Wüstenrot
| Wüstenrot | ||
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  Wüstenrot | ||
Location of Wüstenrot within Heilbronn district  | ||
| Coordinates: 49°5′N 9°28′E / 49.083°N 9.467°ECoordinates: 49°5′N 9°28′E / 49.083°N 9.467°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart | |
| District | Heilbronn | |
| Subdivisions | 5 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Heinz Nägele | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 30.02 km2 (11.59 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 489 m (1,604 ft) | |
| Population (2012-12-31)[11] | ||
| • Total | 6,522 | |
| • Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 71543 | |
| Dialling codes | 07945 | |
| Vehicle registration | HN | |
| Website | www.wuestenrot4u.de | |
Wüstenrot is a municipality in the Mainhardter Forest with about 6,800 inhabitants, more than half of them in small incorporated villages. The city is the birthplace of the Wüstenrot Bausparkasse (Wüstenrot Building Society).
Geography
Location
Wüstenrotis in the forest in the southeast of the district of Heilbronn in the natural region of the Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains. The Rot River runs through central Wüstenrot. Wüstenrot consists of the five towns (and former municipalities) Wüstenrot, Finsterrot, Maienfels, Neuhütten, Neulautern and the abandoned village of Neuhütte in Joachimstal.
Neighbours
Neighboring cities and municipalities of Wüstenrot are (moving clockwise, starting in the west) the towns of Beilstein and Löwenstein (both in Heilbronn), Bretzfeld (Hohenlohe), Mainhardt (Schwäbisch Hall), Großerlach and Spiegelberg (within Rems-Murr-Kreis) and Oberstenfeld (Prevorst district, Ludwigsburg).
The community of Wüstenrot (as of 2006) has 4,971 inhabitants, 2,952 of which in the Wüstenrot proper.
References
- ↑ America's Wars (Report). Department of Veterans Affairs. 26 February 2010. http://www1.va.gov/opa/publications/factsheets/fs_americas_wars.pdf.
- ↑ Anne Leland; Mari–Jana "M-J" Oboroceanu (26 February 2010). American War and Military Operations: Casualties: Lists and Statistics (Report). Congressional Research Service. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf.
- ↑ Lawrence 2009, pp. 65, 107, 154, 217.
- ↑ Aaron Ulrich (editor); Edward FeuerHerd (producer and director) (2005 & 2006). Heart of Darkness: The Vietnam War Chronicles 1945–1975 (Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Dolby, Vision Software) (Documentary). Koch Vision. Event occurs at 321 minutes. ISBN 1-4172-2920-9.
- ↑ Kueter, Dale. Vietnam Sons: For Some, the War Never Ended. AuthorHouse (21 March 2007). ISBN 978-1425969318
- ↑ DoD 1998
- ↑ Lawrence 2009, p. 20.
- ↑ Olson & Roberts 1991, p. 67.
- ↑ Origins of the Insurgency in South Vietnam, 1954–1960, The Pentagon Papers (Gravel Edition), Volume 1, Chapter 5, (Boston: Beacon Press, 1971), Section 3, pp. 314–346; International Relations Department, Mount Holyoke College.
- ↑ Sophie Quinn-Judge (2003). Ho Chi Minh: the missing years, 1919–1941. C. Hurst. pp. 212–213. ISBN 978-1-85065-658-6.
- ↑ [Statistisches Bundesamt – Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31.12.2012 (XLS-Datei; 4,0 MB) (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31.12.2012"]. Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 12 November 2013.