Waibstadt
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| Waibstadt | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
| District | Rhein-Neckar-Kreis |
| Town subdivisions | 3: Waibstadt (Main Town), Daisbach, Bernau |
| Mayor | Hans Wolfgang Riedel (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 25.57 km² (9.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 172 m (564 ft) |
| Population | 5,691 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 223 /km² (576 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | HD |
| Postal code | 74915 |
| Area code | 07263 |
| Website | www.waibstadt.de |
| Location of the town of Waibstadt within Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district | |
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Waibstadt is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
It belongs to the municipal administration union "Waibstadt", which consists of Epfenbach, Helmstadt-Bargen, Neckarbischofsheim, Neidenstein, Reichartshausen and Waibstadt itself. Furthermore, it is part of the touristic region Brunnenregion.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Geographic Location
Waibstadt is located in the valley of the Schwarzbach in the northern Kraichgau, about 25 km southeast of Heidelberg and about 6 km north of Sinsheim.
[edit] Neighbour Municipalities
The town is surrounded in the nortwest by Neidenstein, in the north by Epfenbach, in the northeas by Helmstadt-Bargen, in the east by Neckarbischofsheim, in the south by Sinsheim and in the west by Zuzenhausen and Eschelbronn.
[edit] Parts of Town
Besides the main town Waibstadt, the two villages Daisbach and Bernau are part of Waibstadt.
[edit] History
The first documented mentioning date at 795 AD, but there are indications, that at the same place there was a roman settlement.
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