Gomadingen
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Location of Gomadingen
within Reutlingen district | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Tübingen |
| District | Reutlingen |
| Subdivisions | 7 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2018–26) | Klemens Betz[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 45.85 km2 (17.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 693 m (2,274 ft) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 72532 |
| Dialling codes | 07385 |
| Vehicle registration | RT |
| Website | www.gomadingen.de |
Gomadingen is a town in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. About 85% of its territory is located on the Swabian Alps. It's the district where the Grafeneck Castle [1] is situated. During the II World War, the castle was home of the Grafeneck Euthanasia Centre (German: NS-Tötungsanstalt Grafeneck), one of the main Nazi Germany's killing centres part of their Action T4 programme.
History
[edit | edit source]Built around 1560, the Grafeneck Castle served as a hunting lodge to the dukes of Württemberg. In the 19th Century, it was used as the Forest Service and in 1928 the Samaritan Foundation acquired it, setting up a handicapped home. In the times of National Socialism, the Grafeneck Castle served in as a killing center - the Nazi Euthansasieaktion (later T4 Action) killed 10,654 disabled and sick people through lethal injections and gas. They were transported mainly from southern Germany and burned on site in a crematorium. The French occupying forces returned the site in 1946/47 back to the Samaritan Foundation, whom reestablished it as a center for disabled and mentally ill people and still operates to this day. Already in the fifties, the development of the cemetery began as a memorial. In 2005, the documentation center Grafeneck Memorial was finally built.
Mayors
[edit | edit source]Since 1994 Klemens Betz is the mayor of Gomadingen. He was reelected in 2002 and 2010.
Photo gallery
[edit | edit source]- Gomadingen
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Marbach station -
Grafeneck Castle
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Grafeneck Castle
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Offenhausen
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Marbach stud
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Marbach stud
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Marbach stud
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Marbach stud
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 14 September 2021.
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