- Geislingen an der Steige
Infobox German Location
Wappen = Wappen Geislingen an der Steige.png
lat_deg = 48 |lat_min = 37 |lat_sec = 28
lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 49 |lon_sec = 50
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Stuttgart
Landkreis = Göppingen
Höhe = 464
Fläche = 75.83
Einwohner = 27737
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 73301–73312
PLZ-alt = 7340
Vorwahl = 07331, 07334, 07337
Kfz = GP
Website = [http://www.geislingen.de/ www.geislingen.de]
Bürgermeister = Wolfgang Amann
Bürgermeistertitel = OberbürgermeisterGeislingen an der Steige or Geislingen (Steige) is a town in
Baden-Württemberg ,Germany . It is part of the district of Göppingen and has c. 28,000 inhabitants.History
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 ofUlm on the Danube. In 1803 Ulm and Geislingen became part ofBavaria , but in a land exchange were incorporated into theKingdom 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 theWürttembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF) founded in 1852, a world renowned manufacturer of goods for kitchen and table.Main sights
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Ostlandkreuz
*Ruine Helfenstein External links
* [http://www.geislingen.de Official webpage]
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