Herrenberg

Herrenberg
Herrenberg
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Böblingen
Town subdivisions	8
Mayor	Thomas Sprißler
Basic statistics
Area	65.71 km2 (25.37 sq mi)
Elevation	460 m  (1509 ft)
Population	31,394  (31 December 2006)
- Density	478 /km2 (1,237 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	BB
Postal codes	71070–71083
Area code	07032
Website	www.herrenberg.de Coordinates: 48°35′48″N 8°52′15″E / 48.59667°N 8.87083°E / 48.59667; 8.87083

Herrenberg is a town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, about 30 km south of Stuttgart and 20 km from Tübingen. After Sindelfingen, Böblingen, and Leonberg, it is the fourth largest town in the district of Böblingen. The number of inhabitants of Herrenberg exceeded 20,000 in 1972 due to the incorporation of the following formerly independent municipalities:

• In 1965 Affstätt
• In 1971 Haslach, Kayh, Kuppingen, and Mönchberg
• In 1972 Oberjesingen
• In 1975 Gueltstein

Location

Herrenberg is situated on the western edge of the Schonbuch forest and is a central town within the Gäu region. The Stiftskirche, which houses the Glockenmuseum, is a tourist attraction in the main square.

Herrenberg is at the southern end of the S1 S-Bahn train line. It also has connections, via the A81, to Stuttgart and the rest of northern Germany. To the south the A81 provides access to Switzerland, Austria and Italy. Herrenberg is also close to Strasbourg, which is only about 110km[1] to the west

The following towns and municipalities border Herrenberg. They are listed in clockwise direction beginning in the north:

Deckenpfronn, Gärtringen, Nufringen, Hildrizhausen and Altdorf (all Böblingen district), Ammerbuch (Tübingen district), Gäufelden and Jettingen (both Böblingen district) as well as Wildberg (Calw district).

City arrangement

Herrenberg consists of the town center and the 7 additional towns which were merged in the regional reorganization of the 1960s and 1970s. This includes Affstätt, Gültstein, Haslach, Kayh, Kuppingen, Mönchberg and Oberjesingen. In each different area of Herrenberg there is an office for the district and a town clerk.

Population

• ¹ Census results
• ² Herrenberg Amtsblatt 23 November 2006

The S-Bahn train

Politics

The local council has, since the last election on 13. June 2004, a total of 40 Seats. The distribution of the different parties and groups are as follows: (in German)

• CDU 30,6% (-2,4) - 13 Seats (-1)
• FW 21,8% (-2,3) - 9 Seats (-1)
• SPD 21,9% (+0,4) - 9 Seats (=)
• Grüne 16,3% (+5,6) - 6 Seats (+2)
• Frauenliste 9,4% (+2,4) - 3 Seats (+1)
• Others 0,0% (-3,7) - 0 Seats (-1)

Business

Internationally known businesses located in Herrenberg include:

• Feinmetall (electronic test components)
• Frog Design (industrial design)
• GlaxoSmithKline (pharmaceuticals)
• Hewlett-Packard (computer manufacturing)
• IBM (IT training and sales)
• Solectron (printed-circuit manufacturing)
• Walter Knoll (furniture)

Tourism

Herrenberg train station

The old town has Italian, Chinese, Indian, Greek and German restaurants. It also has ice cream shops and cafes. The Stadtfest (town festival) is held in July. 25,000 people turn up for the town festival to celebrate, and listen to live music in the squares. [2]

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