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Waiblingen - A hospitable business partner in the Stuttgart area

Waiblingen

After standing the test of the past eras, Waiblingen, the town of Medieval charm and bustling south-west German activity, long ago started to look to the future. The busy district centre in the middle of the German land of Baden-Württemberg is characterized right into the town center by the natural landscape of the Rems Valley. With its more than 52 000 inhabitants, it is a pleasant place to live in much demand for its access to nearby centres of employment. 

Shopping 

Waiblingen is also known as an excellent shopping town. Its residents find all their needs are catered to,  and additionally it attracts many customers from surrounding communities. The centre of the town is mainly  reserved für pedestrians. 

Thanks to its pedestrians-only and traffic-calmed areas, relaxed strolling as well as up-market shopping are possible. Also in the five communities coadministered by Waiblingen, a wide range of goods can be purchased. 

Waiblingen extends the hand of friendship 

Since 1962 Waiblingen has been twinned with the French town of Mayenne (250 km west of Paris), since 1966 with the English town of  Devizes (140 km west of London) and since 1988 with the Hungarian town of Baja (190 km south of Budapest) and last but not  least with Jesi in Italy. 

Places of interest 

In the Waiblingen core town there are many sites of touristic interest: the battlements of the roofed Medieval town fortifications open to the public, the groups of half-timbered houses renovated in a historic or modern style. 

One particular feature: the painted square-stone house (former fruit-tax-house of the ecclesiastical administration, rebuilt in 1654); more than 30 fountains, about 50 bridges, some of which designed by Prof. Dr. Ing. Fritz Leonhardt, the designer of the Stuttgart television tower (the first of its type in the world); houses with unusual "fright heads"; the Beinstein gateway tower from the 13th century with sgrafitto; the Hochwachtturm (watch tower) with foundation walls dating from about 1100, probably founded during the period of the Hohenstaufen dynasty; the internationally renowned museum of the town of Waiblingen in Weingärtner Vorstadt 20, the oldest house in town; St. Nikolaus church (1269); the Late Gothic St. Michaels Church (15th century); the little two-story Nun´s Church (1496/1510); the remnants of a Roman cellar (villa rustica); the modern business and service centre "Marktgasse" with a glass-roofed passage and convenient underground car parks; the milling works near Hahnsche Mill, today used to generate electricity without harming the environment. Its operation can be observed from behind a glass screen.