Gammertingen

Sister cities

• Trégueux

History

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 the Nazi era, a Reichsarbeitsdienst camp for females was located in Gammertingen. {| class="wikitable" !Coat of arms || District || Inhabitants || Surface area |- || || Gammertingen (main locality) || 5.000 || 1.769 ha |- || || Bronnen || > 500 || ? |- || || Feldhausen || ca. 400 || 991 ha |- || || Harthausen || ~ 250 || 671 ha |- || || Kettenacker || ca. 300 || 1.084 ha |- || || Mariaberg || > 500 || ? |}

Geography

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 Mariaberg.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  709
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  659
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  627
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  599
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  594
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  461
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  424
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  418

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 3.6 — 2013-07-20
  3 km ESE of Andwil, Switzerland
• M 3.1 — 2008-12-25
  3 km NNW of Saulgau, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-12-16
  2 km S of Niederbüren, Switzerland
• M 3.1 — 2008-12-16
  1 km SSW of Niederbüren, Switzerland