Gerlingen

Gerlingen
Gerlingen
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Gerlingen
	Gerlingen Gerlingen
	Coordinates: 48°48′0″N 9°3′55″E / 48.80000°N 9.06528°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Ludwigsburg
Government
• Mayor	Georg Brenner
Area
• Total	17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi)
Elevation	336 m (1,102 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	19,853
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	70839
Dialling codes	07156
Vehicle registration	LB
Website	www.gerlingen.de

Gerlingen is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 9 km west of Stuttgart, and 15 km southwest of Ludwigsburg. Gerlingen is home to Bosch, a major engineering and electronics company.

Geography

Gerlingen is the southern most district of Ludwigsburg, neighboring the town of Ditzingen to the north, the district of Stuttgart to the east, and the town of Leonberg to the west.

The urban area is split between two distinct parts. In the north, a part of the Neckar Basin which is predominately agricultural. In the south, the Gelmswald and hills to the western border with Leonberg.

History

Early History

Paleolithic history is largely unknown beyond three pieces of mammoth tooth found during a construction project in 1955. Evidence of Linear pottery culture of the early Neolithic were found in 1972 when potsherds as well as other rocks, bones, and fire equipment were found.

Twin towns

Vesoul, France, (1964)
Tata, Hungary, (1987)
Seaham, United Kingdom, (1988)

Sons and daughters of the city

Johannes Rebmann (1820-1876), missionary, linguist and geographer, 1848 "Discoverer" of Kilimanjaro
Rainer Wieland (born 1957), lawyer and politician (CDU), Vice-President of the European Parliament
Smudo (born 1968), birth name Michael Schmidt, singer of the band Die Fantastischen Vier