- Gundelfingen
Infobox German Location
Name = Gundelfingen
Wappen = WappenGundelfingen.png
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 52 |lon_sec = 1
Lageplan = Gundelfingen-frla.png
Regierungsbezirk = Freiburg
Landkreis = Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Höhe = 266
Fläche = 14.28
Einwohner = 11561
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 79194
PLZ-alt = 7803
Vorwahl = 0761
Kfz = FR
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 15 047
Gliederung = 2
Adresse = Alte Bundesstraße 31
79194 Gundelfingen
Website = [http://www.gundelfingen.de/ www.gundelfingen.de]
Bürgermeister = Reinhard BentlerGundelfingen im Breisgau is a municipality directly north of the city
Freiburg inBaden-Württemberg in southernGermany .Gundelfingen is one of the larger municipalities in the
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district. It consists of the old place Gundelfingen and the village Wildtal, which was included in the municipality in the 1970s.History
Gundelfingen was founded in the
4th century , so at least the suffix "-ingen" suggests. The name means that someAlamannic chief settled there with his folk. The first sure sign of Gundelfingens existence is found in a1008 treaty, where a place called "Gondalvingen" is named.In
1327 , Gundelfingen was sold by Counts Konrad and Friedrich of Freiburg to Schnewelin Bernlapp. In1507 , his successor Balthasar von Blumeneck sold Gundelfingen again, this time to theMarkgraf Christoph von Baden . Since then it was part of Baden.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 in1273 as "Wülptal" or "Wolfstal".Sightseeing
The ruins of the Zähringen Castle are located in Wildtal.
External links
* [http://www.gundelfingen.de/welcome.asp Web site of Gundelfingen, Breisgau (German)]
* [http://www.deheim.de/gundelfingen/ Gundelfingen: pictures & history]
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