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Kornwestheim (; ) is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg,
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, and south of
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.


History


Origins and Development

Kornwestheim's history spans over 1200 years, first being documented as "Westheim" around 780 AC, within the interest register of the Lorsch monastery. The name form "Kornwestheim" appeared much later; for the first in 1472, which became common in the 17th century and has been in use ever since. Archeological findings furnish evidence for the populating of the area in already prehistorical times. There was a Roman road that lead through the Kornwestheim urban area, which has been partially preserved as dirt road. Part of it was restored in Kornwestheim-Ost near the Theodor-Heuss-Realschule. In the western part of the city there was an even older road from the Bronze Age running towards what today is a highway. It is assumed that the original Westheim is a western settlement, in contrast to the eastern settlement of Ostheim. For centuries, Kornwestheim was a prosperous and wealthy farming village that benefited from the fertility of its farmland and active trade. In 1303, the counts of Asperg sold Kornwestheim to the Dukes of
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. At first, it belonged to the bureau of Cannstatt and since 1719 to the bureau of Ludwigsburg out of which emerged the county in 1938 and in 1973 the larger district of Ludwigsburg.


Urbanization in the mid-19th century

With the construction of the railroad line Stuttgart - Ludwigsburg - Heilbronn in 1846 the era of
Industrialization Industrialisation (British English, UK) American and British English spelling differences, or industrialization (American English, US) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an i ...
began and the construction of the national switch yard in Kornwestheim in the years of 1913-1919 made Kornwestheim the railway road node in Southern Germany, creating ideal conditions for the future growth and development of the city. This infrastructure improvements and the convenient location of the city as well as several factory foundations contributed to a large increase in population in the late 19th century. The shoemaker Jakob Sigle, who had already opened his workshop in 1885, founded the shoe factory J. Sigle & Cie. together with his merchant partner Max Levi, which later became nationally known as the Salamander AG. In 1898, the machine factory A. Stotz Albert Stotz followed as well as the iron foundry firm Kreidler, opening operations in 1939. As of April 1, when the population had nearly within the last three decades, Kornwestheim eventually received the official municipal law in 1931. As part of the rearmament of the German re-armament, starting in 1934 the Hindenburg barracks and the Ludendorff barracks were built as tank units and Kornwestheim became a garrison town in 1935/36. The Second World War demanded numerous victims: allied air raids killed 162 people and destroyed 160 buildings. At the military front 478 resident soldiers were killed. On April 21 in 1945, the US troops took over the occupation using the existing barracks until 1993 and renamed the Hindenburg barracks into Wilkin Barracks. Since the
Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
the population has doubled due to the influx of exiles and guest workers. This resulted in an increased growth and designation of new living and commercial districts. On April 1, 1956, Kornwestheim became a large district town. Due to its location between the cities of Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg, the city was unable to incorporate neighboring communities during the 1973 regional reform. Only the restructuring undertaken by the US Army in 1954 added a new district called Pattonville to the city, although the eastern, larger part of Pattonville now belongs to the town of Remseck am Neckar.


Today

Today Kornwestheim presents itself as modern and amiable town that has preserved its individual character in the heart of the Stuttgart region. With its more than 30,000 inhabitants it offers a high degree of quality of life and recreational value.


Mayor

At the head of the municipality Kornwestheim was a
Schultheiß In medieval Germany, the ''Schultheiß'' () was the head of a municipality (akin to today's office of mayor), a '' Vogt'' or an executive official of the ruler. As official (''villicus'') it was his duty to order his assigned village or county ( ...
. Since 1930 he is called mayor and since 1956 Lord mayor. * 1793-1814: Johann Georg Sigle * 1815-1823: Jakob Friedrich Sigle * 1823-1840: Jakob Friedrich Ergenzinger * 1841-1855: Christoph Richt * 1855-1877: Thomas Hofmann * 1877-1887: Georg Mayer * 1887-1892: Karl Sigle * 1892-1902: Adolf Voelmle * 1902-1930: Friedrich Siller * 1930-1931: Theodor Steimle * 1931-1933: Friedrich Siller, temporary administrator * 1933-1945: Alfred Kercher, 1933 initially as temporary administrator * 1945: Gotthilf Küntzle, * 1945-1948: Friedrich Warthmann, 1945-1946 * 1948-1954: Nathanael Schulz * 1954-1962: Alfred Kercher * 1962-1982: Siegfried Pflugfeld * 1982-1999: Ernst Fischer * 1999-2007: Ulrich Rommelfanger * 2007-2023: Ursula Keck) * since 2023: Nico Lauxmann


Transport

At the western edge of Kornwestheim is the Kornwestheim
classification yard A classification yard (American English, as well as the Canadian National Railway), marshalling yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian, and Australian English, and the former Canadian Pacific Railway) or shunting yard (Central Europe) is a railway y ...
, which is the second largest of Baden-Württemberg. Up to 1600
freight cars A railroad car, railcar (American English, American and Canadian English), railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British English and International Union of Railways, UIC), also called a tra ...
are daily put together to freight trains.


Media

A
newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...
appears in Kornwestheim, the ''Kornwestheimer Zeitung''.


Local Authorities and Councils

Kornwestheim has a
notary A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems. A notary, while a legal professional, is distin ...
. In the city is the ''Landesamt für Flurneuordnung und Landesentwicklung Baden-Württemberg''. On the former Salamander area is since March 21, 2012, the Baden-Württemberg ''Grundbuchzentralarchiv''.


Entertainment

The Kornwestheim Drive-In Cinema is the only drive-in cinema in Baden-Wuerttemberg. It lies in the town of the same name in the Ludwigsburg district and is well known outside the region. It has two projection walls; these are high by wide, and high by wide. For sound, the Kornwestheim Drive-In Cinema has two FM-transmitters which work on 89 MHz for the sound of the film shown on the big projection wall, and on 91.3 MHz for the sound of the film shown on the small projection wall. The light intensity of the projectors used is 6 Kilowatts.


Local Companies

* Kreidler Werke GmbH The well known small motorcycle and moped manufacturer Kreidler was situated here. It was founded in 1903 by Anton Kreidler and was at first a metalworking factory. Later in the 1950s they started producing small
motorcycles A motorcycle (motorbike, bike; uni (if one-wheeled); trike (if three-wheeled); quad (if four-wheeled)) is a lightweight private 1-to-2 passenger personal motor vehicle Steering, steered by a Motorcycle handlebar, handlebar from a saddle-style ...
with an engine capacity of 50 cc. In the later 1970s they became successful in
Grand Prix motorcycle racing Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the highest class of motorcycle road racing events held on Road racing, road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held sin ...
. Riders such as Jan de Vries and Henk van Kessel won
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and set speed records with these machines.


Twin towns – sister cities

Kornwestheim is twinned with: * Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom * Kimry, Russia * Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France * Weißenfels, Germany


Notable people

*Jakob Vogel (born 1584), physician and writer *Jakob Sigle (1861–1935), founder of the shoe factory Salamander AG *Walter Maier-Kößler (1914–1994), painter * Günther C. Kirchberger (1928–2010), painter * Georg Utz (born 1935), wrestler *Roland Geiger (born 1941), screen printers, publishers and art gallery owner *Anneke Dürkopp (born 1979), presenter


Honorary citizens

The town Kornwestheim has conferred to the following persons the honorary citizenship: *1896: Hugo von Baur, Colonel and commander of the Landwehr District Ludwigsburg *1916: Jakob Sigle, Privy Councillor of Commerce, Founder of Salamander AG *1916: Max Levi, Consul, co-founder of Salamander AG *1927: Ernst Sigle, Honorary Chairman of Salamander AG *1927: Isidor Rothschild (1860–1929), the Management and Supervisory Board of Salamander AG *1930: Friedrich Siller, Schultheiss *1950: Karl Joos, founder of the District Cooperative Altwürttemberg *1963: Alfred Kercher, Mayor retired *1970: Marius Faisse, mayor of the twin town Villeneuve-Saint-Georges *1989: Siegfried Pflugfelder, Mayor ret. *2004: Ernst Fischer, Mayor ret. *2011: Siegbert Hörer, local politician


References

; Citations {{Authority control Towns in Baden-Württemberg Ludwigsburg (district)