Sindelfingen
Sindelfingen
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Böblingen
Mayor	Bernd Vöhringer
Basic statistics
Area	50.85 km2 (19.63 sq mi)
Elevation	449 m  (1473 ft)
Population	60,745  (31 December 2006)
- Density	1,195 /km2 (3,094 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	BB
Postal codes	71043–71069
Area code	07031
Website	www.sindelfingen.de Coordinates: 48°42′48″N 9°0′10″E / 48.71333°N 9.00278°E / 48.71333; 9.00278

Sindelfingen is a German town at the Schwippe river headwaters that has automotive and computer industry.

[edit] History

• 1155 First documented mention of Sindelfingen
• 1263 Founding of the city by Graf Rudolf von Tübingen-Herrenberg
• Middle Ages Notable weaving industry
• 1535 Entrance of the Protestant Reformation
• 1944 Stuttgart/Sindelfingen oil refinery bombed by the Oil Campaign of World War II
• 1958 Partnership with the French city Corbeil-Essonnes
• 1962 S. became "Große Kreisstadt"
• 1971 Maichingen and Darmsheim were incorporated
• 1987 Last Volksfest, a summer festival (the site was required for a county garden exhibition)

[edit] Geography

Neighbouring towns and cities: Böblingen (continuous), Stuttgart (15 km), Leonberg. The highest point is 531 metres above sea level and to the north is the Glemswald (Nature reserve).

[edit] Economy

Automobile industry, computer industry, fashion wholesale

[edit] Main sights

Statue of gossips in the Altstadt of Sindelfingen

• 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 [1]
• water-tower on Goldberg
• Water-tower Sindelfingen-Steige
• Water-tower Sindelfingen-Eichholz
• Friendship Fountain on the market place, designed by Bonifatius Stirnberg [2]. 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
• Daimler AG factory. Tours can be arranged through Mercedes dealers.

[edit] Events

• 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.

[edit] Traffic connections

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

[edit] Culture & trivia

Film producer, director, and author Roland Emmerich grew up in Sindelfingen. Wizo is a Punk rock band from Sindelfingen. A progressive rock band called Sindelfingen was based in the Medway Towns, Kent, England, in the mid 1970s.

[edit] International relations

[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities

Sindelfingen is twinned with:

• Schaffhausen, Switzerland, since 1952
• Corbeil-Essonnes, France, since 1958
• Sondrio, Italy, since 1962
• Dronfield, United Kingdom, since 1971
• Győr, Hungary, since 1987
• Torgau, Germany, since 1987
• Chełm, Poland , since 2001

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