Bietigheim-Bissingen

Bietigheim-Bissingen
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Ludwigsburg
Town subdivisions	Kernstadt und 4 Stadtteile
Lord Mayor	Jürgen Kessing (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	31.29 km² (12.1 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (656 ft)
Population	42,259 (31/12/2006)
- Density	1,351 /km² (3,498 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LB
Postal codes	74301–74321
Area code	07142
Website	www.bietigheim-bissingen.de Coordinates: 48°58′00″N 9°8′00″E / 48.966667, 9.133333

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.

[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

Bietigheim-Bissingen is an important junction for the railroad connecting Stuttgart with Heilbronn, Karlsruhe and Heidelberg. Line 5 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn and line 5 of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe both start here.

Barbara Wilhelmine Vaigle (1858-1925), whose son, Friedrich Kellner, wrote the anti-Nazi diary, My Opposition.

Heiko Maile, Marcus Meyn, Martin Kahling and Oliver Kreyssig founders of Camouflage
Matthias Ettrich, founder of KDE
Pur, a German pop band

Kusatsu (Japan) (since 1962)

Overland Park, USA (since 1999)

Saltara, ITA (since 2006)

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Ludwigsburg (district)

Affalterbach \| Asperg \| Benningen \| Besigheim \| Bietigheim-Bissingen \| Bönnigheim \| Ditzingen \| Eberdingen \| Erdmannhausen \| Erligheim \| Freiberg am Neckar \| Freudental \| Gemmrigheim \| Gerlingen \| Großbottwar \| Hemmingen \| Hessigheim \| Ingersheim \| Kirchheim am Neckar \| Korntal-Münchingen \| Kornwestheim \| Löchgau \| Ludwigsburg \| Marbach am Neckar \| Markgröningen \| Möglingen \| Mundelsheim \| Murr \| Oberriexingen \| Oberstenfeld \| Pleidelsheim \| Remseck \| Sachsenheim \| Schwieberdingen \| Sersheim \| Steinheim an der Murr \| Tamm \| Vaihingen \| Walheim