Gailingen am Hochrhein

Gailingen am Hochrhein (Low Alemannic: Gailinge am Hochrhi) is a village in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, in southern Germany.

It is situated in a southernmost part of the region of Hegau in a unique location on the northern bank of the High Rhine, just across the border from Switzerland and close to Lake Constance.

In the mid nineteenth century, they outnumbered the Christian citizens for a short time, after which there was a steady decline in the number of Jews living in Gailingen.

This was caused by the introduction of freedom of movement and settlement in Baden in 1862, which led to more Jewish families moving to larger cities in search of better professional and financial opportunities.

Its location, clean air, and peaceful surroundings, has caused Gailingen to be awarded the title “national health resort” in 1977.

The bus passes through Swiss territory to reach the main village of Büsingen and the small outlying settlement of Stemmer.

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Jewish cemetery in Gailingen
Door knocker from the Gailingen synagogue, 1836, in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland .
Coat of arms of Landkreis Konstanz
Coat of arms of Landkreis Konstanz