🇩🇪 Waiblingen is a town in the south-west of Germany, located in the centre of the densely populated Stuttgart region, directly neighbouring Stuttgart. It is the capital and largest city of the Rems-Murr district.
Waiblingen was first mentioned in Carolingian documents in 885 at the time of Charles the Fat. It received its town charter in 1250.
Waiblingen was the property of the Salian kings, from whom the Hohenstaufen dukes and kings inherited it. It is intimately tied to the conflict between Guelphs and Ghibellines in the 12th and 13th century. During the Siege of Weinsberg in 1140, the Hohenstaufens of Swabia (led by Conrad III of Germany) used "Wibellingen" - a version of the town name - as their rallying cry; "Wibellingen" subsequently became Ghibellino in Italian.
The town was almost completely destroyed in 1634 during the Thirty Years' War, when Imperial and Spanish troops sacked the city after the Battle of Nördlingen. Fires raged for more than a week, and most of Waiblingen's citizens were killed or had to flee. Rebuilding only began four years after this catastrophe; the existing old central part of the town dates back to the years between 1640 and 1700. Its fortifications are now well restored.
Economy Waiblingen houses the principal office of the world's biggest chainsaw manufacturer, Stihl. Engineering and technology multinational Robert Bosch GmbH has two factories in the city producing polymer and packaging technology.
It is also the location for the letter processing centre for the Stuttgart region of the Deutsche Post.
Waiblingen has a population of over 55,449 people. Waiblingen also forms the centre of the wider Rems-Murr District which has a population of over 427,286 people. It is also a part of the larger Stuttgart Region.
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Locations Near: Waiblingen 9.31667,48.8167
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