Geislingen, Zollernalbkreis

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Name = Geislingen
Wappen = Wappen Geislingen BL.pnglat_deg = 48 |lat_min = 17 |lat_sec = 15
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 48 |lon_sec = 45
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Tübingen
Landkreis = Zollernalbkreis
Höhe = 563
Fläche = 31.95
Einwohner = 6026
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 72349–72351
Vorwahl = 07433 / 07428
Kfz = BL
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 4 17 022
Gliederung = 3 Stadtteile
Adresse = Vorstadtstr. 9
72351 Geislingen
Website = [http://www.stadt-geislingen.de/ www.stadt-geislingen.de]
Bürgermeister = Günther-Martin Pauli
Partei = CDU

Geislingen is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 4 km northwest of Balingen. Current population is at around 6,000 people. Geislingen consists of three smaller towns, Geislingen (pop. 4,500), Erlaheim (pop. 500) and Binsdorf (pop. 1,000), all of them growing by about 1% per year.While the area has been constantly settled since the stone age, the first written documentation of Binsdorf dates back to the year 834, Geislingen proper gets a first mention in 1188.The local economy mixes agriculture with services and small-scale industry. Most of Geislingen today has a residential character with many citizens working in the highly industrial areas south of Stuttgart or in nearby Balingen.