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Sindelfingen is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg with about 60,000 residents and is about 15 km south west of Stuttgart, Germany. The economy is mostly based upon the automobile industry, especially the Daimler AG factory and Smart (automobile) offices (actually in neighbouring Böblingen). In the Middle Ages, it was home to a weaving industry, and today there are still many fashion firms. The communities Maichingen 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
1958 Partnership with the French city Corbeil-Essonnes
1962 S. became "Große Kreisstadt"

Geography

Neighboring towns and cities: Böblingen, Stuttgart, Leonberg. Note that there's 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).

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 (External Link

)

water-tower on Goldberg

Water-tower Sindelfingen-Steige

Water-tower Sindelfingen-Eichholz

Friendship Fountain on the market place, designed by Bonifatius Stirnberg (External Link

). 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

Mina Zweigart

Events

Until 1987, there was a Volksfest each summer in Sindelfingen. It stopped because the site where it took place was required for a county garden exhibition. Until now, there's 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: Stuttgart Airport.

Culture

Film producer, director, and author Roland Emmerich grew up in Sindelfingen. Wizo is a Punk rock band from Sindelfingen.

Twinning

Schaffhausen, Switzerland Schaffhausen (Switzerland), since 1952

Corbeil-Essonnes, France, since 1958

Sondrio, Italy Sondrio, since 1962

Dronfield, United Kingdom, since 1971

Győr, Hungary, since 1987

Torgau, Germany (Saxony), since 1987

Chełm, Poland , since 2001Further Information

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