BIETIGHEIM-BISSINGEN

'Bietigheim-Bissingen' is the second biggest town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany with 42,145 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated on the river Enz, close to its confluence with the Neckar, about 22 km north of Stuttgart, and 20 km south of Heilbronn.

Contents

Buildings and sights

Infrastructure

People

Events

Buildings and sights

★ 287 m long Bietigheim Enz Valley Bridge (German: "Bietigheimer Enzviadukt") (built in 1853)

★ Old gate (only one still present, built in 14th century)

★ (Protestant) church in Downtown Bietigheim (built in 1401)

★ Town hall (built in 1506)

★ "Hornmoldhaus" (built in 1536)

★ Castle of Bietigheim (built in 1546, renovated between 2000 and 2002), nowadays home to the Bietigheim-Bissingen music school

Infrastructure

Bietigheim-Bissingen is an important junction for the railroad connecting Stuttgart with Heilbronn, Karlsruhe and Heidelberg. Line 5 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn and line 5 of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe both start here.

People

★ Barbara Wilhelmine Vaigle (1858-1925), whose son, Friedrich Kellner, wrote the anti-Nazi diary, My Opposition.

★ Heiko Maile, Marcus Meyn, Martin Kahling and Oliver Kreyssig founders of Camouflage

Events

★ Bietigheim Horse Market
==Sister Cities==
Kusatsu (Japan) (since 1962)
Sucy-en-Brie (France) (since 1967)
Surrey Heath (United Kingdom) (since 1971)
Szekszárd (Ungarn) (since 1989)
Overland Park, USA (since 1999)