Abstatt () is a

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in the district of

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in southern

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Geography

Abstatt is situated in the south of the district of Heilbronn at the Schozach river.

is about to the northwest.

Neighbouring municipalities

Neighbouring towns and villages of Abstatt are (clockwise from the west): Ilsfeld,

Untergruppenbach Untergruppenbach () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality near Heilbronn, a city in the northern half of the Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg. There are a total of 7,600 inhabitants living in six villages that form the municip ...

, ''Lauffen am Neckar'' (exclave town forest Etzlenswenden) and '' Beilstein'', which all belong to the district of Heilbronn. Abstatt has combined with Beilstein, Ilsfeld and Untergruppenbach to form a joint association of administrations called ''Schozach-Bottwartal''.

Municipal structure

There are no further villages belonging to Abstatt, but there are two hamlets called Happenbach and Vohenlohe.

History

Abstatt was first mentioned documentary in 1293. In 1510 Abstatt came to Württemberg. The villages Happenbach and Vohenlohe were even administrated by Abstatt since the 18th century. In 1938 the municipality came to the district of Heilbronn which was founded this year. Until the

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the municipality was characterized agri-culturally, later it developed into a residential area nearby

Politics

District council

Following the municipal election of 13 June 2004, the district council of Abstatt has 14 seats. The election result is as follows: The mayor is also a member of the district council and its chairman.

Arms and flag

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: ''Within a split sign in front in red a golden abbot stick, in the background in gold a red lion.'' The municipal flag is red and white. A seal of Abstatt from 1628 belonging to the Löwenstein County, contains the arms of

Löwenstein Löwenstein () is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was first mentioned in 1123. The castle A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nob ...

: a lion. In 1907 the municipality asked for a new arms suggestion from the archive direction of Württemberg. Then the direction suggested the today's seal. Since it first was rejected as the conventional seal the direction made a second suggestion. However, the municipality decided to take the previous suggestion. The flag was given by the district of Heilbronn on September 5, 1980.

Twin municipality

There's a relationship with Léhon in the French

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style upon the remnants of an older Gothic construction. Abstatt Evangelische Kirche 20070502.jpg, Protestant church Abstatt Rathaus 20070502.jpg, town hall * In Happenbach there's the renovated historical school house containing the today's citizen's forum. An old baking house reminds on this old rural infrastructure. Besides there's a village square with a fountain. Happenbach-buergerbuero.jpg, citizen's forum, old school house Happenbach-backhaus-milchhaus.jpg, baking house Happenbach-brunnen.jpg, fountain at the village square

Economy and infrastructure

Wine

Abstatt is a wine-growing village whose area belongs to the Schozach valley in the wine-growing area Württemberg. There's a varietal named after a part of the municipality called Happenbach.

Transport

Abstatt is situated on the A 81 between the exits for ''Ilsfeld'' and ''Heilbronn/Untergruppenbach''.

Local businesses

Since 2004 the

Robert Bosch GmbH Robert Bosch GmbH (; ), commonly known as Bosch (styled BOSCH), is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 188 ...

is represented by a development area employing 5,800 people (October 2019).Anja Krezer: ''Erfolgsgeschichte auf dem Hohbuch-Hügel''. In: ''Heilbronner Stimme'' of June 30th, 2007, p. 34 There's also the subsidiary company ''Bosch Engineering GmbH''. Abstatt is the main site of the SAP system house ''Steeb Anwendungssysteme GmbH'' belonging to

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. Steeb cares about the middle classes in SAP. The international record label

Massacre Records Massacre Records is an independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany, specializing in bands from the heavier genres of metal. The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. Associated with Massacre Records are the marketing and music ...

is also in Abstatt.

Media

The ''Heilbronner Stimme'' informs about happenings in Abstatt within its edition SO, South-East.

Public institutions

Around the Wildeck Castle the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg carries on ecological

viticulture Viticulture (, "vine-growing"), viniculture (, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine ...

Education

Abstatt has a primary school including the municipal library at its disposal.

Personalities

Born in Abstatt

* Josef Bick (1880–1952), philologist, general director of the Austrian national library and prisoner of the KZ Dachau

Connected with Abstatt

* Alexander Bertsch (born 1940), author; lives in Abstatt * Wolfgang Bebbel (born 1943), politician; 1980–1996 member of the district council of Abstatt * Ingo Rust (born 1978), politician; voted to be the youngest member ever of the district council in 1999

References

External links

www.abstatt.de
(in German) {{Authority control Heilbronn (district)