisinger districts. These include the Castle Wartenberg , a ruined castle on the Wartenberg , the Upper Castle Wartenberg (Alt-Wartenberg), the Ehrenburg , the section Fastening Hörnekapf , the castle New Sunthausen that portion fixing Schanze , the section Fastening Schänzle and the former Wallburg Heidenburg .

Sports

On the outskirts of Geisingen, Germany's first and world's fourth covered inline arena was opened from April 16 to 18, 2010 . The oval structure has a 200 meter long circular track, a 3000 square meter infield with Vesamaco synthetic resin and a 480 meter long street course that leads around a pond. The arena was built according to international standards and not only designed for training and mass sports. With 3000 grandstand seats, a permanently installed timing system and a 14 square meter video screen, it offers all the requirements for competitions, tournaments, world cup races and world championships.

Regular events

Geisinger Hansele

Fasnet:
Geisingen and the districts are a stronghold of the Swabian-Alemannic Carnival on the Baar. The driving force behind the Geisinger Fasnet is the “Grünwinkel” 1858 e. V. with their fool figures Hansele (a white fool ) and Gretele as well as the Geisinger witches. The fool's guild is a member of the Association of Swabian-Alemannic fools' guilds (VSAN). All parts of the city also have traditional figures and are members of the Black Forest Fools 'Association (Gutmadingen) and the Fools' Association Hegau-Bodensee (Aulfingen, Leipferdingen and Kirchen-Hausen). The traditional carnival (carnival or carnival) from Schmotzige Thursday to Fasnacht Tuesday is celebrated in all parts of the city and the core city with various parades and evening events.

Other Events

• Arena Geisingen half marathon
• Aulfingen: Parish Buck Festival
• Geisingen: Street festival in the main street
• Gutmadingen: village festival, Dorfhock
• Kirchen-Hausen: village festival, autumn concert, sports festival, horse show
• Leipferdingen: Fountain festival of the music association, Grümpel tournament of SV Leipferdingen, sickle handle of the men's choir, Guggenrock of the Guggenmusik

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Ring train on the Wutachtalbahn at the Geisingen-Kirchen stop

Geisingen is on two railway lines: The core city is on the railway line from Tuttlingen to Immendingen. The Regional Express trains stop here every two hours in Geisingen . In addition, the city center is also on the Black Forest Railway from Offenburg to Singen (Hohentwiel) . The trains of the Black Forest Railway only occasionally stop very early in the morning and late in the evening in Geisingen.

In addition, with the exception of Geisingen and Gutmadingen, all parts of the city are connected to the Ringzug system. The districts of Kirchen-Hausen, Aulfingen and Leipferdingen are located on the Wutach Valley Railway from Immendingen to Waldshut , which was reactivated for passenger traffic in 2004 in the Immendingen– Blumberg section . In addition to the Geisingen train station , the city has four other stops . These are Geisingen-Hausen, Geisingen-Kirchen, Geisingen-Aulfingen and Geisingen-Leipferdingen. Weekdays so usually run at hourly clock ring features of HZL of Leipferdingen about Immendingen, Tuttlingen to Rottweil . At the weekend there is a two-hour cycle from Blumberg. At the Geisingen-Hausen stop there is a bus connection to the core city, so that the core city also benefits from the ring train system.

tourism

The Danube Cycle Path , one of the most famous and longest long- distance cycle paths , runs through Geisingen .

Established businesses

Since 2010, the HERMES company has moved into its new logistics center in the DANUVIA81 industrial area.

With around 400 employees, Pajunk Medizintechnik is the largest employer in Geisingen. There are several logistics companies among the resident medium-sized companies and corporate branches. The " Haus Wartenberg ", a retirement and nursing home, is also an important employer. The Stadtmühle Geisingen specializes in processing spelled , which is traditionally grown on the Baar.

From 1971 a Portland cement plant existed in Geisingen, which after several changes of ownership, such as Holderbank, Hupfer GmbH and Breisgauer Zement GmbH, ended up with the Holcim group and was closed in 2003. The industrial area DANUVIA81 was set up on the site.

education

Geisingen has a primary school.

Telephone prefixes

In the city the area code 07704 applies. In contrast to this, 07708 is pre-dialed for calls to Aulfingen and Leipferdingen.

Personalities

• Friedrich Hug (1839–1911), born in the Aulfingen district , member of the Reichstag
• Nikolaus Gihr (1839–1924), born in the district of Aulfingen, spiritual writer and subregens in the St. Peter seminary
• Eugen Brandeis (1846–1930), engineer in Central America, administrative officer in the German colonies
• Gustav Gihr (1894–1959), major general in World War II
• Siegfried Meister (1903–1982), engineer and politician (CDU), member of the state parliament, member of the Bundestag, MEP
• Theodor Hogg OSB (* 1941), 10th Archabbot of the Beuron Archabbey (2001–2011)
• Ernst Günter Wenzler (* 1954), Protestant theologian

Web links

Commons : Geisingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Geisingen  - travel guide

• Official website of the city

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VI: Freiburg region Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 . Pp. 637-640
3. ↑ ^{a b} data and facts ; accessed on December 20, 2018
4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 495 and 518 .
5. ↑ Main statute of the city of Geisingen of February 22, 2000, last changed on July 20, 2004  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/14060/Geisingen
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8. ↑ Partnerships. City of Geisingen, accessed on July 31, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Christina Fröhlin: A paradise for skaters . In: Südkurier of April 8, 2010
10. ↑ William Butschle: Geisinger cement plant is now finally history. Südkurier , June 27, 2013, accessed June 21, 2015 .