Gingen an der Fils

History

Some time between 1382 and 1396, Gingen was sold by the County of Helfenstein to the Free Imperial City of Ulm, whose bailiff resided in the town until 1750. Gingen became a possession of the Electorate of Bavaria in 1802, but was ceded in 1810 to the Kingdom of Württemberg. Gingen was assigned to . In 1845, the town was connected to the growing network of railways in Europe by the construction of the Fils Valley Railway. Gingen was reassigned in 1938 to the district of Göppingen and entered a period of urban growth after World War II, nearly doubling in physical size. Since the turn of the millennium, urban sprawl has primarily been to Gingen's west.

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Gingen an der Fils is found in the district of Göppingen, in Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany. Gingen is physically located in the valley of the Fils, up to the hills of the , in the of the Swabian Jura. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of Normalnull (NN) to a low of NN. {| class="wikitable" |+ !Type !Percentage of land |- |Agriculture |53.6% |- |Forest area |28.2% |- |Buildings |10.3% |- |Streets, roads |5.6% |- |Other |2.3% |} Source:

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  785
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  724
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  704
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  599
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  596
• Stinking Hellebore

  Helleborus foetidus L. · Magnoliopsida
  582
• Red Kite

  Milvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  540
• Zoropsid spider

  Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) · Arachnida
  508

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 3.1 — 2008-12-25
  3 km NNW of Saulgau, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-12-12
  2 km ESE of Nehren, Germany
• M 2.7 — 2008-07-09
  1 km WSW of Dußlingen, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-07-03
  2 km W of Dußlingen, Germany