Herrenberg

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Herrenberg
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Herrenberg
Herrenberg (Germany)
Herrenberg
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Stuttgart
District Böblingen
Town subdivisions 8 districts
Lord Mayor Thomas Sprißler
Basic statistics
Area 65.71 km² (25.4 sq mi)
Elevation 460 m  (1509 ft)
Population 31,394  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 478 /km² (1,237 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate BB
Postal codes 71070–71083
Area code 07032
Website www.herrenberg.de

Coordinates: 48°35′48″N 08°52′15″E / 48.59667, 8.87083

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

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[edit] Location

Marktplatz
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 23 November 2006
The S-Bahn train
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)

  • CDU 30,6% (-2,4) - 13 Seats (-1)
  • FW 21,8% (-2,3) - 9 Seats (-1)
  • SPD 21,9% (+0,4) - 9 Seats (=)
  • Grüne 16,3% (+5,6) - 6 Seats (+2)
  • Frauenliste 9,4% (+2,4) - 3 Seats (+1)
  • Others 0,0% (-3,7) - 0 Seats (-1)

[edit] Business

Various small, medium and large businesses are located in Herrenberg. Some examples of internationally known businesses are:

  • Feinmetall (electronic test pins)
  • IBM (IT training and sales)
  • Walter Knoll (furniture)

[edit] Tourism

Herrenberg Train Station
Herrenberg Train Station

Herrenberg has lots of tourist attractions that bring many people to the town.

Herrenbergs Old Town has many restaurants with a large range of meals available. These include Italian, Chinese, Indian, Greek and German restaurants. It also has many icecream shops and cafes [2].

Many of these restaurants sell food when the Stadtfest (town festival) occurs (normally in July). 25,000 people turn up for the town festival to drink and listen to the live music in the squares. [3]

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