Waiblingen
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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Coat of arms
Location of Waiblingen within Rems-Murr-Kreis district
(2022-12-31)[2]
71331–71336
Waiblingen (German pronunciation: [ˈvaɪblɪŋən] ⓘ; Swabian: Woeblinge) is a town in the southwest of Germany, located in the center of the densely populated Stuttgart region, directly neighboring Stuttgart. It is the capital and largest city of the Rems-Murr district. As of 31 December 2018[update], Waiblingen had 55,449 inhabitants (27,334 men and 28,115 women).
As of 31 December 2004[update], the area of the town (including all external properties, such as forests) was 42.76 km2 (16.51 sq mi).
History
Waiblingen was first mentioned in Carolingian documents in 885 at the time of Charles the Fat. It received its town charter in 1250.
Waiblingen was the property of the Salian kings, from whom the Hohenstaufen dukes and kings inherited it. It is intimately tied to the conflict between Guelphs and Ghibellines in the 12th and 13th century. During the Siege of Weinsberg in 1140, the Hohenstaufens of Swabia (led by Conrad III of Germany) used "Wibellingen" - a version of the town name - as their rallying cry; "Wibellingen" subsequently became Ghibellino in Italian.[3]
The town was almost completely destroyed in 1634 during the Thirty Years' War, when Imperial and Spanish troops sacked the city after the Battle of Nördlingen. Fires raged for more than a week, and most of Waiblingen's citizens were killed or had to flee. Rebuilding only began four years after this catastrophe; the existing old central part of the town dates back to the years between 1640 and 1700. Its fortifications are now well restored.
Incorporation
The following towns were incorporated into Waiblingen:
- 1 December 1971: Beinstein
- 1 January 1975: Bittenfeld, Hegnach, Hohenacker, and Neustadt
Climate
| Climate data for Waiblingen (1991-2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) | 2.9 (37.2) | 6.5 (43.7) | 10.7 (51.3) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.2 (64.8) | 20.1 (68.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 15.2 (59.4) | 10.6 (51.1) | 5.8 (42.4) | 2.7 (36.9) | 10.8 (51.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 50.7 (2.00) | 45.7 (1.80) | 52.3 (2.06) | 45.8 (1.80) | 86.5 (3.41) | 85.1 (3.35) | 90.4 (3.56) | 83.5 (3.29) | 56.5 (2.22) | 65.6 (2.58) | 59.5 (2.34) | 63.4 (2.50) | 785 (30.91) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 63.2 | 86.8 | 139 | 184 | 209.1 | 227.1 | 242 | 226.7 | 167.9 | 112 | 66.5 | 54 | 1,778.3 |
| Source: Deutscher Wetterdienst[4][5][6] | |||||||||||||
Economy
Waiblingen houses the principal office of the world's biggest chainsaw manufacturer, Stihl. Engineering and technology multinational Robert Bosch GmbH has two factories in the city producing polymer and packaging technology.
It is also the location for the letter processing center for the Stuttgart region of the Deutsche Post.
Twin towns – sister cities
Waiblingen is twinned with:[7]
Baja, Hungary
Devizes, England, United Kingdom
Jesi, Italy
Mayenne, France
Virginia Beach, United States
Notable people
See also: Category:People from Waiblingen
- Alessandro Abruscia (*1990, Waiblingen), an Italian-German footballer
- Katrin Altpeter [de]
- Jakob Andreae
- Bernd Bachofer [de]
- Anouschka Bernhard
- Werner Bertheau [de]
- Alfred Biolek [de]
- Riccardo Brutschin [de]
- Heinz Bühringer [de]
- Giuseppe Catizone (*1977, Waiblingen), an Italian and German footballer
- Karl Daiber [de]
- Nelly Däs [de]
- Luise Duttenhofer
- Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg
- Alfred Entenmann [de]
- Otto Esswein
- Michael Fink
- Markus Groh [ru] (*1970, Waiblingen), a German pianist[8]
- Werner Haupt [de]
- Claus E. Heinrich
- Bodo Karcher [de]
- Gottlob Kopp [de]
- Nadine Krause
- Leif Lampater
- Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach
- Giorgos Machlelis (*1991, Waiblingen), a Greek-German footballer
- Bernd Mayländer
- Christian Mergenthaler
- Athanasia Moraitou [de]
- Matthias Morys [de]
- Christoph Niemann
- Boris Palmer
- Achim Pfuderer
- Norbert F. Pötzl [de]
- Mathias Richling
- Günther Schäfer
- Patrick Schmollinger
- Wolfgang Straub
- Winfried Walz [de]
- Manfred Wundram [de]
- Simon Skarlatidis [de]
- Felice Vecchione [de]
- Joachim Winkelhock
- Manfred Winkelhock
- Thomas Winkelhock
Honorary citizens
- 1883: Dr. med. Gustav Pfeilsticker
- 1907: Ferdinand Küderli
- 1930: Theodor Kaiser
- 1932: Friedrich Schofer
- 1934: Albert Roller
- 1953: Emil Münz
- 1967: Alfred Diebold
- 1968: Adolf Bauer [de]
- 1997: Dr. Ulrich Gauß
- 1997: Hans Peter Stihl [de] (*1932, Stuttgart), a German industrialist (Stihl)
- 1997: Albrecht Villinger
References
- ^ Oberbürgermeisterwahl Waiblingen 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Guelphs and Ghibellines" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 668–669.
- ^ "Lufttemperatur: vieljährige Mittelwerte 1991 - 2020" [Air Temperature: Long-term averages for 1991-2020]. dwd.de (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "Niederschlag: vieljährige Mittelwerte 1991 - 2020" [Precipitation: Long-term averages for 1991-2020]. dwd.de (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "Sonnenscheindauer: vieljährige Mittelwerte 1991 - 2020" [Sunshine: Long-term averages for 1991-2020]. dwd.de (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". waiblingen.de (in German). Waiblingen. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ official site
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Waiblingen.
- Official website
(in German) - Galerie Stihl Waiblingen in 360°-Panoramapictures
Media related to Waiblingen at Wikimedia Commons
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Waiblingen" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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Towns and municipalities in Rems-Murr (district)
- Alfdorf
- Allmersbach im Tal
- Althütte
- Aspach
- Auenwald
- Backnang
- Berglen
- Burgstetten
- Fellbach
- Großerlach
- Kaisersbach
- Kernen
- Kirchberg an der Murr
- Korb
- Leutenbach
- Murrhardt
- Oppenweiler
- Plüderhausen
- Remshalden
- Rudersberg
- Schorndorf
- Schwaikheim
- Spiegelberg
- Sulzbach an der Murr
- Urbach
- Waiblingen
- Weinstadt
- Weissach im Tal
- Welzheim
- Winnenden
- Winterbach
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