Grimmelfingen

Grimmelfingen City of Ulm
Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 18 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 9 ″  E
Height :	519.8 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.85 km²
Residents :	1152  (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	404 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1926
Postal code :	89081
Area code :	0731

Grimmelfingen is a village on the southern edge of the Hochstrasse that was incorporated into Ulm on April 1, 1926 . It is located about five kilometers southwest of the old town of Ulm. The district of the same name has an area of ​​2.85 km² and has 1152 inhabitants (December 2018). The village is formerly agricultural. Today, workers from the surrounding industrial companies live in the community.

On the outskirts of the village, the Grimmelfinger barley sands were mined commercially and processed in the construction industry for a long time .

Culture and sights

The Evangelical St. James Church shapes the townscape.

The Upper Swabian Way of St. James leads through the village from Ulm to Constance .

In 1910 the Beka music label moved 23 folk music songs by the “Grimmelfinger Bau-Kapell” to gramophone records.

Web links

• Privately run website of the village

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City of Ulm: Ulmer Statistics 2018. Ulm 2018 ( PDF 358 kB) p. 34
2. ↑ No. 12 945 to 12 968, cf. Christian Zwarg, BEKA Matrix Numbers -11001 to 15999: German. PDF , pp. 226–228, and shellac record collection from the Schwäbisches Kulturarchiv , music group: Grimmelfinger Bau-Kapell

Navigation bar Jakobsweg " Oberschwäbischer Jakobsweg "

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