Wendlingen am Neckar (, ) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the Neckar and Lauter rivers, 27 km southeast of Stuttgart.
The town grew in size, officially, on 1 April 1940, when three separate communities of Wendlingen, Unterboihingen and Bodelshofen merged.
The town also is the headquarters of the tool company Festool.
Mayors
1940–1944: Andreas Bauer 1944–1945: Emil Hartung 1945–1945: Karl Strohmaier (commissarial) 1945–1946: Rudolf Bisterfeld (commissarial) 1946–1978: Helmut Kaiser 1978–1992: Hans Köhler 1992–2003: Andreas Hesky 2003–2011: Frank ZieglerEndgültige Ergebnisse der Bürgermeisterwahl vom 3. Juli 2011 2011-2019: Steffen Weigel Since 2019: Steffen Weigel
Local council
The local council in Wendlingen has 22 members. The mayor is the president of the local council and has one vote. Communal elections in Baden-Württemberg 2014 had the following official results.Election information of communal data center
Political parties and community voters %2014 Sitze2014 %2009 Sitze2009CDUChristian Democratic Union of Germany34,75829,06GreensAlliance '90/The Greens23,39523,25FWFree voters Baden-Württemberg22,83525,56SPDSocial Democratic Party of Germany19,03422,35Total100,022100,022Voter turnout47,16%49,3%
Notable people
Marianne Erdrich-Sommer (born 1952), German politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), former member of Landtag, Kreistagsabgeordnete, lives in Wendlingen Matthias Landfried (born 1975), German national table-tennis trainer Andrea Barth (born 1972), World champion, Europe champion, German champion in one wheel art cycling Werner Utter (1921–2006), chef-pilot of Lufthansa Erwin Behr (1857–1931), entrepreneur for furniture, first producer of wall units Robert Otto, manager of Heinrich Otto & Söhne company in Unterboihingen, first cotton spinning in Württemberg Alfred Kleefeldt, (born 1933), German athlete, competing in 5000 meters
International relations
Wendlingen is twinned with: – Dorog, Hungary – Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France – Millstatt, Austria
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