Weissach im Tal

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Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Weissach im Tal within Rems-Murr-Kreis district

(2022–30) Daniel Bogner^[1]Area

• Total14.14 km² (5.46 sq mi)Elevation

265 m (869 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total7,455 • Density530/km² (1,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

71550–71554

Dialling codes07191Vehicle registrationWNWebsitewww.weissach-im-tal.de

Weissach im Tal is a municipality (Gemeinde) in the Rems-Murr-Kreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It belongs to the metropolitan region of Stuttgart . On 31 December 2005 it had a population of 7,205. Weissach im Tal is twinned with Marly in France and Lommatzsch in Saxony. Its mayor is Daniel Bogner.^[1] In Aichholzhof is the biggest school complex, called "Bildungszentrum Weissach im Tal, with all three types of schools after the elementary school (Hauptschule, Realschule and Gymnasium) around a radius of about 30 km (~16,6 nm).

History

5000-2000 BC: first signs of human life in the vicinity
16 July 1027: first documented mention of the Weissach brook
1231: first documented mention of Cottenweiler
1245: first documented mention of Unterweissach and Oberweissach
1 July 1971: the municipality of Weissach im Tal is created from the villages of Unterweissach, Oberweissach, Cottenweiler, Bruch,Aichholzhof and Wattenweiler.

Geography

Geographical location

Weissach im Tal lies 7 km south-east of Backnang and 30 km north-east of Stuttgart, at the feet of the Swabian Forest. It is located in the "Backnanger Bucht" (engl. Bay of Backnang). The Backnanger Bucht is the area from the Weissacher Tal (ger. Weissach Valley) to Backnang, which is surrounded like a sickle by foothills of the Swabian Forrest.

Structure

Honours

Weissach im Tal received a prize for the most sustainable municipality in Germany in 2003 and in 2004.

References

^ ^a ^b Bürgermeisterwahl Weissach im Tal 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
^ "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.