Herrenberg

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Herrenberg


Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region	Stuttgart
District	Böblingen
Population	31,166 (2005)
Area	65.71 km²
Population density	475 /km²
Elevation	442 m
Coordinates	48°36′ N 8°52′ E
Postal code	71070-71083
Area code	07032
Licence plate code	BB
Mayor	Dr. Volker Gantner
Website	herrenberg.de

Herrenberg is a town in the middle of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, about 30km south of Stuttgart and 20km from Tübingen. After Sindelfingen, Böblingen and Leonberg, it is the fourth largest town in the district of Böblingen. The number of inhabitants of Herrenberg exceeded 20,000 in 1972 due to the community reform in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

In 1965 Affstätt amalgamated with Herrenberg
In 1971 Haslach, Kayh, Kuppingen, Mönchberg amalgamated with Herrenberg
In 1972 Oberjesingen amalgamated with Herrenberg
In 1975 Gueltstein amalgamated with Herrenberg

1 Location
2 City Arrangement
3 Population
4 Politics
- 4.1 Local Council
5 Tourism

[edit] Location

Marktplatz

Herrenberg is situated on the western edge of the Schonbuch forest and is a central town within the Gäu region. The Stiftskirche, which houses the Glockenmuseum, is a visible tourist attraction in the main square.

Herrenberg is at the southern end of the S1 S-Bahn train line. It also has connections, via the A81, to Stuttgart and the rest of northern Germany. To the south the A81 provides access to Switzerland, Austria and Italy. Herrenberg is also close to Strasbourg, which is only about 110km[1] to the west

The following towns and municipalities border Herrenberg. They are listed in clockwise direction beginning in the north:

Deckenpfronn, Gärtringen, Nufringen, Hildrizhausen and Altdorf (all Böblingen district), Ammerbuch (Tübingen district), Gäufelden and Jettingen (both Böblingen district) as well as Wildberg (Calw district).

[edit] City Arrangement

Herrenberg consists of the town center and the 7 additional towns which were merged in the regional reorganization of the 1960s and 1970s. This includes Affstätt, Gültstein, Haslach, Kayh, Kuppingen, Mönchberg and Oberjesingen. In each different area of Herrenberg there is an office for the district and a town clerk.

[edit] Population

The population of Herrenberg, numbers are either estimates, Census results(¹) or numbers from the town hall where available·

Year	Population
1622	ca. 1,800
1652	1,006
1771	1,570
1803	1,796
1825	1,985
1843	2,140
1861	2,015
1. December 1871	2,127
1. December 1880 ¹	2,646
1. December 1890 ¹	2,614
1. December 1900 ¹	2,557
1. December 1910 ¹	2,705
16. June 1925 ¹	3,021

Year	Population
16. June 1933 ¹	3,395
17. May 1939 ¹	3,689
1946	5,605
13. September 1950 ¹	6,292
6. June 1961 ¹	9,539
27. May 1970 ¹	12,573
31. December 1975	24,389
31. December 1980	25,422
27. May 1987 ¹	26,001
31. December 1990	27,344
31. December 1995	28,839
31. December 2000	30,377
30. September 2004	31,195
23. November 2006²	31,235

¹ Census results
² Herrenberg Amtsblatt 23rd November 2006

The S-Bahn train

[edit] Politics

[edit] Local Council

The Local Council has, since the last election on 13. June 2004, a total of 40 Seats. The distribution of the different parties and groups are as follows: (in German)