Wendlingen
Wendlingen | ||
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Wendlingen | ||
Location of Wendlingen within Esslingen district | ||
Coordinates: 48°40′29″N 9°22′54″E / 48.67472°N 9.38167°ECoordinates: 48°40′29″N 9°22′54″E / 48.67472°N 9.38167°E | ||
Country | Germany | |
State | Baden-Württemberg | |
Admin. region | Stuttgart | |
District | Esslingen | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Steffen Weigel | |
Area | ||
• Total | 12.15 km2 (4.69 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 294 m (965 ft) | |
Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
• Total | 15,974 | |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
Postal codes | 73240 | |
Dialling codes | 07024 | |
Vehicle registration | ES | |
Website | www.wendlingen.de |
Wendlingen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the Neckar and Lauter rivers, 27 km southeast of Stuttgart.
Mayors
- 1940–1944: Andreas Bauer
- 1944–1945: Emil Hartung
- 1945–1945: Karl Strohmaier (commissarial)
- 1945–1946: Rudolf Bisterfeld (commissarial)
- 1946–1978: Helmut Kaiser
- 1978–1992: Hans Köhler
- 1992–2003: Andreas Hesky
- 2003–2011: Frank Ziegler[2]
Local council
The local council in Wendlingen has 22 members. The mayor is the president of the local council and has one vote. Communal elections in Baden-Württemberg 2014 had the following official results.[3]
Political parties and community voters | % 2014 |
Sitze 2014 |
% 2009 |
Sitze 2009 | |
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CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 34,75 | 8 | 29,0 | 6 |
Greens | Alliance '90/The Greens | 23,39 | 5 | 23,2 | 5 |
FW | Free voters Baden-Württemberg | 22,83 | 5 | 25,5 | 6 |
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 19,03 | 4 | 22,3 | 5 |
total | 100,0 | 22 | 100,0 | 22 | |
voter turnout | 47,16% | 49,3% |
Notable people
- Marianne Erdrich-Sommer (born 1952), German politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), former member of Landtag, Kreistagsabgeordnete, lives in Wendlingen
- Matthias Landfried (born 1975), German national table-tennis trainer
- Andrea Barth (born 1972), World champion, Europe champion, German champion in one wheel art cycling
- Werner Utter (1921–2006), chef-pilot of Lufthansa
- Erwin Behr (1857–1931),[4] entrepreneur for furniture, first producer of wall units
- Robert Otto, manager of Heinrich Otto & Söhne company in Unterboihingen, first cotton spinning in Württemberg
- Alfred Kleefeldt, (born 1933), German athlet, competing in 5000 meters
International relations
Wendlingen is twinned with:
References
- ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Postleitzahl am 30.09.2016". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
- ↑ Endgültige Ergebnisse der Bürgermeisterwahl vom 3. Juli 2011
- ↑ Election information of communal data center
- ↑ http://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail/-/Detail/details/PERSON/wlbblb_personen/101217607X/Behr+Erwin
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