Weissach im Tal

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Weissach im Tal is a municipality (Gemeinde) in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. On 31 December 2005 it had a population of 7,205. Weissach im Tal is twinned with Marly in France and Lommatzsch in Saxony. Mayor is Rainer Deutschle (CDU) for 32 years right now. He will not run for his office again in the election in 2007. Weissach im Tal is one of a few municipalities in Rems-Murr district, which has no areas. In Aichholzhof is the biggest school complex, called "Bildungszentrum Weissach im Tal, with all three types of schools after the elementary school (Hauptschule, Realschule and Gymnasium) around a radius of about 30 km (~16,6nm).

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[edit] History

5000-2000 BC: first signs of human life in the vicinity
16 July 1027: first documented mention of the Weissach brook
1231: first documented mention of Cottenweiler
1245: first documented mention of Unterweissach and Oberweissach
1 July 1971: the municipality of Weissach im Tal is created from the villages of Unterweissach, Oberweissach, Cottenweiler, Bruch,Aichholzhof and Wattenweiler.

[edit] Geography

Weissach im Tal lies 7 km south-east of Backnang and 30 km north-east of Stuttgart, at the feet of the Swabian Forest. It is located in the "Backnanger Bucht" (engl. Bay of Backnang). The Backnanger Bucht is the area from the Weissacher Tal (ger. Weissach Valley) to Backnang, which is surrounded like a sickle by foothills of the Swabian Forrest.