Walldürn () is a town in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 23 km southwest of Wertheim. The town of Walldürn consists of the ten districts Walldürn-Stadt, Altheim, Gerolzahn, Glashofen, Gottersdorf, Hornbach, Kaltenbrunn, Reinhardsachsen, Rippberg and Wettersdorf. Walldürn Basilica:
Local council Elections in 2014:
The poll was 52,9 %. CDU: 13 seats SPD: 9 seats Demokratische Christliche Bürger (DCB): 5 seats Free voters Baden-Württemberg|Walldürner Bürgervereinigung (WBV): 2 seats Walldürner Liste (WAL): 2 seats Total: 31 seats
Mayors
1901–1907: Knoth, Hermann 1907–1909: Schön, Friederich (temporary) 1909–1919: Nimis, Wilhelm 1919–1920: Helmling, Peter 1920–1925: Scheurich, Otto 1925–1930: Trautmann, Arthur 1930–1933: Geier, Michael 1933: Kaufmann, Josef 1933–1940: Kiefer, Karl (appointed) 1940–1945: Leiblein, Josef (appointed) 1945–1946: Trunk, Heinrich (temporary) und Scheurich, Otto (temporary) 1946–1948: Schmidt, Hermann 1948–1966: Trautmann, Arthur (SPD) 1966–1974: Hübner, Alfred 1974–1975: Hollerbach, Robert (temporary administrator) 1975–1991: Hollerbach, Robert (CDU) 1991–2007: Joseph, Karl-Heinz (SPD) 2007-2023: Günther, Markus (CDU) since 2023 Meikel Dörr (Independent)
Sons and daughters of the city
Walter Zimmermann (1892-1980), biologist and botanist Peter Assion (1941-1994), ethnologist and germanist Peter Hauk (born 1960), forest manager, politician and Member of Landtag since 1992 (CDU), Silvia Neid (born 1964), former footballer and world champion coach of the German women's football team
Economy The town is seat of CONCAD, a design company for machine, vehicle and plant components, working with Plant engineering and construction, boiler, container and tank construction, machine tool manufacturing, special purpose machinery manufacturing, antenna production for aerospace and aviation industry and the shipbuilding industry as well as automotive and vehicle construction. using Trumpf lasers. The company was founded in 1995 and has steadily grown to manufacture precision products.
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