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There are at least two municipalities called Gundelfingen in Germany. One is located in Bavaria (see: Gundelfingen an der Donau), one in Baden-Württemberg. The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Gundelfingen an der Donau is a town in the Bavarian district Dillingen in Swabia. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in southwestern Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ...


Coordinates: 48°03′N 07°52′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Gundelfingen im Breisgau
Coat of arms of Gundelfingen im Breisgau

Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region Freiburg
District Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Population 11578 (31.12.2005)
Area 14,28 km²
Population density 811 /km²
Elevation 266 m
Coordinates 48°03′ N 07°52′ E
Postal code 79194
Area code 0761
Mayor Dr. Reinhard Bentler
Website www.gundelfingen.de


Gundelfingen im Breisgau is a municipality directly north of the city Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). With approximately 11,000 inhabitants, Gundelfingen is one of the larger municipalities in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district. It consists of the old place Gundelfingen and the village Wildtal (savage valley), which was included in the municipality in the 1970s. Image File history File links WappenGundelfingen. ... Image File history File links Lage_von_Gundelfingen_(Breisgau)_in_Deutschland. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in southwestern Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Freiburg is one of the four Regierungsbezirke of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the south-west of the country. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Breisgau_Hochschwarzwald is a Kreis (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (US), is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Breisgau is the name of a landscape in southwest Germany, placed between the river Rhine and the foothills of the Black Forest near Freiburg im Breisgau in the state of Baden-Württemberg. ... Freiburg city from Schlossberg Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Breisgau region, on the western edge of the southern Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) with about 214,000 inhabitants. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in southwestern Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Breisgau_Hochschwarzwald is a Kreis (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...


History

The place Gundelfingen was founded in the 4th century, so at least the suffix "-ingen" suggests. The name means that some Alamannic chief settled there with his folk. The first sure sign of Gundelfingens existence is found in a 1008 treaty, where a place called "Gondalvingen" is named. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... The Alamanni, Allemanni or Alemanni, were an alliance of warbands formed from Germanic tribes, first mentioned by Dio Cassius when they fought Caracalla in 213. ... Events Olof, king of Sweden, is baptized. ...


In 1327, Gundelfingen was sold by Counts Konrad and Friedrich of Freiburg to Schnewelin Bernlapp. In 1507, his successor Balthasar von Blumeneck sold Gundelfingen again, this time to the Markgraf Christoph von Baden. Since then it was part of Baden. Events January 25 - Edward III becomes King of England. ... 1507 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Baden (disambiguation). ...


In the 16th century, some 350 inhabitants lived in Gundelfingen. In 1825 it was 620, in 1950 1,817. Only in the 1960s and 1970s the numbers started to expand quickly to 5,016 inhabitants in 1970 and 11,000 inhabitants in 2002.


In 1972, Wildtal was included into the municipality of Gundelfingen, after three quarters of its citizens voted for this inclusion. Wildtal was first namend in a document in 1273 as "Wülptal" or "Wolfstal". 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ...


Sightseeing

The ruins of the Zähringen Castle are located in Wildtal.


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The Aero Club Gundelfingen celebrated it's 75th anniversary with a weekend-long Airshow.
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Gundelfingen (284 words)
Gundelfingen im Breisgau[?] is a municipality directly north of the city Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg (Germany).
Gundelfingen an der Donau is a town in the Bavarian district Dillingen in Swabia.
Gundelfingen is located at the river Danube (Donau), between Stuttgart, Munich and Augsburg (latitude 48° 33" 15' and longitude: 10° 22" 9').
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