Gechingen
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Gechingen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Gechingen
within Calw district  | |
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| Location of Gechingen | |
  Gechingen  Gechingen | |
| Coordinates: 48°41′47″N 08°49′49″E / 48.69639°N 8.83028°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
| District | Calw |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2018–26) | Jens Häußler[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.68 km2 (5.67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 485 m (1,591 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,766 |
| • Density | 256.5/km2 (664.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 75391 |
| Dialling codes | 07056 |
| Vehicle registration | CW |
| Website | www |
Gechingen (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛçɪŋən]) is a municipality in the district of Calw in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Gechingen was first mentioned in 1110 as a fief of the County of Calw in a document outlining gifts made by local nobility to Hirsau Abbey. Lordship over Gechingen was inherited by the County Palatine of Tübingen, who sold the town to Herrenalb Abbey in 1308 or 1309. As a result of the Protestant Reformation, Herrenalb Abbey was secularized and its holdings seized by the Duchy of Württemberg, whose government assigned the town to the monastic office at Merklingen. In 1808, Gechingen was made a municipality and assigned to Oberamt Calw. That district was reformed in 1938 as Landkreis Calw, and Gechingen remained in its jurisdiction. Gechingen grew slowly in the years after World War II and not see significant urban growth until the 1960s.[3]
Geography
The municipality (Gemeinde) of Gechingen is located at the western edge of the district of Calw, along its border with the district of Böblingen. Gechingen is physically located in the Heckengäu and Schlehengäu regions of the Black Forest, within the greater region of the Upper Gäu. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of 757 meters (2,484 ft) Normalnull (NN) to a low of 455 meters (1,493 ft) NN.[3]
A portion of the Federally protected Würm-Heckengäu nature reserve is located in Gechingen's municipal area.[3]
