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Wildberg, Baden Württemberg

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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Karlsruhe

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
56.68 km²

Local time
  
Monday 3:01 AM

Dialling code
  
07054

State
  
Baden-Württemberg

Elevation
  
395 m (1,296 ft)

Postal codes
  
72218

Population
  
9,974 (31 Dec 2008)

Postal code
  
72218

Administrative region
  
Karlsruhe (District)

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 86% Humidity

Wildberg is a town in the district of Calw in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The asteroid 117506 Wildberg was named in its honour by its discoverer, the Observatorium Wildberg.

Contents

Map of 72218 Wildberg, Germany

Notable people

  • Hans Weisshaar (1913–1991), violin restorer who relocated to America, was born in Wildberg.

    • Sons and daughters of the town

  • Albert Kappis (1836–1914), painter and lithographer
  • Dieter Dengler (1938–2001), American warplanes pilot, subject of the documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly and the film Rescue Dawn

    • Connected to Wildberg

  • In the 16th century the Württemberg reformer Andreas Cellarius worked in Wildberg as a pastor.
  • The most prominent citizens of the city are Walter Schultheiss (born 1924) and Trudel Smudge (born 1925) (both actors).

    • References

    Wildberg, Baden-Württemberg Wikipedia
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