Bietigheim-Bissingen

Bietigheim Altstadt

Coat of arms

Bietigheim-Bissingen

Coordinates: 48°58′N 9°8′E / 48.967°N 9.133°ECoordinates: 48°58′N 9°8′E / 48.967°N 9.133°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Jürgen Kessing (SPD)

Area

• Total

31.29 km² (12.08 sq mi)

Elevation

200 m (700 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

42,968

• Density

1,400/km² (3,600/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

74301–74321

07142

Website

www.bietigheim-bissingen.de

Bietigheim-Bissingen is the second-largest town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany with 42,515 inhabitants in 2007. It is situated on the river Enz and the river Metter, close to its confluence with the Neckar, about 19 km north of Stuttgart, and 20 km south of Heilbronn.

Towards the end of the 18th century saw Bietigheim during the beginning of the industrialisation an improvement of the living conditions and an increase in population. The 1806 furnished Oberamt Bietigheim was 1810, however, dissolved again: The city and its official municipalities were integrated in the Oberamt Besigheim. After Bietigheim was connected mid-19th century to the railway network and the, the city experienced a real breakthrough and a sustained recovery. At the end of the 19th century there were 3,800 inhabitants. In 1938, Bietigheim came to the new Ludwigsburg (district). A branch of the Nazi Party was in Bietigheim since 1928. Until 1933, this was with 51 members relatively small. After the Nazi seizure of power there were 181 new entrants. By the end of the Nazi regime finally were 939 party members in Bietigheim, representing 10.4 percent of the total population in 1945.

Bietigheim-Bissingen station is located on an important railway junction on the Western Railway (connecting Stuttgart with Karlsruhe and Heidelberg) and the Franconia Railway to Heilbronn. Line 5 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn and line 5 of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe both start here.

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