Sindelfingen is a German town near
StuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
at the headwaters of the Schwippe (a tributary of the Würm) that is the site of a
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assembly plant.
History
- 1155 First documented mention of Sindelfingen
- 1263 Founding of the city by Graf Rudolf von Tübingen-Herrenberg
- Middle Ages
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Notable weaving industry
- 1535 Entrance of the Protestant Reformation
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- 1944 Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
/Sindelfingen oil refinery bombed by the Oil Campaign of World War IIThe Allied Oil Campaign of World War II was directed at facilities supplying Nazi Germany with petroleum, oil, and lubrication products...
- 1958 Partnership with the French city Corbeil-Essonnes
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- 1962 S. became "Große Kreisstadt"
- 1971 Maichingen
-Educational institutes:There is a primary and combined secondary school, the Johannes-Widmann-School, as well as a high school called Gymnasium Unterrieden.-External links:*...
and Darmsheim were incorporated
- 1987 Last Volksfest
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, a summer festival (the site was required for a county garden exhibition)
The weaving industry survived until most of Europe's textile industry was wiped out due to Asian imports. Some textile distribution centres are still left in the town. Former weaving mills can still be found in the city area, now used as offices for the computer industry. This is due to the takeover of Hollerith by IBM which used the
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technology from the weaving mills.
Geography
Neighbouring towns and cities:
BöblingenBöblingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen District. Physically Sindelfingen and Böblingen are continuous.-History:Böblingen was founded by Count Wilhelm von Tübingen-Böblingen in 1253. Württemberg acquired the town in 1357, and on 12 May 1525 one of the bloodiest battles...
(continuous),
StuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
(15 km),
LeonbergLeonberg is a town in the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg about 10 miles to the west of Stuttgart, the state capital. Approximately 45,000 people live in Leonberg, making it the third biggest borough in the rural district of Böblingen .Leonberg is most famous for its picturesque market...
. The highest point is 531 metres above sea level and to the north is the Glemswald (
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).
Main sights
- Old city hall (Rathaus), now the city museum (free admission)
- St Martin's church (Martinskirche) (built: 11th–12th century)
- A short alley with half timbered houses (Fachwerkhäusern)
- Old cemetery (behind city library)
- Witch jump
- Cloister Lake
- Large public swimming pool with a long water slide http://www.badezentrum.de/englisch/Index.html
- water-tower on Goldberg
The Goldbergturm is a 51 metre high water tower on the Goldberg at in Sindelfingen, Germany. The Goldbergturm was built in 1963 and has in its basket, besides a water reservoir, a restaurant from which a stairway runs to its open-air observation deck....
- Water-tower Sindelfingen-Steige
- Water-tower Sindelfingen-Eichholz
- Friendship Fountain on the market place, designed by Bonifatius Stirnberg http://www.freienohler.de/personen/bonifatius_stirnberg.htm. Around a central fountain with the Pegasus are six small fountains representing the six partner towns of Sindelfingen. The figures can rotate.
- Miniature Railway in the Sommerhofen Park
- Powerline-branch Maichingen
- Zweigart-Sawitzki-Bridge
- High-based pylons
- TV repeater Darmsheim
- Transmitter Tower Fuchsberg
- Transmitter Tower service area Forest of Sindelfingen
- Daimler AG factory. Tours can be arranged through Mercedes dealers.
Culture
Sindelfingen has an annual International Street Fair which features ethnic food and performances from the partner cities, as well as from various local ethnic clubs.
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,
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, and
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Roland EmmerichRoland Emmerich is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer.His films, most of which are Hollywood productions filmed in English, have grossed more than $3 billion worldwide, more than those of any other European director...
grew up in Sindelfingen.
WizoWizo is a punk rock band from Sindelfingen, Germany. The band was formed in 1985. Their messages run from political to humorous, and they are strongly opposed to Nazism, fascism, racism, and "all of that crap"...
is a
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band from Sindelfingen. A
progressive rockProgressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band called Sindelfingen was based in the Medway Towns,
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,
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, in the mid 1970s.
Transportation
Sindelfingen can be reached trough the A8 and A81 motorways, and through the
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connections to Stuttgart or Herrenberg (station is called Goldberg)
The nearest
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is
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.
Twin towns
Sindelfingen is
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with:
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,
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, since 1952
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,
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, since 1958
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, since 1962
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, since 1971
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, since 1987
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, since 1987 Chełm,
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