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Waiblingen (; 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. , Waiblingen had 55,449 inhabitants (27,334 men and 28,115 women). , the area of the town (including all external properties, such as forests) was .


History

Waiblingen was first mentioned in
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documents in 885 at the time of
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. It received its town charter in 1250. Waiblingen was the property of the
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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
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in 1140, the Hohenstaufens of Swabia (led by
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) used "Wibellingen" - a version of the town name - as their rallying cry; "Wibellingen" subsequently became Ghibellino in Italian. The town was almost completely destroyed in 1634 during the Thirty Years' War, when
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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 Bittenfeld is an incorporated (1975) town located in the northernmost quarter of Waiblingen in the Rems-Murr-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east ...
, Hegnach,
Hohenacker Hohenacker, once a town, is now part of Waiblingen, 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 wes ...
, and Neustadt


Economy

Waiblingen houses the principal office of the world's biggest
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manufacturer,
Stihl Stihl (, ) is a German manufacturer of chainsaws and other handheld power equipment including trimmers and blowers. Their headquarters are in Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, near Stuttgart, Germany. Stihl was founded in 1926 by Andreas Stihl, an ...
. 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: * Baja, Hungary * Devizes, England, United Kingdom *
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, Italy * Mayenne, France *
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Notable people

*
Alessandro Abruscia Alessandro Abruscia (born 12 July 1990) is an Italian-German footballer who plays for VfR Aalen as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, break ...
(1990, Waiblingen), an Italian-German footballer * *
Jakob Andreae Jakob Andreae (25 March 1528 – 7 January 1590) was a significant German Lutheran theologian and Protestant Reformer involved in the drafting of major documents. Life He was born in Waiblingen, in the Duchy of Württemberg. He studied at the Un ...
* *
Anouschka Bernhard Anouschka Bernhard (born 5 October 1970 in Waiblingen) is a retired German footballer who played as a defender. She was a member of the Germany women's national football team, among others at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. On club level she p ...
* * * * * Giuseppe Catizone (1977, Waiblingen), an Italian and German footballer * * * Luise Duttenhofer *
Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg Eberhard VI/II (1 February 1447 (?) in Waiblingen – 17 February 1504 at Lindenfels Castle) was a German nobleman. He was Count of Württemberg-Stuttgart from 1480 to 1496 as Eberhard VI, then Duke of Württemberg from 1496 to June 1498 as Ebe ...
* * Otto Esswein * Michael Fink * (1970, Waiblingen), a German pianistofficial site
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Claus E. Heinrich Claus E. Heinrich (born 21 June 1955) is a German manager, entrepreneur, who is an honorary professor for operations research at both the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Mannheim and served as board member of SAP between 1996 ...
* * * Nadine Krause * Leif Lampater *
Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach Ludwig II (3 April 1439, in Waiblingen – 3 November 1457, in Urach) was the Count of Württemberg. He was the son of count Ludwig I and Mechthild of the Palatinate. He reigned from 1450 until 1457. After the division of the County of Württem ...
* Giorgos Machlelis (1991, Waiblingen), a Greek-German footballer *
Bernd Mayländer Bernd Mayländer (born 29 May 1971 in Waiblingen) is a German racing driver and current Formula One safety car driver. Racing career Bernd started his career in karting sport at the end of the 1980s. In the following years he made his way to t ...
* Christian Mergenthaler * * * Christoph Niemann *
Boris Palmer Boris Erasmus Palmer (born 28 May 1972) is a German politician and former member of the Green Party. He has been mayor of Tübingen since January 2007. From March 2001 to May 2007, he was a member of the Baden-Württemberg Landtag, the State pa ...
* Achim Pfuderer * *
Mathias Richling Mathias Richling (born 24 March 1953 in Waiblingen) is a German actor, author, comedian and Kabarett artist. Richling studied literature, music and theatre. From 1989 to 1996 he had a program called ''Jetzt schlägt's Richling'' on the German T ...
* Günther Schäfer *
Patrick Schmollinger Patrick Schmollinger (born 2 September 1973 in Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg) is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from Austria, who was born in Germany. He represented Austria at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capi ...
* Wolfgang Straub * * * * *
Joachim Winkelhock Joachim Winkelhock (born 24 October 1960) is a German motor racing driver. The younger brother of the late Manfred Winkelhock, Winkelhock was born in Waiblingen, near Stuttgart. The youngest brother, Thomas Winkelhock, and Manfred's son Markus ...
* 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: * 1997: Dr. Ulrich Gauß * 1997: (1932, Stuttgart), a German industrialist (
Stihl Stihl (, ) is a German manufacturer of chainsaws and other handheld power equipment including trimmers and blowers. Their headquarters are in Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, near Stuttgart, Germany. Stihl was founded in 1926 by Andreas Stihl, an ...
) * 1997: Albrecht Villinger


References


External links

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Galerie Stihl Waiblingen in 360°-Panoramapictures
* {{Authority control Towns in Baden-Württemberg Rems-Murr-Kreis Württemberg