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Location of the town of Waibstadt within Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
| District | Rhein-Neckar-Kreis |
| Town subdivisions | 3: Waibstadt (Main Town), Daisbach, Bernau |
| Mayor | Hans Wolfgang Riedel (CDU) |
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| Area | 25.57 km2 (9.87 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 172 m (564 ft) |
| Population | 5,723 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 224 /km2 (580 /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 |
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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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.
The town is surrounded in the northwest by Neidenstein, in the north by Epfenbach, in the northeast by Helmstadt-Bargen, in the east by Neckarbischofsheim, in the south by Sinsheim and in the west by Zuzenhausen and Eschelbronn.
Besides the main town Waibstadt, the two villages Daisbach and Bernau are part of Waibstadt.
The first documented mentioning date at 795 AD, but there are indications, that at the same place there was a roman settlement.
Michael Himmelhan
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