Giengen on the Brenz
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Coordinates: 48 ° 37 ' N , 10 ° 15' E |
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| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Stuttgart | |
| County : | Heidenheim | |
| Height : | 464 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 44.07 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 19,666 (Dec. 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 446 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postcodes : | 89537, 89522 | |
| Area code : | 07322 | |
| License plate : | HDH | |
| Community key : | 08 1 35 016 | |
| City structure: | Core city and 4 districts | |
City administration address : |
Marktstrasse 11 89537 Giengen an der Brenz |
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| Lord Mayor : | Dieter Henle ( independent ) | |
| Location of the town of Giengen an der Brenz in the Heidenheim district | ||
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The former Free Imperial City of Giengen an der Brenz is located in the east of Baden-Württemberg on the border with Bavaria , about ten kilometers southeast of Heidenheim an der Brenz and 30 kilometers northeast of Ulm . It is the second largest city in the Heidenheim district after the district town of Heidenheim and the fifth largest city in the East Wuerttemberg region . Giengen belongs to the central area of Heidenheim, which includes all communities in the Heidenheim district, and has been a major district town since January 1, 1999 .
geography
location
Giengen is located on the eastern edge of the Swabian Alb on the Lonetal -flächealb in a basin of the lower Brenz north of the river between Schießberg and Bruckersberg. Coming from Herbrechtingen, the Brenz enters the urban area in the northwest, then flows through the core city south of the old town and leaves it in the southeast towards Hermaringen. The urban area extends over an altitude of 449 m above sea level. NN at the Burgberg waterworks up to 595 m above sea level. NN in the Gewann Dornhäule on the border with Heidenheim.
Historical geography
The historic St. James Pilgrimage Route leads through Giengen and ends in Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Giengen is located on the southern German section of Nuremberg - Ulm - Constance . So today Giengen is visited again by many people on foot on the long-distance hiking trail .
In the residential district of Hohenmemmingen are the abandoned towns of Sparenweiler, Stulen and Weiler, in the residential district of Hürben is the abandoned town of Niederweiler.
City structure
The urban area of Giengen an der Brenz consists of the core town and the four municipalities of Burgberg , Hohenmemmingen , Hürben and Sachsenhausen , which were incorporated as part of the 1972 regional reform ; these form residential districts in the sense of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code.
The village of Burgberg and the castle and homestead Schloss Burgberg belong to the former municipality of Burgberg . The town of Giengen, the Schratenhof homestead and the Christophruhe residential area belong to the town of Giengen an der Brenz as of December 31, 1971.
In the core city, further residential areas with their own names are sometimes distinguished, the names of which have emerged in the course of the development, but the boundaries of which are usually not determined. These include, for example, Schwage, Bühl, Ehbach, Südstadt, Rechberg and Memmingerwanne.
Neighboring communities
The following towns and communities border the town of Giengen an der Brenz. Starting in the north, it is clockwise: The city of Heidenheim an der Brenz in the north; the communities of Syrgenstein in the north-east, Bachhagel in the east and Medlingen in the south-east, all in the Bavarian district of Dillingen ; again in the own district of Heidenheim the communities Hermaringen in the south, Sontheim an der Brenz in the south, the city Niederstotzingen in the southwest, the exclave Bissingen ob Lontal / Hausen von Herbrechtingen in the southwest, the community Gerstetten in the west and the larger part of the city Herbrechtingen itself in Northeast.
Division of space
According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.
history
Giengen
Giengen was mentioned for the first time in 1078 as Giengin in a chronicle of the Petershausen monastery . The origin of the name is not certain. The settlement developed around a castle, which was mentioned in the 14th century. Giengen was already mentioned as a town in the 13th century and had its own school since 1334 at the latest. In 1391 Giengen was able to gain imperial freedom . In 1395 she joined the Swabian Association of Cities . However, the city could not acquire any dominion. She introduced the Reformation and joined the Evangelical Union in 1608 . In 1613, an epidemic killed around 200 residents. As a free imperial city , Giengen had the right of " high jurisdiction ", ie the right to be able to impose the death penalty for serious crimes. In 1615, Apollonia Sailer (“Sailer Apel”) was accused of being a witch and sentenced to death at the stake. There were often disputes with Württemberg over the authorities. During the Thirty Years' War in 1631 Wallenstein stayed in the imperial city. After the Battle of Nördlingen , which the Swedes lost in 1634 , the victorious imperial and Spanish troops advanced. Due to a carelessness of the Spanish occupation troops, it burned nine days after the battle on September 5th . / September 15, 1634 greg. the imperial city of Giengen was completely removed apart from a few remains; To commemorate this day, the Ulm city painter Stötzlin, who comes from Giengen, created the so-called “Brandbild”, which can still be seen in the city church today. The reconstruction of the city church did not begin until 1655 after the preacher Simon Böckh had collected enough donations during a trip through the Holy Roman Empire. In the course of the War of the Spanish Succession, Giengen had to accept the occupation by French troops in 1703.
As a result of the mediatization following the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the city came to the Kingdom of Württemberg, which was established three years later, and in 1806 became the seat of an upper office, which was dissolved again in 1809. From then on the city belonged to the Oberamt Heidenheim .
In 1875, the construction of the Brenzbahn reached the city, with which it was connected to the network of the Württemberg railways .
In the course of the administrative reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg , Giengen came to the Heidenheim district. After the Second World War, the city came under the American zone of occupation and thus belonged to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Baden , which was incorporated into the current state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952. In 1972 the urban area reached its present size.
The population of the city of Giengen exceeded the 20,000 limit in 1996. As a result, the city administration applied for a major district town , which the Baden-Württemberg state government decided with effect from January 1, 1999.
Districts
The castle in the Burgberg district was first mentioned in 1209 as Berg Castle, and the associated hamlet was first mentioned in 1372 as Berg. The place came from the Lords of Berg to different sexes. A part finally came to the Lords of Öttingen in 1328 . The other half was owned by the Lords of Böbingen. In the 14th century the lords of Stein were the owners, and finally in 1452 the lords of Grafeneck, who ruled the place until 1728, were the local lords. Then the place fell back to that of Öttingen. In the castle and in the hamlet, the high authorities and in some cases also the low authorities of the Württemberg rulership of Heidenheim belonged to the lords of the castle. In 1806 the place fell to Bavaria, in 1810 to Württemberg and belonged to the Oberamt Heidenheim. The castle was sold by the Öttingen to Baron von Linden in 1838. The municipality bought it in 1936. In the 18th century the local rulers of the Fahrendes Volk settled in the village, who mainly belonged to the Yenish ethnic group.
Hohenmemmingen was first mentioned in 1250. The place belonged to the rule of Staufen, who sold the place to the Lords of Helfenstein in 1353. Thus, the place came under the rule of Heidenheim and came with this in 1504 to Württemberg . It belonged to the office and later the upper office of Heidenheim early on.
Hürben was first mentioned in 1171 as Hurwin (swamp). Hürben also came to Heidenheim through several lordships, was pledged to Ulm in 1442 and again with Heidenheim to Württemberg in 1448 and belonged to the office and later Oberamt Heidenheim.
Sachsenhausen was first mentioned in 1143 as Sachsenhusen . This place also came to Heidenheim through various dominions and thus to Württemberg in 1448 and was part of the office and later the upper office of Heidenheim.
Religions
The population of Giengen an der Brenz originally belonged to the diocese of Augsburg and was subordinate to the archdeaconate of Ries. The first evangelical sermon was held in 1528. At the request of the citizens, the first evangelical preacher was employed in 1531. However, Catholic services continued. In 1537 the Württemberg church order was introduced, and in 1556 the Reformation was finally sealed. Catholic services were discontinued. After that, Giengen was a predominantly Protestant city for centuries. As a Free Imperial City , it was able to regulate its church affairs itself. Mayor Jörg Vetter (1512–1589) signed the Lutheran concord formula of 1577 for the city council .
After the transition to Württemberg, the parish of Giengen was assigned to the deanery or church district of Heidenheim . In addition to the city church, there is also the hospital church , which has served the Greek Orthodox community as a place of worship since 1967 .
The Reformation was also introduced in the districts of Hohenmemmingen, Hürben and Sachsenhausen as a result of their early affiliation to Württemberg. Therefore there is a Protestant parish and a church in each of these places. The Protestants from Burgberg belong to the neighboring parish of Hermaringen. Burgberg is otherwise mostly Catholic. All Protestant parishes in the city of Giengens belong to the Heidenheim dean's office within the Evangelical Church in Württemberg .
Catholics have only returned to Giengen since the late 19th century. A separate church of St. Mary was built for them in 1909. However, it was not until 1936 that a vicarage office was set up, which was elevated to parish administration in 1950 and a parish in 1954. In 1962 today's parish church of the Holy Spirit was built. The districts of Hohenmemmingen and Sachsenhausen also belong to the parish of Heilig Geist Giengen. Burgberg has its own parish of St. Vitus, to which Hürben belongs. Both parishes belong to pastoral care unit 6 in the dean's office Heidenheim of the diocese Rottenburg-Stuttgart .
The New Apostolic Church is also represented in Giengen.
Population development
The population figures according to the respective territorial status are estimates, census results (¹) or official updates from the State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg ( main residences only ).
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Incorporations
The following communities were incorporated into Giengen an der Brenz:
- January 1, 1972: Hürben and Sachsenhausen
- March 15, 1972: Hohenmemmingen
- April 1, 1972: Burgberg
Coats of arms of the incorporated communities
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 Hohenmemmingen |
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politics
Administrative community
The city of Giengen an der Brenz has entered into an agreed administrative partnership with the municipality of Hermaringen .
mayor
At the head of the city of Giengen an der Brenz, the Vogt stood as chairman of the court in imperial times . The city administrator later headed the court in the city as the emperor's representative. In addition, Giengen had a council that consisted of a mayor and 11 to 15 councilors. From 1552 to 1565 there were temporarily three mayors. The mayor's term of office lasted a year, but afterwards they were still placed at the side of the new mayor. The incumbent mayor, his two predecessors and two council members formed the “five secret ones”. The city's constitution was changed several times. After the transfer to Württemberg, the mayor was elected for life. From 1819 he was called Stadtschultheiß, Mayor since 1933 , and when he was raised to the status of a major district town on January 1, 1999, his official title was Lord Mayor . This is elected directly by the electorate for eight years. He is chairman of the municipal council. His general deputy is the 1st alderman with the official title of mayor.
The following people were mayors of Giengen an der Brenz:
- 1798–1819: Johann Eßlinger, Johann Michael Heinzelmann, Georg Schnapper, Johannes Nüsseler and Johann Jakob Hastermann officiated several times, each for one year
- 1819–1826: Johannes Oswald
- 1826-1848: Martin
- 1848–1851: Lorenz David Wencher
- 1851–1860: Anton Fink
- 1860–1891: Lorenz David Wencher, 2nd term
- 1891–1929: Julius Brezger
- 1929–1945: Christian Ehrlinger
- 1945–1948: Adolf Kolb
- 1948–1977: Walter Schmid
- 1977–2001: Siegfried Rieg
- 2001–2009: Clemens Stahl
- 2009–2017: Gerrit Elser
- Since October 2017: Dieter Henle . He was elected in the second ballot in July 2017.
Municipal council
| fraction | Seats 2014 | Seats 2009 | Seats 2004 | Seats 1999 |
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| CDU | 13 | 13 | 15th | 14th |
| SPD | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Independent and Greens | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Total seats | 29 | 27 | 28 | 26th |
In Giengen, the municipal council is elected using the spurious selection of a part of town. The number of local councils can change due to overhang mandates . The municipal council in Giengen has 26 members after the last election (previously 29). The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following 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.
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| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany - Giengen voter bloc | 36.8 | 10 | 44.1 | 13 | |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 31.9 | 8th | 37.5 | 11 | |
| Green | Independent and Greens | 31.4 | 8th | 18.4 | 5 | |
| total | 100.0 | 26th | 100.0 | 29 | ||
| voter turnout | 45.0% | 37.2% | ||||
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the city of Giengen an der Brenz shows an upright golden unicorn in blue. The city flag is blue-yellow.
A seal from 1293 already shows the unicorn as a heraldic figure, as does the Free Imperial City of Schwäbisch Gmünd. But both cities have a different blazon . In the 14th century, the imperial eagle appeared in the seals of Giengens. In the 19th century, the unicorn and the stag from Württemberg were shown on a split shield. Since 1890 the unicorn has been the sole symbol of the coat of arms again. The flag is detectable for the first time since 1546.
Town twinning
Giengen maintains city partnerships with:
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Köflach , Austria (since 1962) -
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais near Paris in France (since 1970) -
the Thuringian Zeulenroda-Triebes (since 1990) -
San Michele di Ganzaria , Italy (since 2019)
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Giengen has a sports airfield and is conveniently located on the federal motorway 7 ( Flensburg - Füssen ). The city can be reached via the Giengen / Herbrechtingen junction. The B 19 leads via Herbrechtingen to Heidenheim.
The city lies on the Brenzbahn ( Aalen - Heidenheim - Ulm ) and belongs to the Heidenheim tariff association. Regional Express trains (RE) connect Giengen with Ulm and Aalen or Ellwangen every hour, and Interregio Express trains (IRE) to Ulm and Aalen with connections to Intercity trains (IC) in Aalen every two hours . In the city area, five bus lines supply local public transport .
media
The Heidenheimer Zeitung reports on local events in Giengen , and until it was discontinued in November 2012, the Brenztal-Bote (an edition of the Heidenheimer Zeitung), the successor to the earlier "Giengener Zeitung", was published.
The Südwestrundfunk operates on the Bruckerberg a gap-fillers , the transmitter Giengen from which the radio programs SWR1 Baden-Württemberg (89.9 MHz), SWR2 (87.8 MHz), SWR3 (93.6 MHz) and SWR4 Schwaben Radio (97, 7 MHz). The regional private radio programs are Radio 7 (103.7 MHz; Aalen station) and Radio Ton (107.1 MHz; Aalen station).
Sports
There are several sports clubs in Giengen, including TSG Giengen, SC Giengen, Chess Club Giengen, TC Giengen, Sportfreunde Südhang and TKSV Giengen. The oldest club is the Schützengesellschaft Giengen 1830 e. V., whose rifle house is on the edge of the Schießberg in Hölltal.
TSG Giengen's venue, the Schießbergstadion, is located on the Schießberg. Not far away is the Bergbad, Giengen's outdoor pool, which also houses the DLRG home of the Giengen local group.
Public facilities
Giengen an der Brenz had a notary's office until the end of 2017 .
Baths:
On the Schießberg there is an outdoor pool, the so-called Bergbad, which is open from the beginning of May to the end of September. Swimmer pools (50 meters, 6 lanes suitable for competitions) and non-swimmers pools (50 meters) are made of stainless steel, as is the children's paddling area with mini slide and baby changing room. One attraction is the giant slide with a length of 60 m. In addition to a play area for small children, there are areas for games and sports, such as a beach volleyball field, table tennis, mini golf and playgrounds. On the central terrace you can find open-air chess or have a view of the pool and the surrounding park-like landscape.
In the lower part of the Walter Schmid Hall there is an indoor swimming pool, which is open from the beginning of October to the end of May. It has a 20 m swimmer pool with four lanes and a non-swimmer area.
Games and Sports:
At Brunnenfeld (exit Giengen towards Oggenhausen), three Nordic walking routes of different lengths and a Trimdich path start. The paths are signposted. On every tour there are stations for measuring your heart rate and strengthening yourself. The easy tour is 4 kilometers long, the medium tour 5.9 kilometers, and the difficult tour a total of 10.5 kilometers.
In addition, a complete concrete skate park from Bowl Construction is available in the Schwage residential area. It is free to drive. It is a pure street park with well thought-out elements including a rainbow rail, a London gap, a wave and a transition driveway in the center element.
There is an ice pond in the immediate vicinity of the skater park, which can be skated publicly in the winter months. However, due to vegetation and vandalism, this can hardly be used.
Recreation and leisure facilities:
Directly at the northern entrance to the village of Burgberg there is an attractive local recreation and leisure facility in an idyllic natural landscape. Located in a park-like setting in front of the backdrop of the Stettberg and on the glittering Hürbebach, this gem has developed into a real “heart”. The fantastic location in the middle of the nature reserve of the Lone and Hürbe valleys, with a direct connection to the village and excellent connections to the surrounding cycling and hiking trails, make the facility unique. Treading water, willow tent, slide, bee hotel, nesting boxes, but also fauna and flora do the rest, so that the facility is not only very popular with families with children.
The "Jakobswegle" in the Hürben district is probably unique. It represents the route from Giengen to Santiago de Compostela on a scale of 1: 1000 over 2.5 kilometers and was opened in 2009. The entire loop around the Kagberg measures 4.2 km. The beginning and end of the Camino de Santiago are rounded off by a 1.7 km long route that lies on the original Camino de Santiago. The route informs the hiker or pilgrim about the person of St. James and the history of the Camino de Santiago. The "Wegle" is in the immediate vicinity of the world of caves, as well as the Charlottenhöhle and the Kaltenburg.
Established businesses
The stuffed animal company Steiff , which has existed since 1880 and employs around 400 people at its headquarters in Giengen, is world-famous . The development and production facility for cooling devices at BSH Hausgeräte is Giengen's largest employer with around 2500 employees, followed by the Ziegler fire fighting equipment factory founded in 1890 with around 480 employees. Until 2013, there was another internationally active fire service outfitter in the city: the armatures factory AWG, in addition to Ziegler. Another traditional company in Giengen are the United Filzfabriken (VFG), which were founded in the middle of the 19th century and supplied the raw material for Margarete Steiff's first products . The Link organ building workshop has been a traditional manufacturer of high-quality organs since the 19th century. The traditional Schmid printing company has existed since 1903.
The industrial park A 7 has existed since 2002 , a joint project with the neighboring town of Herbrechtingen on the federal motorway 7, which is dominated by the logistics centers of the Kentner and Honold freight forwarders .
Educational institutions
In Giengen an der Brenz there is a grammar school ( Margarete Steiff grammar school ), a secondary school ( Robert Bosch real school), a special needs school (Jakob Herbrandt school), a primary and secondary school with a technical secondary school (Bühlschule), and four Independent primary schools (Hohenmemmingen primary school, Lina Hähnle school with mountain school, Burgberg primary school and Hürben primary school). In addition to the schools, there are also 9 kindergartens distributed in the core city and 3 more in the suburbs.
Giengen also has a library, which is located in the old grave school not far from the town church. In two rooms you will find approx. 17,000 media, 20 current magazines, a daily and a weekly newspaper as well as a diverse range of new media on approx. 150 m². The library catalog is available on an OPAC PC for internal media research. You will also find current music CDs, DVD films, PC learning and leisure games, audio books for children and adults as well as digital media such as e-books, e-audios, e-magazines and e-papers for loan.
It should be mentioned that in addition to the library, the city archive is also located in the "Grave School". It preserves the tradition documented in writing from the 14th century to around 1972. Wide fields of research activities are possible in the areas of local, home, family, political, legal, constitutional, economic and social history. The imperial city inventory contains documents from the 14th to 19th centuries. This is followed by the so-called "old registry", whose records go back to the beginning of the 1930s. The archives of the parts of Burgberg, Hohenmemmingen, Hürben and Sachsenhausen are also kept. Various collections such as newspapers, newspaper clippings, maps, plans, drawings, posters, prospectuses, brochures, films, sound carriers, photo collections, seal collections and other collections of private origin are available.
Culture and sights
Buildings and museums
The old town is worth seeing. A landmark of the city is the Evangelical City Church with its two unequal towers. The building from the middle of the 13th century was extended Gothic around 1400. The destruction caused by the city fire was repaired in 1655. The renovation in 1906 brought Art Nouveau elements and the famous Link brothers' organ (very important late romantic organ, largely preserved in its original form) into the church. Other buildings are the Gothic Hospital Church of the Holy Spirit (today a Greek Orthodox Church), the town hall from 1667/71, the former granary from the 15th century and remains of the former city fortifications. The Catholic Holy Spirit Church was built in 1962.
Sights in the districts are: The city museum in the old town hall of the Hürben district; the Charlottenhöhle , with a total length of 587 meters, one of the longest show caves in southern Germany, as well as Kaltenburg Castle near Hürben in the Lone Valley ; the old grinding mill from 1344 and the castle in the Burgberg district. There are also the Protestant churches in Hohenmemmingen (Romanesque with several changes), Hürben (late Baroque building by Christoph Friedrich Weyhing) and Sachsenhausen (rebuilt after fire in 1681). The Catholic Church Burgberg was built in 1966 in place of the church built in 1853. The Hohenmemminger Catholic Church was built in 1958.
Of particular importance in the context of modern architecture - and acting as a delightful contrast to the medieval charm of the old town - is the factory premises of the Steiff toy factory . The buildings are in excellent condition and are under monument protection. With what is probably the world's first curtain wall in industrial construction (1903) and the peculiar combination of functionality and aesthetics, the toy factory is a monument to modern building that has only recently received due recognition. The Steiff toy factory is a pioneer of the New Objectivity . The new Steiff World , which opened in June 2005, shows the history of the company and its world-famous products.
In August 2005 a cave house was opened at the Charlottenhöhle in Hürben. There, contemporary history on the subject of caves is presented visually.
Regular events
Every Tuesday after Pentecost, the children's festival has been held on the Schießberg for over 300 years, for which the streets of the city are decorated with flags in advance and after the early morning gunfire from the Bruckersberg, music bands from all corners of the city invite the Giengener to their festival. The so-called “vintage celebrations” are also a special tradition. Beginning with the “40s Festival”, the members of a “round” class meet annually at Whitsun at the Children's Festival for mostly multi-day festivities. There is also the three-day city festival every year. In addition, the communities belonging to Giengen organize annual village festivals. Only Hohenmemmingen and Sachsenhausen hold these village festivals alternately. Every year (except in 2015) a music night is held in which several bands presented their music in various locations in the city. Since 2015, "Halb8" has been taking place in the summer months. Different bands perform for free and outside on several days at 7:30 p.m. (hence “Half 8”) in front of the town hall.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
The city of Giengen an der Brenz has granted the following people honorary citizenship:
- 1875 Johann Voetsch, schoolmaster (* 1824 in Ostdorf; † 1897 in Ulm)
- 1894 Josef Stöcker, city forester (* 1822 in Bühlertann, † 1895 in Giengen)
- 1902 Christian Baumann, senior teacher (* 1830 in Giengen, † 1913 in Giengen)
- 1906 Karl Rau, city architect (* 1830 in Giengen, † 1913 in Giengen)
- 1908 Hans Haehnle , Kommerzienrat, MdR (* 1839 in Giengen, † 1909 in Winnental)
- 1909 August Dieterlen, Professor (* 1847 in Gönningen; † 1923 in Stuttgart)
- 1920 Georg Käumle, Rector (* 1853 in Gärtringen, † 1936 in Stuttgart)
- 1921 Dr. Paul Wörnle, Oberforstrat (* 1869 in Stuttgart, † 1937 in Stuttgart)
- 1929 Julius Brezger, Stadtschultheiß (* 1861 in Giengen, † 1930 in Göppingen)
- 1930 Lina Hähnle , founder and chairwoman of the Federation for Bird Protection (* 1851 in Sulz a. N .; † 1941 in Giengen)
- 1977 Walter Schmid, Mayor (* 1910, † 1994 in Giengen)
- 1988 Hans Otto Steiff, factory owner (* 1919 in Giengen; † 1994 in Giengen)
- 2001 Siegfried Rieg, Lord Mayor (* 1936; † 2017 in Schwäbisch Gmünd)
sons and daughters of the town
- Jacob Heerbrand (born August 12, 1521 - † May 22, 1600 in Tübingen), professor of theology, chancellor and provost in Tübingen
- Georg Hitzler (born September 18, 1528 - † April 22, 1591 in Tübingen), professor in Strasbourg and Tübingen
- Hans Haehnle (born July 29, 1838 - † July 5, 1909 in Winnental), founder of the felt factory, member of the state and Reichstag
- Margarete Steiff (* July 24, 1847 - † May 9, 1909 in Giengen an der Brenz), founder of the Steiff toy factory
- Max von Zabern (born June 3, 1903 - † June 12, 1991 in Mannheim), district administrator and banker
- Karl Gerold (born August 29, 1906; † February 28, 1973 in Frankfurt am Main), journalist, co-editor of the Frankfurter Rundschau
- Erich Ehrlinger (born October 14, 1910, † July 31, 2004 in Karlsruhe), mass murderer, SS brigadier and commander of the Central Russia Security Police
- Ruth Baumann-Bantel (born May 13, 1925 - December 17, 1994 in Heilbronn), textile artist and painter
- Ursula Späth (born November 9, 1937), widow of Lothar Späth, patron of the regional association "Action Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers" (AMSEL)
- Friedrich Bay (born April 15, 1940), biologist and university professor
- Jörg Knoblauch (born August 31, 1949), entrepreneur
- Dieter Renner (born December 18, 1949 - † May 28, 1998 in Ruit auf den Fildern), football player and coach
- Wolfgang Niess (born August 18, 1952), historian
- Jochen Klein (* 1967 - July 28, 1997 in Munich), artist
- Frank Zeller (born April 23, 1969), chess player, author and trainer
- Franz Garlik , musician and actor
- Bernd Maier (born November 30, 1974), football player
literature
- Württemberg city book ; Volume IV Sub-Volume Baden-Württemberg Volume 2 from “German City Book. Handbook of urban history “- On behalf of the working group of historical commissions and with the support of the German Association of Cities, the German Association of Cities and the German Association of Municipalities, ed. by Erich Keyser, Stuttgart, 1961
- 900 years of Giengen an der Brenz. Contributions to the history of the city . Published by the working group for urban history Giengen an der Brenz , 2nd edition, self-published, Giengen an der Brenz 1978 (without ISBN)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ↑ a b c The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 . Pp. 591-598
- ^ Main statute of the city of Giengen an der Brenz of November 22, 2001, amendment of March 21, 2017
- ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Giengen an der Brenz.
- ↑ jestrabek.homepage.t-online.de: "Witches" persecution in Heidenheimer Land
- ↑ a b c d Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (Ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-27602-X , p. 255.
- ↑ See BSLK , p. 765; see. P. 17.
- ^ 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. 449 .
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 450 .
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- ^ City partnership with Le Pré-St.-Gervais on the giengen.de page, accessed on July 27, 2015
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