Wendlingen
Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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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.
Wendlingen | |
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 Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wendlingen
within Esslingen district  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°40′29″N 9°22′54″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Esslingen |
| Subdivisions | 3 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–27) | Steffen Weigel[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.15 km2 (4.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 294 m (965 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 15,988 |
| • Density | 1,316/km2 (3,408/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 73240 |
| Dialling codes | 07024 |
| Vehicle registration | ES |
| Website | www.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
Local council
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
- 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
