Sindelfingen has about 60,000 residents and is about 15 km south west of Stuttgart, Germany. It has an economy fueled mostly by the automobile industry, especially by a factory run by DaimlerChrysler. In the middle ages, it was home to a weaving industry, and from that 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 cities: Böblingen, Stuttgart, Leonberg. 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
• water-tower on Goldberg
• Water-tower Sindelfingen-Steige
• Water-tower Sindelfingen-Eichholz
• Friendship Fountain on the market place, designed by Bonifatius Stirnberg ^*. 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

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

Traffic connections

---

• Motorway A8 and A81
• S-Bahn to Stuttgart respectively Herrenberg, Nebengleis mit Bahnhof für den Güterverkehr and Pendlerzüge.
• Nearest airport: Stuttgart Airport.

Culture

---

film producer, director, and author Roland Emmerich was born in Sindelfingen.

Dronfield, England is the twin town of Sindelfingen.

Wizo is a Punk rock band from Sindelfingen.

External links

---

• Homepage of the city of Sindelfingen (in German)
• Homepage of the city library (in German)

Towns in Baden-Württemberg

Sindelfingen | Sindelfingen | Sindelfingen | Sindelfingen | Sindelfingen | Sindelfingen