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Gammelshausen

German municipality


German municipality

FieldValue
typeGemeinde
image_photoGammelshausen Kirche.jpg
image_captionEvengelist Church, Gammelshausen
image_coaDEU Gammelshausen COA.svg
coordinates
image_planGammelshausen in GP.svg
stateBaden-Württemberg
regionStuttgart
districtGöppingen
elevation442
area3.31
Gemeindeschlüssel08117023
postal_code73108
area_code07164
licenceGP
website

Gammelshausen is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

History

Gammelshausen was purchased by the County of Württemberg in 1321 but then in 1479 passed out of Württemberg's control and into that of the with Dürnau. Gammelshausen returned to Württemberg in 1806, when it was mediatized to the Kingdom of Württemberg and assigned to the district of Göppingen. After World War II, Gammelshausen began a period of urban growth that has since the turn of the millennium two areas to the town's southeast established in the 1970s. A redevelopment of the town center began in 2009 and was scheduled to conclude in 2017.

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Gammelshausen is located in the district of Göppingen, in Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany. Gammelshausen is physically located in the of the Swabian Jura. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of 545 m Normalnull (NN) to a low of 442 m NNl.

Politics

Gammelshausen has one borough (Ortsteil): Gammelshausen. The municipality is in a municipal association with Bad Boll.

Coat of arms

Gammelshausen's coat of arms shows a red house with one door and three windows below two cherries upon a field of yellow. The house represents Gammelshausen itself, and the cherries its history of local cherry cultivation. This coat of arms was awarded by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on 9 October 1959, along with a corresponding municipal flag.

Transportation

Gammelshausen is connected to Germany's network of roadways by the Bundesautobahn 8, which join the municipality's local Landesstraßen und Kreisstraßen at a junction 9 km outside of its municipal area. Local public transportation is provided by the .

References

References

  1. "Gammelshausen". [[Baden-Württemberg]].
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