Wendlingen am Neckar (, ) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the Neckar and Lauter rivers, 27 km southeast of Stuttgart.
The town grew in size, officially, on 1 April 1940, when three separate communities of Wendlingen, Unterboihingen and Bodelshofen merged.
The town also is the headquarters of the tool company Festool.
Mayors
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1940–1944: Andreas Bauer
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1944–1945: Emil Hartung
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1945–1945: Karl Strohmaier (commissarial)
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1945–1946: Rudolf Bisterfeld (commissarial)
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1946–1978: Helmut Kaiser
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1978–1992: Hans Köhler
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1992–2003: Andreas Hesky
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2003–2011: Frank Ziegler
[ Endgültige Ergebnisse der Bürgermeisterwahl vom 3. Juli 2011]
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2011-2019: Steffen Weigel
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Since 2019: Steffen Weigel
Local council
The local council in Wendlingen has 22 members. The mayor is the president of the local council and has one vote. Communal elections in Baden-Württemberg 2014 had the following official results.
[ Election information of communal data center]
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| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 34,75 | 8 | 29,0 | 6 |
| Greens | Alliance '90/The Greens | 23,39 | 5 | 23,2 | 5 |
| FW | Free voters Baden-Württemberg | 22,83 | 5 | 25,5 | 6 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 19,03 | 4 | 22,3 | 5 |
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| Total | 100,0 | 22 | 100,0 | 22 |
| Voter turnout | 47,16% | 49,3% |
Notable people
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Marianne Erdrich-Sommer (born 1952), German politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), former member of Landtag, Kreistagsabgeordnete, lives in Wendlingen
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Matthias Landfried (born 1975), German national table-tennis trainer
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Andrea Barth (born 1972), World champion, Europe champion, German champion in one wheel art cycling
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Werner Utter (1921–2006), chef-pilot of Lufthansa
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Erwin Behr (1857–1931),
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Robert Otto, manager of Heinrich Otto & Söhne company in Unterboihingen, first cotton spinning in Württemberg
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Alfred Kleefeldt, (born 1933), German athlete, competing in 5000 meters
International relations
Wendlingen is
town twinning with:
