Waibstadt
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Waibstadt | |
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Location of Waibstadt within Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district | |
Coordinates: 49°17′51″N 08°55′12″E / 49.29750°N 8.92000°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
District | Rhein-Neckar-Kreis |
Subdivisions | 3: Waibstadt (Main Town), Daisbach, Bernau |
Government | |
• Mayor (2017–25) | Joachim Locher[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 25.57 km2 (9.87 sq mi) |
Elevation | 172 m (564 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 5,728 |
• Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 74915 |
Dialling codes | 07263 |
Vehicle registration | HD |
Website | www.waibstadt.de |
Waibstadt (pronounced [ˈvaɪ̯pˌʃtat] ) is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
It belongs to the municipal administration union "Waibstadt", which consists of Epfenbach, Helmstadt-Bargen, Neckarbischofsheim, Neidenstein, Reichartshausen and Waibstadt itself. Furthermore, it is part of the touristic region Brunnenregion.
Geography
[edit]Geographic location
[edit]Waibstadt is located in the valley of the Schwarzbach in the northern Kraichgau, about 25 km southeast of Heidelberg and about 6 km north of Sinsheim.
Neighbour municipalities
[edit]The town is surrounded in the northwest by Neidenstein, in the north by Epfenbach, in the northeast by Helmstadt-Bargen, in the east by Neckarbischofsheim, in the south by Sinsheim and in the west by Zuzenhausen and Eschelbronn.
Parts of town
[edit]Besides the main town Waibstadt, the two villages Daisbach and Bernau are part of Waibstadt.
History
[edit]The first documented mentioning date at 795 AD, but there are indications, that at the same place there was a Roman settlement.
References
[edit]- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.