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Sindelfingen is a town in the German state of 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 ....
. It lies 15 km southwest 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 ....
. The economy is mostly based upon the automobile industry, especially the Daimler AG factory and Smart (automobile)
Smart (automobile)

smart, formerly smart GmbH , an automotive brand of Daimler AG, is a manufacturer of microcars and supermini car based in B?blingen, Germany, produced in Hambach, Moselle ....
 offices (actually in neighbouring Böblingen
Böblingen

B?blingen is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, seat of B?blingen . Physically Sindelfingen and B?blingen are continuous....
). In the Middle Ages, it was home to a weaving industry, and today there are still many fashion firms. The communities Maichingen
Sindelfingen-Maichingen

Maichingen is a community of Sindelfingen....
 and Darmsheim were incorporated in 1971.


hboring towns and cities: Böblingen
Böblingen

B?blingen is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, seat of B?blingen . Physically Sindelfingen and B?blingen are continuous....
, 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 ....
, Leonberg
Leonberg

Leonberg is a town in the Germany 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 Landkreis of B?blingen ....
.






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Sindelfingen is a town in the German state of 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 ....
. It lies 15 km southwest 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 ....
. The economy is mostly based upon the automobile industry, especially the Daimler AG factory and Smart (automobile)
Smart (automobile)

smart, formerly smart GmbH , an automotive brand of Daimler AG, is a manufacturer of microcars and supermini car based in B?blingen, Germany, produced in Hambach, Moselle ....
 offices (actually in neighbouring Böblingen
Böblingen

B?blingen is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, seat of B?blingen . Physically Sindelfingen and B?blingen are continuous....
). In the Middle Ages, it was home to a weaving industry, and today there are still many fashion firms. The communities Maichingen
Sindelfingen-Maichingen

Maichingen is a community of Sindelfingen....
 and Darmsheim were incorporated in 1971.

History

  • 1155 First documented mention of Sindelfingen
  • 1263 Founding of the city by Graf Rudolf von Tübingen-Herrenberg
  • 1535 Entrance of the Protestant Reformation
    Protestant Reformation

    The Protestant Reformation was a Christian reform movement in Europe. It is thought to have begun in 1517 with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses and may be considered to have ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648....
  • 1958 Partnership with the French city Corbeil-Essonnes
    Corbeil-Essonnes

    Corbeil-Essonnes is a commune in France in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero.Although neighboring ?vry, Essonne is the official seat of the Arrondissement of ?vry, the sous-pr?fecture building and administration are located inside the commune of Corbeil-Essonnes....
  • 1962 S. became "Große Kreisstadt"


Geography

Neighboring towns and cities: Böblingen
Böblingen

B?blingen is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, seat of B?blingen . Physically Sindelfingen and B?blingen are continuous....
, 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 ....
, Leonberg
Leonberg

Leonberg is a town in the Germany 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 Landkreis of B?blingen ....
. Note that there is no gap between Böblingen and Sindelfingen. In Sindelfingen the river Schwippe begins and the highest point is 531 meters above sea level. In the north lies the Glemswald (Nature reserve
Nature reserve

A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora , fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for Conservation ethic and to provide special opportunities for study or research....
).

Economy

Automobile industry, computer industry, fashion wholesale

Sights

  • Old city hall (Rathaus), now the city museum (free admission)
  • St Martin's church (Martinskirche) (built: 11.-12. 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
  • water-tower on Goldberg
    Goldbergturm

    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 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 . Around a central fountain with the Pegasus are six small fountains represanting the six partner towns of Sindelfingen. The figures can rotate.
  • Powerline-branch Maichingen
  • Zweigart-Sawitzki-Bridge
  • High-based pylons
  • TV repeater Darmsheim
  • Transmitter Tower Fuchsberg
  • Transmitter Tower service area Forest of Sindelfingen
  • Mercedes-Benz factory. Tours can be arranged through Mercedes dealers.


Honorary citizens

  • Roger Combrisson
  • Arthur Gruber
  • Dr. Wilhelm Haspel
  • Wilhelm Hörmann
  • Karl Hummel
  • Dr. Wilhelm Langheck
  • Karl Pfitzer
  • Ernst Schäfer
  • Arthur K. Watson
    Arthur K. Watson

    Arthur K. Watson served as president of IBM World Trade Corporation and United States Ambassador to France....
  • Mina Zweigart


Events

  • Until 1987, there was a Volksfest
    Volksfest

    A Volksfest is a large event in Germany which combines a festival and a carnival. Admission to a Volksfest is free however you have to pay for each ride separately....
     each summer in Sindelfingen. It stopped because the site where it took place was required for a county garden exhibition. Until now, there is no appropriate site for such an event in Sindelfingen.
  • Sindelfingen has an annual International Street Fair which features ethinc food and performances from the partner cities, as well as from various local ethnic clubs.


Traffic connections

  • Autobahn A8 and A81
  • S-Bahn to Stuttgart or Herrenberg (station is called Goldberg)
  • Nearest airport
    Airport

    An airport is a location where aircraft such as Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and Non-rigid airship take off and land. Aircraft may also be stored or maintained at an airport....
    : Stuttgart Airport
    Stuttgart Airport

    Stuttgart Airport is an international airport located approximately 8 miles south of Stuttgart city centre, Germany.The airport lies on the boundary between the nearby town of Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Filderstadt and Stuttgart itself....
    .


Culture

Film producer
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
, director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
, and author
Author

An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
 Roland Emmerich
Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich is a Germany film director, screenwriter and film producer, known for his disaster film and action films....
 grew up in Sindelfingen. Wizo
WIZO

WIZO was 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 Punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
 band from Sindelfingen.

Twinning

  • Schaffhausen
    Schaffhausen

    Schaffhausen is a city in northern Switzerland and the capital of the Canton of Schaffhausen; it has an estimated population of 33,527 March 31, 2005....
    , Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
     Schaffhausen (Switzerland), since 1952
  • Corbeil-Essonnes
    Corbeil-Essonnes

    Corbeil-Essonnes is a commune in France in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero.Although neighboring ?vry, Essonne is the official seat of the Arrondissement of ?vry, the sous-pr?fecture building and administration are located inside the commune of Corbeil-Essonnes....
    , 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 1958
  • Sondrio
    Sondrio

    Sondrio is an Italy town and comune located in the heart of the Valtellina. Sondrio counts approximately 22,600 inhabitants and it is the administrative centre for the Lombardy Province of Sondrio....
    , Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
    , since 1962
  • Dronfield
    Dronfield

    Dronfield is a town in North East Derbyshire, England...
    , United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    , since 1971
  • Gyor
    Gyor

    Gyor is the most important city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Gyor-Moson-Sopron and lies on one of the important roads of Central Europe, halfway between Budapest and Vienna....
    , 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 1987
  • Torgau
    Torgau

    Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district Nordsachsen.Outside Germany, the town is most well-known as the place where during the Second World War, United States Army forces coming from the west met with forces of the Soviet Union coming from the east during the invasio...
    , 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....
      (Saxony), since 1987
  • Chelm
    Chelm

    Chelm is a city in eastern Poland with 72,595 inhabitants . It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamosc and south of Biala Podlaska, some 25 kilometres from the border with Ukraine....
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
      , since 2001


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