Wendlingen
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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Coat of arms
Location of Wendlingen within Esslingen district
(2019–27) Steffen Weigel[1] (SPD)
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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.
The town grew in size, officially, on 1 April 1940, when three separate communities of Wendlingen, Unterboihingen and Bodelshofen merged.
The town also is the headquarters of the tool company Festool.
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[3]
- 2011-2019: Steffen Weigel[1]
- Since 2019: Steffen Weigel[4]
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.[5]
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),[6] 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 athlete, competing in 5000 meters
International relations
Wendlingen is twinned with:
- – Dorog, Hungary
- – Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France
- – Millstatt, Austria
References
- ^ a b Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ Endgültige Ergebnisse der Bürgermeisterwahl vom 3. Juli 2011
- ^ "Steffen Weigel | Mit voller Kraft für WEndlingen am Neckar | Unser Bürgermeister". steffenweigel.de. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
- ^ Election information of communal data center
- ^ "Behr Erwin - Detailseite - LEO-BW".
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Towns and municipalities in Esslingen (district)
- Aichtal
- Aichwald
- Altbach
- Altdorf
- Altenriet
- Baltmannsweiler
- Bempflingen
- Beuren
- Bissingen (Teck)
- Deizisau
- Denkendorf
- Dettingen (Teck)
- Erkenbrechtsweiler
- Esslingen am Neckar
- Filderstadt
- Frickenhausen
- Großbettlingen
- Hochdorf
- Holzmaden
- Kirchheim (Teck)
- Kohlberg
- Köngen
- Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- Lenningen
- Lichtenwald
- Neckartailfingen
- Neckartenzlingen
- Neidlingen
- Neuffen
- Neuhausen (Fildern)
- Notzingen
- Nürtingen
- Oberboihingen
- Ohmden
- Ostfildern
- Owen
- Plochingen
- Reichenbach an der Fils
- Schlaitdorf
- Unterensingen
- Weilheim
- Wendlingen
- Wernau
- Wolfschlugen
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