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
- 1940âÂÂ1944: Andreas Bauer
- 1944âÂÂ1945: Emil Hartung
- 1945âÂÂ1945: Karl Strohmaier (commissarial)
- 1945âÂÂ1946: Rudolf Bisterfeld (commissarial)
- 1946âÂÂ1978: Helmut Kaiser
- 1978âÂÂ1992: Hans Köhler
- 1992âÂÂ2003: Andreas Hesky
- 2003âÂÂ2011: Frank Ziegler
- 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.
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 (1921âÂÂ2006), chef-pilot of Lufthansa
- Erwin Behr (1857âÂÂ1931), 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:
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