Leutenbach is a municipality in the

Rems-Murr Rems-Murr is a (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Heilbronn, Schwäbisch Hall, Ostalbkreis, Göppingen, Esslingen, the district-free city Stuttgart and the district Ludwigs ...

district, in

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. It is located 15 km east of

Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a Cities of Germany, city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg (district), Lu ...

, and 20 km northeast of

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

. The

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Andreas Hinkel Andreas Hinkel (born 26 March 1982) is a German Association football, football coach and a former player. Hinkel played as a right-back and earned 21 Cap (sport), caps for the Germany national football team, Germany national team. He was known fo ...

, formerly

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

, now

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, and also a player for the Germany national team, was born in

Backnang Backnang (; ) is a town in Germany in the Bundesland (Germany), Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, roughly northeast of Stuttgart. Its population has increased greatly over the past century, from 7,650 in 1900 to 37,957 in 2022. Backnang was ce ...

, but grew up in Leutenbach. Spree killer

Tim Kretschmer The Winnenden school shooting occurred on the morning of 11 March 2009 at the Albertville-Realschule, a secondary school in Winnenden, southwestern Germany, followed by a shootout at a car dealership in nearby Wendlingen. The shooting spree re ...

grew up and lived in Leutenbach.

Economy and infrastructure

The

Stuttgart S-Bahn The Stuttgart S-Bahn is a suburban railway system (S-Bahn) serving the Stuttgart Region, an urban agglomeration of around 2.7 million people, consisting of the city of Stuttgart and the adjacent districts of Esslingen, Böblingen, Ludwigsb ...

connects the municipality with Stuttgart.

Transportation

Nellmersbach is a breakpoint at the Waiblingen-Schwäbisch Hall railway. The line S3 (Backnang-Stuttgart Airport ) that connects Nellmersbach in 15- to 30-minute intervals with the state capital Stuttgart runs on this route. In September 2009, a new lane of highway 14 was opened, allowing the western bypass of Winnenden. Therefore, the over one kilometer long ''Leutenbachtunnel'' was built. LeutenbachOrtsschild

Established businesses

HP Kaysser, sheet metal working and processing.

Media

The daily newspaper ''Winnender Zeitung'' reports on the local current affairs in Leutenbach.

Education

Primary schools are located in all three neighborhoods of Leutenbach as well as a

Werkrealschule Werkrealschule is a relatively young branch of German secondary education (e.g. in Baden-Württemberg), which offers pupils additional lessons in grades 8 and 9 and allows them to qualify after ten years with a final exam which is equal to graduatio ...

. Schools are located in Winnenden and

. There are a total of seven kindergartens. Leutenbach also has a branch of the

Folk high school Folk high schools (also ''adult education center'') are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal. They are most commonly found in Nordic countries and i ...

Winnenden.

Demographics

Population development:

Sport clubs

A detailed list of all Leutenbach clubs can be found on the website of the municipality.

References

External links

* http://www.leutenbach.de/2309_DEU_WWW.php Rems-Murr-Kreis {{RemsMurr-geo-stub