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Grosselfingen
Baden-Württembergvillage
Grosselfingen
Total population
2,138
Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Grosselfingen is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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History
In the first half of the 14th century, the village of Grosselfingen was a possession of the Lordship of Haimburg, a fief of the County of Hohenberg and then the County of Zollern. The Lordship, and by extension the village, was from 1428 to 1522 ruled by the . In 1850, the Zollern was taken over by the Kingdom of Prussia, whose government assigned Grosselfingen to , reorganized in 1925 as . Grosselfingen, which was agrarian before World War II, industrialized after the war. Beginning in 1950, it grew to the north-west and south-east. The district of Balingen was dissolved by the and Grosselfingen was assigned to a new district, Zollernalbkreis. Continued growth in the 1980s and 1990s spread Grosselfingen further south.
Geography
The municipality (Gemeinde) of Grosselfingen covers of the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is physically located between the rivers Starzel and Eyach, in the foothills of the Swabian Jura. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of Normalnull (NN) on the Owinger Berg to a low of .
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Nearby places in Baden-Württemberg
- Haigerloch4.6 mi away · pop. 10,935
- Schwalldorf8 mi away
- Weiler8 mi away · pop. 1,081
- Bieringen8.2 mi away
- Bad Niedernau8.4 mi away
- Weitingen9.6 mi away
- Eckenweiler10.1 mi away
- Schömberg10.3 mi away · pop. 4,620
- Kiebingen10.5 mi away
- Wolfenhausen10.9 mi away
- Kilchberg12.3 mi away · pop. 1,261
- Baisingen12.8 mi away · pop. 1,225
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Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Grosselfingen, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Official Identifiers
Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office
- AGS
- 08417023
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,195
- Wikidata
- Q573843
Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office — Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439