Bietigheim-Bissingen

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Bietigheim-Bissingen


Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region	Stuttgart
District	Ludwigsburg
Population	42,145 (2005)
Area	31.29 km²
Population density	1,343 /km²
Elevation	195 m
Coordinates	48°58′ N 9°8′ E
Postal code	74301-74321
Area code	07142
Licence plate code	LB
Mayor	Jürgen Kessing (SPD)
Website	www.bietigheim-bissingen.de

Bietigheim-Bissingen is the second biggest town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany with 42,145 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated on the river Enz, close to its confluence with the Neckar, about 22 km north of Stuttgart, and 20 km south of Heilbronn.

1 Buildings and sights
2 Infrastructure
3 People
4 Events
5 Sister Cities

[edit] Buildings and sights

Bietigheim Old Gate

Bietigheim Altstadt

287 m long Bietigheim Enz Valley Bridge (German: "Bietigheimer Enzviadukt") (built in 1853)
Old gate (only one still present, built in 14th century)
(Protestant) church in Downtown Bietigheim (built in 1401)
Town hall (built in 1506)
"Hornmoldhaus" (built in 1536)
Castle of Bietigheim (built in 1546, renovated between 2000 and 2002), nowadays home to the Bietigheim-Bissingen music school

[edit] Infrastructure

Bietigheim-Bissingen is an important junction for the railroad connecting Stuttgart with Heilbronn, Karlsruhe and Heidelberg. Additionally the S-Bahn line 5 has got its origin here.

[edit] People

Barbara Wilhelmine Vaigle (1858-1925), mother of the diarist Friedrich Kellner, was born in Bissingen. She married Georg Kellner. Their son, Friedrich, was born in Vaihingen an der Enz. Later the family moved to Mainz, where Friedrich would become a justice inspector in the Mainz courthouse, and a political activist for the Social Democratic Party. During the war, at risk to his life, Friedrich wrote the Friedrich Kellner Diary.