Weinstadt

Weinstadt
Town
View of one district, with vineyards in the foreground
View of one district, with vineyards in the foreground
Flag of Weinstadt
Flag
Coat of arms of Weinstadt
Coat of arms
Location of Weinstadt within Rems-Murr-Kreis district
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Weinstadt is located in Germany
Weinstadt
Weinstadt
Weinstadt is located in Baden-Württemberg
Weinstadt
Weinstadt
Coordinates: 48°48′40″N 09°21′56″E / 48.81111°N 9.36556°E / 48.81111; 9.36556
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictRems-Murr-Kreis
Subdivisions5 Stadtteile
Government
 • Lord mayor (2016–24) Michael Scharmann[1] (FW)
Area
 • Total31.71 km2 (12.24 sq mi)
Elevation
241 m (791 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total27,088
 • Density850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
71384
Dialling codes07151
Vehicle registrationWN
Websitewww.weinstadt.de

Weinstadt (meaning "Wine City"; Swabian: Waistadt) is a town in the Rems-Murr district, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the Rems Valley approximately 15 km east of Stuttgart. Its population in 2012 was 25,998.

The town is composed of five districts or Stadtteile which were formerly independent towns and villages. They are Beutelsbach, Endersbach, Großheppach, Strümpfelbach, and Schnait. The five towns were combined to form the city of Weinstadt in 1975. Today, the city is the 6th largest in Rems-Murr-Kreis.

As the name implies, Weinstadt is best known for its vineyards and production of wine. The Remstalkellerei (Rems Valley Winery), in the Beutelsbach neighborhood of Weinstadt, is a cooperative owned by the local growers and is the tenth-largest winery in Germany.[3]

From 1958 through 1976, Stanford University in California, United States, maintained an "overseas campus" for Stanford undergraduates in Beutelsbach.[4] The hilltop campus is now the Landgut Burg hotel and conference center.[5]

  1. ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 14 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
  3. ^ Remstalkellerei website
  4. ^ World Class Archived 2010-06-26 at the Wayback Machine, Stanford Magazine, November–December 1996
  5. ^ Landgut Burg website