Wimsheim
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Wimsheim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wimsheim within Enzkreis district  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°51′9″N 8°49′37″E / 48.85250°N 8.82694°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
| District | Enzkreis |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.06 km2 (3.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 415 m (1,362 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 2,789 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 71299 |
| Dialling codes | 07044 |
| Vehicle registration | PF |
| Website | www |
Wimsheim (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪmshaɪm]) is a municipality in the Enz district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Wimsheim became a possession of Maulbronn Monastery in 1232. When the monastery was annexed by the Duchy of Württemberg, Wimsheim naturally became a possession of the Duke of Württemberg. The town continued to be governed from Maulbronn via an administrative district, made an Oberamt on 18 March 1806, until the district's dissolution on 1 October 1938. As part of that reorganization, Wimsheim was assigned to Landkreis Leonberg. On 1 January 1973, this district too was dissolved by the 1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform, and Wimsheim was again reassigned, this time to the newly created Enz district.[2]
In 1941, 16 hectares (40 acres) of land along Bundesautobahn 5 was made a protected landscape.[2]
