Giengen an der Brenz
Also known as Giengen
Giengen (; full name: Giengen an der Brenz , ; Swabian: Gẽänge) is a former Free Imperial City in eastern Baden-Württemberg near the border with Bavaria in southern Germany. The town is located in the district of Heidenheim at the eastern edge of the Swabian Alb, about 30 kilometers northeast of Ulm on the Brenz River.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Giengen an der Brenz COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- Giengen_an_der_Brenz.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Giengen from the Bruckersberg
- German location.image_plan
- Giengen an der Brenz in HDH.svg
- German location.state
- Baden-Württemberg
- German location.region
- Stuttgart
- German location.district
- Heidenheim
- German location.elevation
- 464
- German location.area
- 44.07
- German location.postal_code
- 89537
- German location.area_code
- 07322
Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Free Imperial City (1395–1803)
- Protestant Reformation
- Eighteenth century
- End of free imperial city status
- Mayors
- Notable people
- Freemen
- References
Giengen (; full name: Giengen an der Brenz , ; Swabian: Gẽänge) is a former Free Imperial City in eastern Baden-Württemberg near the border with Bavaria in southern Germany. The town is located in the district of Heidenheim at the eastern edge of the Swabian Alb, about 30 kilometers northeast of Ulm on the Brenz River.
Giengen is the hometown of the Margarete Steiff corporation, who invented the teddy bear.
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On the map
2 mapped locations