Sindelfingen

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Sindelfingen


Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region	Stuttgart
District	Böblingen
Population	61,269 (2004)
Area	50.85 km²
Population density	1,204 /km²
Elevation	409-532 m
Coordinates	48°43′ N 9°0′ E
Postal code	71043-71069
Area code	07031
Licence plate code	BB
Mayor	Bernd Vöhringer
Website	sindelfingen.de

Sindelfingen is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg with about 60,000 residents and is about 15 km south west of Stuttgart, Germany. The economy is mostly based upon the automobile industry, especially the DaimlerChrysler factory and Smart (automobile) offices ( actually in neighbouring Böblingen). In the middle ages, it was home to a weaving industry, and today there are still many fashion firms. The communities Maichingen and Darmsheim were incorporated in 1971.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Economy
4 Sights
5 Honorary citizens
6 Events
7 Traffic connections
8 Culture
9 Twinning
10 External links

[edit] History

1155 First documented mention of Sindelfingen
1263 Founding of the city by Graf Rudolf von Tübingen-Herrenberg
1535 Entrance of the Protestant Reformation
1958 Partnership with the French city Corbeil-Essonnes
1962 S. became "Große Kreisstadt"

[edit] Geography

Neighboring towns and cities: Böblingen, Stuttgart, Leonberg. Note that there is no gap between Böblingen and Sindelfingen. In Sindelfingen the river Schwippe begins and the highest point is 531 meters above sea level. In the north lies the Glemswald (Nature reserve).

[edit] Economy

Automobile industry, computer industry, fashion wholesale

[edit] Sights

Statue of gossips in the Altstadt of Sindelfingen

Old city hall (Rathaus), now the city museum (free admission)
St Martin´s church (Martinskirche) (built: 11.-12. century)
A short alley with half timbered houses (Fachwerkhäusern)
Old cemetery (behind city library)
Witch jump
Cloister Lake
Large public swimming pool with a long water slide [1]
water-tower on Goldberg
Water-tower Sindelfingen-Steige
Water-tower Sindelfingen-Eichholz
Friendship Fountain on the market place, designed by Bonifatius Stirnberg [2]. Around a central fountain with the Pegasus are six small fountains represanting the six partner towns of Sindelfingen. The figures can rotate.
Powerline-branch Maichingen
Zweigart-Sawitzki-Bridge
High-based pylons
TV repeater Darmsheim
Transmitter Tower Fuchsberg
Transmitter Tower service area Forest of Sindelfingen

[edit] Honorary citizens

Roger Combrisson
Arthur Gruber
Dr. Wilhelm Haspel
Wilhelm Hörmann
Karl Hummel
Dr. Wilhelm Langheck
Karl Pfitzer
Ernst Schäfer
Arthur K. Watson
Mina Zweigart

[edit] Events

Until 1987, there was a Volksfest each summer in Sindelfingen. It stopped because the site where it took place was required for a county garden exhibition. Until now, there is no appropriate site for such an event in Sindelfingen.