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.

Wendlingen
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Wendlingen
Location of Wendlingen within Esslingen district
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Wendlingen is located in Germany
Wendlingen
Wendlingen
Wendlingen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Wendlingen
Wendlingen
Coordinates: 48°40′29″N 9°22′54″E / 48.67472°N 9.38167°E / 48.67472; 9.38167
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictEsslingen
Subdivisions3
Government
 • Mayor (2019–27) Steffen Weigel[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total
12.15 km2 (4.69 sq mi)
Elevation
294 m (965 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
16,258
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
73240
Dialling codes07024
Vehicle registrationES
Websitewww.wendlingen.de

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

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  • 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

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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

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  • 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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Wendlingen is twinned with:

References

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  1. ^ a b Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Endgültige Ergebnisse der Bürgermeisterwahl vom 3. Juli 2011
  4. ^ "Steffen Weigel | Mit voller Kraft für WEndlingen am Neckar | Unser Bürgermeister". steffenweigel.de. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  5. ^ Election information of communal data center
  6. ^ "Behr Erwin - Detailseite - LEO-BW".