Went to the Fils

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 39 '  N , 9 ° 47'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Goeppingen
Height :	380 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.01 km 2
Residents:	4501 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	450 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	73333
Area code :	07162
License plate :	GP
Community key :	08 1 17 025
Address of the municipal administration:	Bahnhofstrasse 25 73333 Gingen
Website :	www.gingen.de
Mayor :	Marius Hick (CDU)
Location of the community of Gingen an der Fils in the district of Göppingen

Gingen an der Fils is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg in the Stuttgart region , which is part of the Göppingen district. It lies between the state capital Stuttgart and Ulm . It is 55 km to Stuttgart and 38 km to Ulm. The citizens of Gingen are known as snapper . According to legend, Gingen "snatched" the rights to a fountain from the neighboring town of Kuchen in the 19th century . Again and again the term plays a role in the community (Schnapperbrunnen, Schnappermobil, Schnapperball).

geography

Geographical location

Gingen is located in the Filstal at an altitude of 380.45 (town hall) to 701 (Hohenstein) meters. Neighboring communities are (clockwise, starting in the north) Süßen , Donzdorf , Kuchen and Bad Überkingen .

Community structure

Gingen an der Fils includes the village of Gingen an der Fils and the hamlet of Grünenberg as well as the abandoned village of Marrbach.

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.

history

middle Ages

Went around 1900

In 915 the place Ginga was mentioned for the first time in a deed of donation from Queen Kunigunde, wife of King Konrad I of Eastern Franconia, for Lorsch Monastery . Archaeological finds from the late Iron Age (so-called Viereckschanze) prove a settlement in prehistoric times. Further finds come from the Roman period ( consecration stones ) and the Merovingian period (row graves). Presumably the location at the exit of the Swabian Alb, where the Filstal widens and offers extensive arable land, played an essential role.

The Hohenstaufen King Konrad III. acquired the village of Gingen, located in its core area, from the Lorsch Monastery in 1147, while the church and all of its assets remained in the hands of the monastery and passed to the Archdiocese of Mainz in 1232 . Since about 1300, after the Hohenstaufen dynasty died out, the place was owned by the Counts of Helfenstein . In 1403 Gingen came into the possession of the Free Imperial City of Ulm . In the Thirty Years War Gingen was devastated by passing imperial troops.

Modern times

As a result of the mediatization due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , Gingen initially became Bavarian in 1803, but fell to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1810 as part of an exchange of territory as a result of the Paris Treaty .

Latest time

After the end of the Second World War , the farms became less and less important, as the " economic miracle " years brought an economic structural change . The old country roads were gradually paved and a new school and later even a sports hall, the Hohensteinhalle, were built. In the 1980s, the community expanded to include new residential areas and small industrial districts also emerged, which are growing more and more.

religion

The Free Imperial City of Ulm initiated the Reformation in its area - and thus also in Gingen - in 1531 . Since then, the place has been predominantly evangelical .

There has also been a Catholic church since 1965.

Population development

Source: Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office for data from 1970

date	Residents
1837	1275
1907	1738
May 17, 1939	2042
September 13, 1950	3284
May 27, 1970	4080
December 31, 1983	4038
May 25, 1987	4173
December 31, 1991	4343
December 31, 1995	4311
December 31, 2005	4412
December 31, 2010	4289
December 31, 2015	4329

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : In silver (white) a single-towered red church over a sloping blue wavy bar. - Flag: blue and white.

The wave bar stands for the fils that flow through the place. Above is the local church, in which the oldest church inscription in Germany from 984 is possibly preserved. The coat of arms was adopted in 1922, the blue and white flag was awarded on December 5, 1958 by the Ministry of the Interior.

Municipal council

The municipal council in Gingen has 14 members. 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.

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019  % 40 30th 20th 10 0 37.39% 24.61% 14.69% n. k. 23.31% FW CDU / FWV SPD Pirates GL Gains and losses compared to 2014  % p  25th  20th  15th  10    5    0   -5 -10 -8.00  % p -8.45  % p -5.38  % p.p. -1.49  % p + 23.31  % p.p. FW CDU / FWV SPD Pirates GL
UWG-FW	Independent voter community - Free voters	37.39	5	45.39	6th
CDU / FWV	Christian Democratic Union of Germany / Free Electoral Association	24.61	4th	33.06	5
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	14.69	2	20.07	3
Pirates	Pirate Party Germany	-	-	1.49	0
GL	Gingener list	23.31	3	-	-
total		100.0	14th	100.0	14th
voter turnout		64.91%		58.44%

mayor

• 1945–1948: Caleb Fetzer
• 1948–1954: Karl Schmid
• 1954–1986: Heinz Nagel
• 1986–2010: Lothar Schober (independent)
• since 2010: Marius Hick (CDU)

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Rail transport

Gingen (Fils) station with RB 19246 to Stuttgart Hbf

Gingen is connected to the national rail network by the Filstalbahn ( Stuttgart - Ulm ). The regional train (Stuttgart–) Plochingen - Geislingen (Steige) stops daily at Gingen (Fils) station . Bus lines of the Filsland mobility network connect Gingen with Geislingen and Süßen as well as Göppingen.

Road traffic

The federal highway 10 Stuttgart – Ulm runs through the municipality . A bypass was completed on July 10, 2018 and opened to traffic.

Citizen call car

With the Schnappermobil , there has been a citizen call car in the community since 2017, which is looked after by volunteer drivers.

Educational institutions

With the Hohenstein School , Gingen has its own two-tier primary school with flexible all-day care. The closest secondary schools and high schools are in Süßen (3 km), Geislingen ad Steige (5–6 km) and Donzdorf (8 km). For the smallest residents, the community provides two childcare facilities: the Sonnenschein daycare center with crèche and the St. Barbara kindergarten . A new building for the Hohenstein daycare center will replace the formerly Catholic St. Barbara kindergarten from 2018 . There is also a Protestant kindergarten.

Buildings

Evangelical St. John's Church

Johanneskirche Gingen an der Fils

Late Gothic building with a choir from 1463 and a flat-roofed nave from 1512.

An inscription dated February 1st, 984 above the north gate; it is the oldest dated church inscription in Germany (according to the Dionysian calendar ).

Johanneskirche Last Judgment fresco

During the renovation in 1964-66, the whitewashed wall paintings in the choir (1487) and above the choir arch were discovered. This monumental picture of the Last Judgment from 1524, which was donated by Obervogt Eitel Sigmund von Berg and his wife Ursula von Speth, is probably attributable to the Catholic Ulm artist Martin Schaffner . There are many indications that it should warn against converting to Protestantism; For example, nobles (nobles, bishops) can only be found among the blessed and none among the damned.

town hall

The modern Gingen town hall with library, which is centrally located in Gingen and is the meeting point of the community, is another attraction, as various art and cultural objects can often be seen there in changing exhibitions.

Johanneskirche dedicatory inscription from 984

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Hans Wimmer, Director of Education R., since November 18, 2005 "In recognition of his outstanding work for the local community ..."

Personalities who have worked on site

• Jürgen Klinsmann (* 1964), former soccer player and current coach, played as a child from 1972 to 1974 for the local club TB Gingen.
• Karl Allgöwer (* 1957), former soccer player, lives with his family in Gingen

Web links

Commons : Went to the Fils  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Went in the description of the Oberamt from 1842  - sources and full texts

• Website of the community of Gingen

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 III: Stuttgart District, Middle Neckar Regional Association. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2 . Pp. 296-297
3. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Gingen an der Fils.
4. ↑ RI I n. 2095, in: Regesta Imperii Online, URI: http://www.regesta-imperii.de/id/0915-02-08_1_0_1_1_0_4484_2095
5. ↑ RI IV, 1,2 n.429, in: Regesta Imperii Online, URI: http://www.regesta-imperii.de/id/1147-01-30_1_0_4_1_2_431_429
6. ^ Website of the community of Gingen
7. ↑ Election information for the municipal data center
8. ↑ Dr. Gabriele von Trauchburg: 1100 years of Gingen an der Fils - official local history . Ed .: Municipality of Gingen an der Fils. Community of Gingen an der Fils, Gingen 2015, p. 292 .
9. ^ Community of Gingen an der Fils. Retrieved January 4, 2018 . 
10. ↑ General: Community of Gingen an der Fils. Retrieved January 4, 2018 . 
11. ↑ http://www.swp.de/geislingen/lokales/taele/Historikerin-mit-faszinierenden-Thesen;art5565,2178372
12. ↑ Heribert Hummel: Wall paintings in the Göppingen district . Konrad-Verlag, Weißenhorn 1978, pp. 108-109.
13. ↑ Jürgen Klinsmann on fussballportal.de ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )