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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Stuttgart

Elevation
  
449 m (1,473 ft)

Local time
  
Wednesday 11:56 AM

State
  
Baden-Württemberg

District
  
Böblingen

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
60,648 (31 Dec 2008)

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 83% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Sensapolis ‑ The indoor a, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Haus der Donauschwaben

Sindelfingen is a German town near Stuttgart at the headwaters of the Schwippe (a tributary of the river Würm) that is the site of a Mercedes-Benz assembly plant.

Contents

Map of Sindelfingen, Germany

History

  • 1155 First documented mention of Sindelfingen

    • In 1263, Sindelfingen was founded by the Count Rudolf Scherer of Tübingen-Herrenberg.

    In 1351 the city was sold to Württemberg.

  • Middle Ages Notable weaving industry
  • 1535 Entrance of the Protestant Reformation
  • 1944 Stuttgart/Sindelfingen oil refinery bombed by the Oil Campaign of World War II
  • 1958 Partnership with the French city Corbeil-Essonnes
  • 1962 S. became "Große Kreisstadt"
  • 1971 Maichingen and Darmsheim were incorporated
  • 1987 Last Volksfest, a summer festival (the site was required for a county garden exhibition)
  • 2013 Sindelfingen celebrated the 750 city founding anniversary

    • The weaving industry survived until most of Europe's textile industry was wiped out due to Asian imports. Some textile distribution centres are still left in the town. Former weaving mills can still be found in the city area, now used as offices for the computer industry. This is due to the takeover of Hollerith by IBM which used the punched card technology from the weaving mills.

    Geography

    Neighbouring towns and cities: Böblingen (continuous), Stuttgart (15 km), Leonberg. The highest point is 531 metres above sea level and to the north is the Glemswald (Nature reserve).

    Main sights

  • Old city hall (Rathaus), now the city museum (free admission)
  • St Martin's church (Martinskirche) (built: 11th–12th century)
  • A short alley with half timbered houses (Fachwerkhäusern)
  • Old cemetery (behind city library)
  • Witch jump
  • Cloister Lake
  • Large public swimming pool with a long water slide
  • Water-tower on Goldberg
  • Water-tower Sindelfingen-Steige
  • Water-tower Sindelfingen-Eichholz
  • Friendship Fountain on the market place, designed by Bonifatius Stirnberg. Around a central fountain with the Pegasus are six small fountains representing the six partner towns of Sindelfingen. The figures can rotate.
  • Miniature Railway in the Sommerhofen Park
  • Powerline-branch Maichingen
  • Zweigart-Sawitzki-Bridge
  • High-based pylons
  • TV repeater Darmsheim
  • Transmitter Tower Fuchsberg
  • Transmitter Tower service area Forest of Sindelfingen
  • Daimler AG factory. Tours can be arranged through Mercedes dealers.
  • Haus zur Geschichte der IBM Datenverarbeitung (IBM Dataprocessing History Museum)

    • Culture

    Sindelfingen has an annual International Street Fair which features ethnic food and performances from the partner cities, as well as from various local ethnic clubs.

    Demography

    The resident counts below are either estimates, based upon census (*) or official records of respective statistical offices. All figures after 1871 are taken from the statistical office of Baden-Württemberg.

    Natives

  • 1782, 30. April, Albert Schott, died 6. Juni 1861 in Stuttgart, jurist and politicianof the Frankfurt National Assembly

    • 1921, 25. April, Karl Ganzhorn, died 25. August 2014 in Sindelfingen, physician, founder of IBM-Labor in Böblingen and member of board of IBM Germany

  • 1948 Friederike Roth, author
  • 1954 Erich Klemm, chairman of labour union of Daimler Benz
  • 1967 Jörg Baldauf, Handicaped sportsman
  • 1968 Bernd Vöhringer, politician (CDU), since 2001 Lord mayor of Sindelfingen
  • 1968 Monika Henschel, musician, Henschel Quartett, (Viola)
  • 1969 Christoph Henschel, musician(Violine), also Henschel Quartett
  • 1971 Pascal Kober, parson and politician, Member of Bundestag

    • Carl Eytel (1862–1925), desert artist who immigrated to America in 1885 and eventually settled in Palm Springs, California

  • Cubeatz, hip-hop production duo
  • Roland Emmerich, (born 1955), German Film producer, director, and author
  • Wizo is a Punk rock band from Sindelfingen
  • Christoph, Markus & Monika Henschel, sibling musicians

    • Transport

    Sindelfingen can be reached through the A8 and A81 motorways, and through the S-Bahn connections to Stuttgart or Herrenberg; the nearest airport is in Stuttgart.

    Twin towns

    Sindelfingen is twinned with:

  • Schaffhausen, Switzerland, since 1952
  • Corbeil-Essonnes, France, since 1961
  • Sondrio, Italy, since 1962
  • Dronfield, United Kingdom, since 1971
  • Győr, Hungary, since 1987
  • Torgau, Germany, since 1987
  • Chełm, Poland, since 2001
  • Sindelfingen is a member city of Eurotowns network

    • References

    Sindelfingen Wikipedia
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