Everything about B Blingen totally explained
Böblingen is a city in
Baden-Württemberg,
Germany, seat of
Böblingen District. Physically
Sindelfingen and Böblingen are continuous.
History
Böblingen was founded by Count Wilhelm von Tübingen-Böblingen in
1253.
Württemberg acquired the town in
1357, and on
12 May 1525 one of the bloodiest battles of the
Peasants' War took place in Böblingen. Georg III Truchsess von
Waldburg attacked a force of 15,000 armed peasants; 3,000 were killed. By the end of the
Thirty Years' War in
1648, the population of Böblingen had been reduced to 600.
After the establishment of the Kingdom of Württemberg, Böblingen became the seat of an
Oberamt (administrative unit) in
1818. The town was connected to the railroad network in
1879, allowing
industrialization to take place. In the context of administrative reform in
1938, Böblingen
Oberamt became Böblingen
Landkreis (district).
On the night of
October 7,
1943 during
World War II, Allied air forces dropped 408 incendiary bombs and 35 high explosive bombs killing 20 men, 12 women, 12 children and wounding 200 people. 1,735 people lost their homes and 70 percent of the old town was destroyed. In July
1944 another attack followed, killing 36 more civilians.
In 1962, Böblingen was designated a
Große Kreisstadt (major district town). Its current boundaries were established in
1971 when it was merged with the municipality of Dagersheim.
Population history
| Year |
Number of inhabitants |
| 1598 |
ca. 800 |
| 1654 |
628 |
| 1803 |
2,125 |
| 1823 |
2,549 |
| 1843 |
3,504 |
| 1861 |
3,287 |
| 1 December 1871 |
3,826 |
| 1 December 1880 ¹ |
4,365 |
| 1 December 1890 ¹ |
4,659 |
| 1 December 1900 ¹ |
5,303 |
| 1 December 1910 ¹ |
6,019 |
| 16 June 1925 ¹ |
7,227 |
| 16 June 1933 ¹ |
7,998 |
|
| Year |
Number of inhabitants |
| 17 May 1939 ¹ |
12,560 |
| 1946 |
10,809 |
| 13 September 1950 ¹ |
12,601 |
| 6 June 1961 ¹ |
25,366 |
| 27 May 1970 ¹ |
35,925 |
| 31 December 1975 |
40,547 |
| 31 December 1980 |
41,505 |
| 27 May 1987 ¹ |
42,589 |
| 31 December 1990 |
44,903 |
| 31 December 1995 |
46,516 |
| 31 December 2000 |
45,637 |
| 30 September 2004 |
46,064 |
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Transportation
Böblingen is easily reached by all forms of transportation
Air
Böblingen is about 20 minutes via S-Bahn from
Stuttgart Airport.
Automobile
The interchange between the federal freeways (
Autobahn)
A 8 and
A 81 lies not far northeast from Böblingen. A 81 leads past the north of the city. Use exits Böblingen
Ost (East), Böblingen/Sindelfingen, Böblingen Hulb and Ehningen.
Federal highways B 464 (
Sindelfingen -
Reutlingen) and
B 14 run by the city.
Rail
Böblingen lies on the
Gäubahn line (
Stuttgart -
Singen ). Regional trains serve the city every hour.
Local public transportation
Local public transportation within Böblingen operates under the uniform prices and coordination of the
Verkehrs- und Tarif Verbund Stuttgart ("Stuttgart Transit and Fare Association", or VVS). The S1 "
Plochingen–
Stuttgart–
Herrenberg"
S-Bahn (suburban rail) line connects Böblingen with
Stuttgart and its
S-Bahn network. Travel time to
Stuttgart is about 25 minutes.
In
1996 the
Schönbuchbahn line to
Dettenhausen was re-activated. In
2004 the reactivation of the
Rankbachbahn line to
Renningen began.
In addition to the main rail station, the following stations also serve the city: on S-Bahn line S1: Goldberg and Hulb; on the Schönbuchbahn line: Danziger Street, Böblingen
Süd (South), Heusteig Street, and Zimmerschlag.
Numerous bus routes operate in the city, and are also under the VVS.
Military
There is a U.S. military base called Panzer Kaserne (translated as Tank Barracks).
Education
Education in Germany has two lower levels of school,
Kindergarten and elementary school (
Grundschule - grades 1–4), and three upper levels of school,
Hauptschule (grades 5–9),
Realschule (5–10) and
Gymnasium (5–13). Teachers and parents decide at the end of the fourth grade which level of school the child should attend based on academic performance and aptitude.
In Boeblingen there are:
- Three Grund/Hauptschulen combination schools: Eichendorff Grund-und Hauptschule (GHS), Theodor Heuss GHS and Rappenbaum GHS.
Two Realschulen, Albert-Schweitzer and Friedrich-Schiller; there are four Gymnasiums, Albert-Einstein, Lise-Meitner, Max-Planck and Otto-Hahn Gymnasium.
Two special-needs schools (Pestalozzischule).
Several vocational schools including: The Boeblingen Data Processing Academy, Boeblingen Commercial School, the Biotechnological High School and the Food Sciences High School.
Seven independent primary schools: Eduard-Moerike, Erich-Kaestner, Friedrich-Silcher, Justinus-Kerner, Ludwig UHL, William Striking and Dagersheim.
Other schools include: (loosely translated) The Private Old Person Care School of the Workers' Welfare Institution Nordwuerttemberg, The Free Evangelist School of Boeblingen, The Free Rudolf Steiner School of Boeblingen/Sindelfingen, and the Private Technical High School in the Education Center of Boeblingen of the International Federation.
There is an American grade school, called Boeblingen elementary (On the American Army base of Panzer Kaserne).
Museums
Tenth-scrub (1593 build), includes today the Boeblingen urban gallery and the farmer war museum (with tin figure diorama and many text boards).
German butcher museum, in a half timbered house (painted walls on the inside).
Buildings
The Evangelist parish church at the market place is the landmark of the city. The church was destroyed in the Second World War and rebuilt again after the war.
Water Tower Böblingen-Waldburg
Brothel C33
Disused Böblingen airport: famous for a brief flying visit by Hitler.
Orplid - an apartment high-rise built by Hans Scharoun, proponent of Organic architecture
Events
Several fairs around the marketplace/Schlossplatz and the lakes (for example Town fair „Böblinger Jahrmarkt“ in July, wine festival in September and Christmas Market in December).
Since 1996: every year “Böblinger Sommer am See” (lit. Summer at the lake) from June to September. There are over 60 events (for example concerts, flea market) taking place around the two lakes in Böblingen.
At regular intervals concerts and other events happen at the Stadthalle (town hall) and at the Congress Centrum (Congress centre), like the Wetten, dass..? show, and concerts by international pop and rock stars.
Business
The Böblingen/Sindelfingen area is the location of several large enterprises:
Agilent (Electronic Test and Measurement)
Avago Technologies (Semiconductors)
Daimler AG (Automobiles)
Hewlett-Packard (Computers, Software and Services)
IBM (Computers, Software and Services)
NXP (Semiconductors)
Philips (Medical Monitors)
Verigy (Semiconductor Test)
Böblingen/Sindelfingen can be called a center of both automobile and computer industries. Daimler-Chrysler develops and manufactures its Mercedes brand of luxury cars here.
Hewlett-Packard (and its offsprings) and IBM develop computer systems, software and electronic products in the area. Böblingen was once also a major center of European computer manufacturing, with an IBM semiconductor and printed-circuit fab and an HP computer systems manufacturing operation. Most of those electronics-production sites have either been closed or moved to other locations (such as nearby Herrenberg).
Twin towns
Glenrothes, Scotland
Pontoise, France
Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands
Bergama, Turkey
Alba, Italy
Sömmerda, Germany
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