Sindelfingen, Administrative center in Böblingen district, Germany
Description
Sindelfingen is an administrative center in Böblingen district, Baden-Württemberg, positioned roughly 15 kilometers from Stuttgart. The municipality sits in a valley basin surrounded by wooded hills and rests at an average elevation of about 425 meters (1,394 feet).
History
Written records first mention the settlement in 1155, when a community already existed in this valley. Weaving became a major trade from the late medieval period onward, and Mercedes-Benz founded a plant here in 1915 that continues to define the town.
Culture
The town name likely comes from an early Alemannic settler whose descendants established themselves in this valley. Several churches from different centuries shape the streetscape and mark the long religious tradition of the community.
Practical
The town connects to Stuttgart and Herrenberg through several commuter rail lines and sits near the A8 and A81 motorways. Visitors on foot will find the old center with its lanes and timber houses well accessible in the core.
Did you know?
The Mercedes-Benz plant ranks among the largest passenger car production sites in Germany and has built luxury models here since 1946. Many employees commute daily from the surrounding region, and the facility shapes the economic life of the town in lasting ways.
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St. Martin in Sindelfingen
331 m
Eiermann campus
5.6 km
Mineraltherme Böblingen
2.4 km
Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering
7.7 km
Glaspalast Sindelfingen
1.7 km
Badezentrum Sindelfingen
1.6 km
Sporthalle Böblingen
3.5 km
Schauwerk Sindelfingen
1.8 km
Bernhartshöhe
5.1 km
Diakonissenmutterhaus Aidlingen
6.9 km
Katzenbacher Hof
5.9 km
Wasserburg Rohr
7.4 km
Kleinbahn Sommerhofen-Park
950 m
Vogtshaus
2.7 km
Kongresshalle Böblingen
2.8 km
Stift Sindelfingen
346 m
Goldbergturm
1.3 km
Freibad Rosental
7.3 kmComputermuseum der Stuttgarter Informatik
8.6 km
Böblingen water tower
3.2 km
Wasserturm Sindelfingen-Steige
2 km
Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen
38 m
Ulrichstein
6.7 km
Vodafone-Funkturm Stuttgart-Vaihingen
6 km
Büsnauer Wiesental
7.4 km
Universitätssternwarte Pfaffenwald
8.4 km
Messe Sindelfingen
2.6 km
Stadtpfarrkirche St. Dionysius
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