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Wendlingen
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Wendlingen am Neckar (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛndlɪŋən ʔam ˈnɛkaʁ], lit. 'Wendlingen on the Neckar') 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.
Key Information
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
[edit]Local council
[edit]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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]- 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
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ 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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