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Vaihingen an der Enz
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Ludwigsburg
Town subdivisions	Kernstadt und 8 Stadtteile
Lord Mayor	Gerd Maisch
Basic statistics
Area	73.41 km² (28.3 sq mi)
Elevation	217 m  (712 ft)
Population	28,839  (31/12/2006)
- Density	393 /km² (1,017 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LB
Postal codes	71654–71665
Area code	07042
Website	www.vaihingen.de Coordinates: 48°55′58″N 08°57′23″E / 48.93278, 8.95639

Vaihingen an der Enz is located on the western periphery of the middle Neckar region, between Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, in southern Germany. Vaihingen is situated on the river Enz, and has a population of around 30,000. The city is within the administrative region of Stuttgart, and in the district of Ludwigsburg, state of Baden-Württemberg. It is 25 km northwest of Stuttgart, and 15 km west of Ludwigsburg.

Vaihingen may date back as far as 799 a.d., but the documents are not clear. In 1252 documents refer directly to Vaihingen as a town, established by Count Gottfried von Vaihingen. The city changed hands several times. In the sixteenth century it became a Protestant city. During the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), Vaihingen was besieged by both the Protestant and Catholic warring factions. The consequences of the 1848 revolution caused harvest failures and inflation, and the city population diminished by a large emigration. In the early 1900's, a connection to the railroad network brought more people and industries to Vaihingen. In 1938 Vaihingen became a regional center.

• Jacob Friedrich von Abel (1751-1829), Professor of Philosophy
  

Born in Vaihingen May 9, 1751. Published his "Introduction to the doctrine of spirituality" ("Einleitung in die Seelenlehre") in Stuttgart, 1786.

• Karl Friedrich Hensler (1759-1825), Viennese theater director
  
• Karl Gerok (1815-1890), Bishop
  
• Friedrich Kellner (1885-1970) Chief Justice Inspector, Diarist

Born in Vaihingen February 1, 1885. His 10-volume diary was exhibited at the George Bush Presidential Library in 2005 and is the subject of the Canadian documentary, My Opposition: the Diaries of Friedrich Kellner.

• Pictures of the concentration camp cemetery at Vaihingen/Enz at the Sites of Memory webpage

• Pictures of the military and refugee memorials in the municipal cemetery at Vaihingen/Enz at the Sites of Memory webpage

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