Geislingen an der Steige or Geislingen (Steige) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is part of the district of Göppingen and has 27,943 inhabitants. Its geographical coordinates are 48° 36' N, 9° 48' E. Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in southwestern Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Göppingen is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

Although the area had settlements since the bronze age, Geislingen was founded by the counts of Helfenstein as a transit collection station on the important commercial route between the Rhine valley and the Mediterranean. The fortified Helfenstein castle existed since 1100. “Giselingen” was first mentioned as “civitas” in a document dated 1237. From 1396 through 1802, Geislingen was owned by the free and imperial city of Ulm on the Danube. In 1803 Ulm and Geislingen became part of Bavaria, but in a land exchange were incorporated into the kingdom of Württemberg in 1810.

Industrialization started with the arrival of the railroad and the construction of the railroad “Steige” (1847-1850), a steep incline of rail and road to the plateau of the Schwäbische Alb (Swabian Jura). The leading industrial enterprise is the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF) founded in 1852, a world renowned manufacturer of goods for kitchen and table.

Buildings and structures

• Ostlandkreuz
• Ruine Helfenstein

Ostlandkreuz (East County Cross) is the name of memorial crosses remembering the expulsion of the German people from the Czech Lands. ... Ruine Helfenstein represents the remnants, ruins, of the fortified castle (Burg) Helfenstein of the counts of Helfenstein above the city of Geislingen an der Steige. ...

External links

• Official Homepage of Geislingen an der Steige

Cities and towns in Göppingen (district)

Adelberg | Aichelberg | Albershausen | Bad Ditzenbach | Bad Überkingen | Birenbach | Böhmenkirch | Börtlichen | Boll | Deggingen | Donzdorf | Drackenstein | Dürnau | Ebersbach an der Fils | Eislingen | Eschenbach (Göppingen) | Gammelshausen | Geislingen an der Steige | Gingen an der Fils | Göppingen | Gruibingen | Hattenhofen | Heinigen | Hohenstadt | Kuchen (Göppingen) | Lauterstein | Mühlhausen im Täle | Ottenbach | Rechberghausen | Salach | Schlat | Schlierbach | Süßen | Uhingen | Wäschenbeuren | Wangen (Göppingen) | Wiesensteig | Zell unter Aichelberg Image File history File links Coat of arms of the Goeppingen district File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Göppingen is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Donzdorf is a town in the district of Göppingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Ebersbach is a town in the district of Göppingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Eislingen is a town in the district of Göppingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Göppingen is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. ... Heiningen is a community in the Göppingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany in the foothills of the Swabian Alps. ... Hohenstadt is a municipality in Baden-Wuerttemberg belonging to the governmental district Stuttgart. ... Lauterstein is a town in the district of Göppingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Süßen is a town in the district of Göppingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Uhingen is a town in the district of Göppingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Wiesensteig is a town in the district of Göppingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

 

Coordinates: 48°37′N 9°51′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...