Gammertingen

Gammertingen
Coat of arms
Gammertingen
Location of Gammertingen within Sigmaringen district
Coordinates: 48°14′58″N 9°13′3″E / 48.24944°N 9.21750°E / 48.24944; 9.21750Coordinates: 48°14′58″N 9°13′3″E / 48.24944°N 9.21750°E / 48.24944; 9.21750
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Sigmaringen
Government
• Mayor	Holger Jerg
Area
• Total	52.97 km2 (20.45 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	6,341
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	72497–72501
Dialling codes	07574
Vehicle registration	SIG
Website	www.gammertingen.de

Gammertingen is a town in the district of Sigmaringen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 18 km north of Sigmaringen.

Gammertingen is located on the Swabian Jura in the valley of the Lauchert, a tributary of the Danube.

The following cities and towns are adjacent to the city of Gammertingen. They are called the clockwise, starting in the Northeast:

Pfronstetten (Reutlingen (district)) Langenenslingen (Biberach (district)) Hettingen, Neufra, Burladingen (Zollernalbkreis), Trochtelfingen (Reutlingen (district)).

In addition to the core city of Gammertingen with around 5000 inhabitants belong to the whole city five districts, among them the three boroughs Feldhausen, Harthausen and Kettenacker together with the princely Hohenzollern domain Lusthof on the plateau of the Swabian Jura, Bronnen and Maria Berg.

The well-known Helmet of Gammertingen and other rich grave goods from a number of burial grounds provide the information of an early settlement in the time of the Merovingian dynasty. Gammertingen was first mentioned in 1101 in a document of the Kloster Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen. Gammertingen was first mentioned in 1311 as a city. During the time of the Hohenzollern and later Prussian times, Gammertingen was the seat of Oberamt, district court, forestry department and land registry.

During Nazi era was a camp of the female Reichsarbeitsdienst in Gammertingen.