Neckarsulm
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Location of Neckarsulm within Heilbronn district  | ||
| Coordinates: 49°11′30.1″N 9°13′28.4″E / 49.191694°N 9.224556°ECoordinates: 49°11′30.1″N 9°13′28.4″E / 49.191694°N 9.224556°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart | |
| District | Heilbronn | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Joachim Scholz (2008) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 24.94 km2 (9.63 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 26,304 | |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 74172 | |
| Dialling codes | 07132 | |
| Vehicle registration | HN | |
| Website | Neckarsulm.de | |
Neckarsulm (German pronunciation: [nɛkarˈzʊlm]) is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Stuttgart, and part of the district of Heilbronn. As of 2004, Neckarsulm had 27,296 inhabitants.
The rivers Neckar and Sulm join there, hence the name, which is often misunderstood or mispronounced as "Neckars Ulm", an incongruity that would mean the Ulm of the Neckar, as the city of Ulm is well to the east on the Danube at the border between Baden-Wuerttemburg and Bavaria.
Neckarsulm is famous for being ranked first in the German Solarbundesliga (cities beginning at 10,000 inhabitants), a competition in renewable energy installations. Its other fame is that the Neckarsulm-Gundelsheim Weingaertnergenossenschaft (vintner's co-operative) is reputed to be the oldest in Germany; trollinger and lemberger are the principal varieties of grape that are grown.
Buildings and Constructions
- Teutonic Knights castle, featuring the Deutsches Zweirad- und NSU-Museum (the combined Motorcycle and NSU Museum of Germany)
- Neckarsulm TDS Office Tower
- Obereisesheim transmitter
- The medieval city wall is mostly intact along the riverside aspect of the town.
Economy
Schwarz Gruppe, owner of Lidl and Kaufland — the largest European grocerer —has its head office in Neckarsulm.[2] The city was the home of the car manufacturer NSU which was taken over by Volkswagen in 1969 and merged with Auto Union to create Audi as it is known today. The former NSU factory is now one of Audi's two principal assembly plants in Germany (the other is located in Ingolstadt, Bavaria) - and manufactures the company's larger, high end models such as the Audi A6, A7, and A8, the latter is made in the Audi Aluminium Plant, and Audi's performance subsidiary quattro GmbH (which manufactures the R8 is also located here. The NSU logo on early vehicles stands for the city name Neckarsulm.[3]
Personality
Freemen
- 1894: Franz Joseph Maucher (Born 1826 in Hagnaufurt/Winterstettendorf district Biberach; † 1910 in Neckarsulm) was 35 years chaplain and parish priest in Neckarsulm.
- 1911: Gottlob Banzhaf (born 1858 in Illingen near Mühlacker; † 1930 in Stuttgart) was Kommerzienrat and after the death of his brother Christian Schmidt first director the Neckarsulmer Strickmaschinenfabrik AG from 1884 to 1910.
- 1930: Ernst Josef Bauer (born 1881 in Neckarsulm; † in Ludwigsburg) was a teacher and successful author of the home game "Peter Heinrich Merkle, the Löwenwirt of Neckarsulm".
- 1933: Christian Mergenthaler (born November 8, 1884 in Waiblingen; † 11 September 1980 Bad Dürrheim). The NSDAP politician was Prime Minister from 1933 Württemberg. On July 27, 1933 the Neckarsulm council awarded him honorary citizenship. On August 28, 1945, it was deprived him again [5]
- 1949: Johannes Häußler (born 1879 in Arnegg near Ulm; † 1949 Neckarsulm) was about 30 years with interruption mayor.
- 2004: Kurt Bauer (born 1934) was 36 years city council, deputy mayor, SPD parliamentary leader, chairman of the SPD local association.
- 2008: Volker Blust (born 1944 in Wolfach/Baden) was from 1976 head of the main and personnel office and was elected in 1992 Mayor of Neckarsulm.
Sons and daughters of the town
- 1766 November 3, Franz Simon Molitor, † February 21, 1848 in Vienna, Musician
- 1902, August 7, August Herold, † 8 January 1973 by Neckarsulm; vine growers
Other people connected to the city
- Wilhelm Ganzhorn (born 1818 in Böblingen, † 1880 in Bad Cannstatt ) was in Neckarsulm 1859-1878 senior judge. Ganzhorn was a poet, and was known as the author of the text for the song "In the loveliest meadow" (Im schönsten Wiesengrunde).
- Albert Roder (born 1896 in Nuremberg; † 1970 in Heilbronn) was a engineer, who became known for the construction of motorcycles. He was from 1946 to 1961 chief designer at NSU.
- Klaus Zwickel (born 1939 in Heilbronn), German unions functionary and former Chairman of IG Metall. From 1968 to 1983 he was first secretary of the IG-Metall Headquarter Neckarsulm.
- Verena Stenke (born 1981 in Bad Friedrichshall), German artist.
- Dominik Britsch (born 1987 in Bad Friedrichshall), German boxer
Sister Cities
| City | Country | Year |
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| Carmaux |  France |
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| Bordighera |  Italy |
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| Grenchen |  Switzerland |
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| Zschopau |  Germany |
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| Budakeszi |  Hungary |
Gallery
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Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm
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Old House of Neckarsulm
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Church "St. Dionysius"
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Old Castle of the Teutonic Knights "Deutschordensschloss"
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Vineyards on mountain "Scheuerberg"
References
- ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Postleitzahl am 30.09.2016". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
- ↑ "Impressum." Lidl. Retrieved on 28 September 2012. "Adresse: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG Stiftsbergstraße 1 74167 Neckarsulm "
- ↑ "Die NSU-Firmengeschichte". Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ↑ Wilson, Hugo (1995). "The Directory of Motorcycles". The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 245. ISBN 0-7513-0206-6.
Around 1890 Neckarsulm Strickmaschinen – "knitting machine" – Union began making bicycles.
- ↑ Anton Heyler: Neckarsulm im Auf und Ab eines halben Jahrhunderts. (s. Literatur), S. 58 und 92.
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