Weissach

Weissach is a municipality in Baden -Württemberg and belongs to the district of Böblingen. It belongs to the metropolitan region of Stuttgart.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 3.1 Municipal Weissach
• 3.2 Coat of Arms and Flag
• 3.3 partnerships

• 4.1 traffic
• 4.2 Established businesses
• 4.3 educational institutions

• 5.1 Museums

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.2 Other important personalities

Geography

Weissach is located in Heckengäu, 6 km from home home, 8 miles from Leonberg and about 18 km from Stuttgart.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 737 mm, which is relatively normal, since it falls in the middle third of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 48% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is October, most precipitation falls in June. In June, falling 2.1 times more precipitation than in October. Precipitation varies greatly. At only 18% of the stations higher seasonal variations are recorded.

Community structure

At Weissach belongs to the formerly independent municipality Flacht. For the former municipality Flacht include the village Flacht and dialed villages Bonlanden, Eitenburg and listening Mayrhofen. The municipality Weissach within the limits of 30 November 1970 include the village and the house Weissach oil mill and the dialed villages Birkhof and Kapfenhardt.

History

Weissach originally belonged to the Counts of Vaihingen, which it gave to the monastery Maulbronn in 1150.

Flacht 1682

Incorporations

Policy

Municipal Weissach

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following distribution of seats for the council:

1darunter Action Alliance for citizens' interests and nature conservation ( ABIN ) with 0.87 %

Coat of arms and flag

Old coat of arms Flacht

Since February 28, 1961, the municipality Weissach led a white-red flag and coat of arms as follows: Gules, a (white ) cross with paw ends. The old church had Flacht since June 2, 1958 yellow- blue flag and coat of arms follows: Azure, a (yellow ) Entenfuss.

After the incorporation of the old Flacht Weissacher coat of arms was first used on a long time. The community was given a new coat of arms was only on 22 June 2006, in which both districts are represented: in by a silver ( white ) oblique Links thread split sign out front in red with a silver (white ) cross with paw ends, back in blue a golden (yellow ) Entenfuss. The community is still white-red flag.

Partnerships

The community Weissach has since 1998 partnered with Marcy l' Etoile, France.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The Strohgäubahn after Korntal binds Weissach on to the rail network; there is connection to the S-Bahn Stuttgart. It belongs to the Transport and Tariff Association Stuttgart. For the regional bus company Woehr -Tours is responsible. It connects via line traffic Weissach, Flattens, Perouse, Rutesheim and Leonberg. From Leonberg then consists of the S6, a connection to the S -Bahn Stuttgart. Through the village leads the L1177. The nearby A8 is accessible via the connection points Rutesheim home and home.

Established businesses

In Weissach, towards Mönsheim and Flacht, since 1962 a test track of the Zuffenhausen sports car manufacturer Porsche. In October 1971, the development of the company has set up on the grounds for enlarged also. In developing and Motorsport Centre in Weissach, the Porsche race cars are produced. It is located about 25 km from the main plant in Zuffenhausen away and grew by about 38 hectares of property in 1960 to 68 hectares in 2008. 1991 2,300 people were already busy. In addition to operating buildings are different variants of a circular course and a skid pad not only for development but also for training of Porsche drivers available. In April 2013 4.500 employees are already employed and a further extension was just approved.

2009, the trade tax revenue was mainly by Porsche to just over € 222 million. This corresponds to approximately € 29,600 per inhabitant. This Weissach has the highest per capita trade tax revenue in Germany.

Educational institutions

With Ferdinand-Porsche - school there is a primary and secondary school in Weissach, the district Flacht has its own primary school.

Culture and sights

Museums

• In the old schoolhouse of the district Flacht houses the Town Museum and Gallery Sepp Vees.
• On the Strohgäubahn to Korntal Museum also trains ( Fiery Elias ).

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Erich Hartmann, born April 19, 1922 † 20 September 1993 German Air Force officer and fighter pilot
• Herbert Linge, born June 11, 1928 German racing drivers of the post-war period

Other important personalities

Here celebrities are listed, who have stayed in Weissach part of their lives or died in Weissach.

• Sepp Vees (* Gundershofen 11 November 1908 † Flacht December 1, 1989) was an artist who lived in Flacht from 1933. Pictures of him are on display in the gallery Sepp Vees in Flacht.