Weilimdorf (), until

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known as "Weil im Dorf", is the north-western borough (

Stadtbezirk A (; also called ''Ortsbezirk'' in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate) is an administrative division in Germany, which is part of a larger city. It is translated as "borough". In Germany, usually only exist in a metropolis with more than 150,000 in ...

) of the

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city and capital of

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. Weilimdorf, covering an area of with a population of around 30,000, borders the Stadtbezirke of

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, Stuttgart-West, and the towns of

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Ditzingen Ditzingen (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Ditzenge'') is a town in the Ludwigsburg (district), district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km northwest of Stuttgart, and 12 km southwest of Ludwigs ...

, and

Korntal-Münchingen Korntal-Münchingen is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated at the northwestern border of Stuttgart, 8 km of its centre and 10 km southwest of Ludwigsburg. Geography Location Korntal-M� ...

in the

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. Weilimdorf became part of Stuttgart in

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amidst the hardship of the economic instability of the 30s in Germany. The city district is made up by six

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e: ''Weilimdorf'' (with more than 50% of the population), ''Bergheim'', ''Giebel'', ''Hausen'', ''Weilimdorf-Nord'' and ''Wolfbusch'' and is home to an expanding commercial area. Notable architecture includes

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, the 15th Century Oswald Church and the Löwen-Markt, the modern center of Weilimdorf.

Geography

Weilimdorf, located from

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, sits on the southeastern edge of the Strohgäu. The district covers an area of exactly . Of this area, 29.4% of it is occupied by construction, another 12.3% is used by transportation, 3.9% is devoted to parks, forests stand on another 28.2%, and finally,

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occupies the final 28.7%.

References

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