Abstatt () is a

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in the district of Heilbronn in

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in southern

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Geography

Abstatt is situated in the south of the district of Heilbronn at the Schozach river. Heilbronn is about to the northwest.

Neighbouring municipalities

Neighbouring towns and villages of Abstatt are (clockwise from the west):

Ilsfeld Ilsfeld is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, on the outer edge of the Stuttgart Metropolitan Region. In addition to the village of Ilsfeld proper, it includes the formerly independent settlements of Aue ...

Untergruppenbach Untergruppenbach () is a municipality near Heilbronn, a city in the northern half of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. There are a total of 7,600 inhabitants living in six villages that form the municipality of Untergruppenbach. Approxim ...

, ''Lauffen am Neckar'' (exclave town forest Etzlenswenden) and '' Beilstein'', which all belong to the district of Heilbronn. Abstatt has combined with Beilstein, Ilsfeld and Untergruppenbach to form a joint association of administrations called ''Schozach-Bottwartal''.

Municipal structure

There are no further villages belonging to Abstatt, but there are two hamlets called Happenbach and Vohenlohe.

History

Abstatt was first mentioned documentary in 1293. In 1510 Abstatt came to Württemberg. The villages Happenbach and Vohenlohe were even administrated by Abstatt since the 18th century. In 1938 the municipality came to the district of Heilbronn which was founded this year. Until the

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the municipality was characterized agri-culturally, later it developed into a residential area nearby Heilbronn.

Politics

District council

Following the municipal election of 13 June 2004, the district council of Abstatt has 14 seats. The election result is as follows: The mayor is also a member of the district council and its chairman.

Arms and flag

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: ''Within a split sign in front in red a golden abbot stick, in the background in gold a red lion.'' The municipal flag is red and white. A seal of Abstatt from 1628 belonging to the Löwenstein County, contains the arms of

Löwenstein Löwenstein () is a city in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was first mentioned in 1123. The castle of Löwenstein served as a residence for the counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim. In 1634 the castle was destroyed by the ...

: a lion. In 1907 the municipality asked for a new arms suggestion from the archive direction of Württemberg. Then the direction suggested the today's seal. Since it first was rejected as the conventional seal the direction made a second suggestion. However, the municipality decided to take the previous suggestion. The flag was given by the district of Heilbronn on September 5, 1980.

Twin municipality

There's a relationship with

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Culture and sights

Museums

Abstatt has a native museum at its disposal.

Notable buildings

* The ''Wildeck Castle'' near Vohenlohe was built in the 12th century and contains a wine-growing school today. * The Protestant parish church ''St. Stephan'' was built in 1766 in

rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

style upon the remnants of an older Gothic construction. Abstatt Evangelische Kirche 20070502.jpg, Protestant church Abstatt Rathaus 20070502.jpg, town hall * In Happenbach there's the renovated historical school house containing the today's citizen's forum. An old baking house reminds on this old rural infrastructure. Besides there's a village square with a fountain. Happenbach-buergerbuero.jpg, citizen's forum, old school house Happenbach-backhaus-milchhaus.jpg, baking house Happenbach-brunnen.jpg, fountain at the village square

Economy and infrastructure

Wine

Abstatt is a wine-growing village whose area belongs to the Schozach valley in the wine-growing area Württemberg. There's a varietal named after a part of the municipality called Happenbach.

Transport

Abstatt is situated on the A 81 between the exits for ''Ilsfeld'' and ''Heilbronn/Untergruppenbach''.

Local businesses

Since 2004 the Robert Bosch GmbH is represented by a development area employing 5,800 people (October 2019).Anja Krezer: ''Erfolgsgeschichte auf dem Hohbuch-Hügel''. In: ''Heilbronner Stimme'' of June 30th, 2007, p. 34 There's also the subsidiary company ''Bosch Engineering GmbH''. Abstatt is the main site of the SAP system house ''Steeb Anwendungssysteme GmbH'' belonging to

SAP AG Sap is a fluid transported in xylem cells (vessel elements or tracheids) or phloem sieve tube elements of a plant. These cells transport water and nutrients throughout the plant. Sap is distinct from latex, resin, or cell sap; it is ...

. Steeb cares about the middle classes in SAP. The international record label

Massacre Records Massacre Records is an independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany, that specializes in bands of the heavier genres of metal. The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. Connected to Massacre Records is the marketing and music wh ...

is also in Abstatt.

Media

The ''Heilbronner Stimme'' informs about happenings in Abstatt within its edition SO, South-East.

Public institutions

Around the Wildeck Castle the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg carries on ecological

viticulture Viticulture (from the Latin word for '' vine'') or winegrowing (wine growing) is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of '' Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ...

Education

Abstatt has a primary school including the municipal library at its disposal.

Personalities

Born in Abstatt

* Josef Bick (1880–1952), philologist, general director of the Austrian national library and prisoner of the KZ Dachau

Connected with Abstatt

* Alexander Bertsch (born 1940), author; lives in Abstatt * Wolfgang Bebbel (born 1943), politician; 1980–1996 member of the district council of Abstatt * Ingo Rust (born 1978), politician; voted to be the youngest member ever of the district council in 1999

References

External links

www.abstatt.de
(in German) {{Authority control Heilbronn (district)