Bietigheim-Bissingen
Bietigheim-Bissingen
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| Coordinates | 48°58′N 9°8′E / 48.96667°N 9.13333°E |
| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
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| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Ludwigsburg |
| Town subdivisions | 5 |
| Mayor | Jürgen Kessing (SPD) |
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| Area | 31.29 km2 (12.08 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 200 m (656 ft) |
| Population | 42,810 (31 December 2010) |
| - Density | 1,368 /km2 (3,544 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | LB |
| Postal codes | 74301–74321 |
| Area code | 07142 |
| Website | www.bietigheim-bissingen.de |
Bietigheim-Bissingen is the second-largest town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany with 42,515 inhabitants in 2007. It is situated on the river Enz, close to its confluence with the Neckar, about 19 km north of Stuttgart, and 20 km south of Heilbronn.
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Buildings and sights
Bietigheim Old Gate
- 287 m long Bietigheim Enz Valley Bridge (German: "Bietigheimer Enzviadukt") (built in 1853)
- Old gate (only one still present, built in 14th century)
- (Protestant) church in Downtown Bietigheim (built in 1401)
- Town hall (built in 1506)
- "Hornmoldhaus" (built in 1536)
- Castle of Bietigheim (built in 1546, renovated between 2000 and 2002), nowadays home to the Bietigheim-Bissingen music school
Infrastructure
Bietigheim-Bissingen station is located on an important railway junction on the Western Railway (connecting Stuttgart with Karlsruhe and Heidelberg) and the Franconia Railway to Heilbronn. Line 5 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn and line 5 of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe both start here.
People
- Barbara Wilhelmine Vaigle (1858–1925), whose son, Friedrich Kellner, wrote the anti-Nazi diary, My Opposition.
- Ottmar Mergenthaler, inventor of the Linotype typesetting machine spent four years in Bietigheim during his apprenticeship to a watchmaker
- Heiko Maile, Marcus Meyn, Martin Kahling and Oliver Kreyssig founders of Camouflage
- Matthias Ettrich, founder of KDE
- Pur, a German pop band
- Namosh, a German musician and singer
- Jasna Ivir, one of the few international musical stars that Germany has to offer. She started her career in the Swiss production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats", and was part of the premiere cast of the musical "Elisabeth" in Vienna. She played in "The Witches of Eastwick" in London, and was one of the favorites in the Abba musical "Mama Mia". At present she plays Mama Morton in the London production of "Chicago".
Events
- Bietigheim Horse Market
- Music Exchange with Blue Valley Northwest High School string orchestra every 2 years
- Music Exchange with Shawnee Mission South High School symphonic band every 4 years
- Music Exchange with Community High School District 99 Honors Band and Orchestra (Downers Grove, IL) every 2 years.
International relations
Bietigheim-Bissingen is twinned with: 
Kusatsu (Japan) (since 1962) 
Sucy-en-Brie (France) (since 1967) 
Surrey Heath (United Kingdom) (since 1971) 
Szekszárd (Hungary) (since 1989) 
Overland Park, USA (since 1999) 
Saltara, ITA (since 2006)
- ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 31 December 2009. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf.
- ^ http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/bvnw
- ^ teacherweb.com/KS/ShawneeMissionSouth/MrSteveAdamsBandDirector/h3.stm - 14k -
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Categories: Geography articles needing translation from German Wikipedia | Towns in Baden-Württemberg | Ludwigsburg district | Stuttgart region geography stubs
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