Waldenbuch ( Swabian: ''Waldebuech'') is a town in the district of Böblingen,

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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. It is the home of the popular

Ritter Sport Ritter Sport is a brand of chocolate bar from the family-owned Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG, which has its headquarters in Waldenbuch, Germany. Each square bar is divided into 16 smaller squares, creating a four-by-four pattern. In 2013 the co ...

brand of chocolate.

Geography

Geographical location

Waldenbuch is situated at an altitude reaching from 340 to 460 meters on the northern edge of

Schönbuch Schönbuch is an almost completely wooded area south west of Stuttgart and part of the Southern German Escarpment Landscape (German: ''südwestdeutsches Schichtstufenland''). In 1972 the centre zone of Schönbuch became the first nature park in ...

forest, 16 km south of

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

Districts

Waldenbuch consists of the following districts Sonnenhang, Kalkofen, Weilerberg, Glashütte, Stadtkern ("Städtle"), Liebenau and Hasenhof.

History

Waldenbuch was first mentioned in documents in 1296. The city rights were confirmed September 14, 1363. Since 1363 the city has belonged to

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Würt ...

, but was under the repurchase option of

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Religions

Since the

Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

Waldenbuch has been

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

. It was only in 1950 that WW2 German expellees founded another Roman Catholic church, St. Martinus.

Population

Population figures are taken from census results (¹) or statistical data from the data office in Stuttgart.

Economy and Infrastructure

Transportation

Country road 1208 (old B 27) connects the city to the north with

and to the south with

Tübingen Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thr ...

. The L 1185 leads west to

Böblingen Böblingen (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Beblenga'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen (district), Böblingen District. Sindelfingen and Böblingen are Geographic contiguity, contiguous. History Böblingen was found ...

and east to Nürtingen. In 1928 the Siebenmühlental-Railway opened to

Leinfelden Leinfelden-Echterdingen ( Swabian: ''Laefälda-Ächdordeng'') is a town in the district of Esslingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km south of Stuttgart, near the Stuttgart Airport and directly adjacent to ...

and was later decommissioned in 1956. The local public transport system is operated today by bus line 86 (Vaihingen-Leinfelden-Waldenbuch) of the

Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB) is the principal public transport operating company in the German city of Stuttgart. The SSB is a member of the Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart (VVS), and operates the Stuttgart Stadtbahn, bus lines, a ...

. Bus lines 760 (Böblingen-Schönaich-Waldenbuch), 826 (Leinfelden-Waldenbuch-Tübingen) and 828 (Stuttgart Airport Waldenbuch-Tübingen) are operated by Regional Bus Stuttgart.

Sights and culture

In the centre of Waldenbuch is the town's landmark Schloss Waldenbuch. The castle is the domicile of the Museum der Alltagskultur, one of the most important museums of folk culture in Germany.

Buildings

* The
Stadtkirche St. Veit
dates back in its origins to the 14th century. * The old rectory is in the immediate vicinity of the town church. The current building dates from 1720; Since 1990 it serves as a municipal music school. WaldenbuchPfarrhaus

* The '' Schloss Waldenbuch'' was a hunting lodge of the Dukes of Württemberg. The core of the system goes back to a castle which was first mentioned in 1381. WaldenbuchSchloss

* Castle and Stadtkirche including associated buildings make up the market square where the town hall is also situated. * Opposite the town hall is the headquarters counterclaim, also a half-timbered building. It was built around 1750 as a guesthouse for court hunting parties. * The market fountain, which is approximately in the middle of the square, dates back to 1953. * The ''Dannecker House'', built around 1620. Here the sculptor Johann Heinrich Dannecker spent his childhood with his grandparents.

References

External links

The official website of Waldenbuch (German)

Museum der Alltagskultur (Museum of Everyday Life)
{{Authority control Böblingen (district)