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Fellbach is a mid-sized town on the north-east Border of Stuttgart
Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The list of cities in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million ....
 in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg

Baden-W?rttemberg is one of the 16 States of Germany of the Federal Republic of Germany. Baden-W?rttemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine?but one which has some of its major cities straddling the banks of the Neckar River ....
. With a population of approximately 43,700 as of December 2003 it is the second largest town in the District Rems-Murr-Kreis
Rems-Murr-Kreis

Rems-Murr is a district in the middle of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heilbronn , Schw?bisch Hall , Ostalbkreis, G?ppingen , Esslingen , the district-free city Stuttgart and the district Ludwigsburg ....
. The area of the town is 27.7 km².

Fellbach was first mentioned as Velbach in 1121. It was called Vellebach in 1357 and the name Fehlbach was used in around 1800. On 14 October 1933 it was declared a city.






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Fellbach is a mid-sized town on the north-east Border of Stuttgart
Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The list of cities in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million ....
 in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg

Baden-W?rttemberg is one of the 16 States of Germany of the Federal Republic of Germany. Baden-W?rttemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine?but one which has some of its major cities straddling the banks of the Neckar River ....
. With a population of approximately 43,700 as of December 2003 it is the second largest town in the District Rems-Murr-Kreis
Rems-Murr-Kreis

Rems-Murr is a district in the middle of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heilbronn , Schw?bisch Hall , Ostalbkreis, G?ppingen , Esslingen , the district-free city Stuttgart and the district Ludwigsburg ....
. The area of the town is 27.7 km².

Fellbach was first mentioned as Velbach in 1121. It was called Vellebach in 1357 and the name Fehlbach was used in around 1800. On 14 October 1933 it was declared a city. After World War II it reached a population of more than 20000 in 1950 and it got the status as "Große Kreisstadt".

Fellbach has 3 main districts. Fellbach, Schmiden (since 1.1.1973) and Oeffingen (1.4.1974).

Twin towns

The twin towns
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Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
 of Fellbach are:
  • Tain-l'Hermitage
    Tain-l'Hermitage

    Tain-l'Hermitage is a Communes of France in the Dr?me Departments of France in southeastern France....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    , since 1964
  • Tournon-sur-Rhône
    Tournon-sur-Rhône

    Tournon-sur-Rh?ne is a Communes of France in the Ard?che Departments of France in southeastern France....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    , since 1973
  • Erba, Italy
    Italy

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    , since 1978
  • Pécs
    Pécs

    P?cs , , is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya ....
    , Hungary
    Hungary

    Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
    , since 1986
  • Meißen, Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    , since 1986


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