Göppingen (Swabian: Geppenge or Gebbenga) is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg.

Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the birthplace of football player Jürgen Klinsmann.

Göppingen and the nearby village of Jebenhausen were home to a thriving Jewish community from 1777 until the Second World War.

In 1777, the Baron von Liebenstein issued a "Letter of Protection" granting Elias Gutmann and other Jews permission to settle in Jebenhausen.

The community grew and peaked in the mid-1800s, with the population center shifting from Jebenhausen to Göppingen and a substantial emigration of Jewish families to America by the late 19th Century.

In late 1950, the VII Corps (US) had been reactivated in Stuttgart and U.S. Army units began to be stationed at Cooke Barracks.

[8] Local sports club Frisch Auf Göppingen currently play in the German first team handball men's top division Handball-Bundesliga.