Gisingen
The town of Gisingen is located in the southwest of Saarland at an altitude of approx. 330m and is bordered by the Scheidberg (387.5m) in the south and Gallenberg (376.9m) in the west. The special nature of the soil is characterized by shell limestone. The place was first mentioned in documents in 1140 under the name Guisinga. Since the regional reform in 1974, Gisingen has been one of 10 districts in the greater community of Wallerfangen and today has around 800 inhabitants, making it the third largest district. Gisingen is connected to the municipal capital of Wallerfangen by the L 110, 355 via the neighboring town of St. Barbara . Due to its topographical location, Gisingen is also called the “Gateway to the Gau”. In addition to a daycare center with two groups, Gisingen has the primary school “Auf dem Muschelkalk”, the only primary school for the Gau villages in the municipality of Wallerfangen. The place is served by several bus lines and is a transfer point for the surrounding Gau villages. The village infrastructure has gastronomic offerings (restaurants with beer gardens and pubs), a village shop with a café, an EC ATM, playgrounds, a boules pitch, a football pitch, a golf course, numerous clubs, fast internet and free Wi-Fi in many places . The Lorraine farmhouse museum “Haus Saargau” with a herb and scent garden and the Catholic church of Sankt Andreas Gisingen with a parish garden - located not far from the hiking trail - are worth a visit. Source: Text information board