Wendlingen am Neckar
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Wendlingen 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.Mayors 1940–1944: Andreas Bauer 1944–1945: Emil Hartung 1945–1945: Karl Strohmaier (commissarial) 1945–1946: Rudolf Bisterfeld (commissarial) 1946–1978: Helmut Kaiser 1978–1992: Hans Köhler 1992–2003: Andreas Hesky 2003–2011: Frank ZieglerLocal councilThe 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.Notable people Marianne Erdrich-Sommer (born 1952), German politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), former member of Landtag, Kreistagsabgeordnete, lives in Wendlingen Matthias Landfried (born 1975), German national table-tennis trainer Andrea Barth (born 1972), World champion, Europe champion, German champion in one wheel art cycling Werner Utter (1921–2006), chef-pilot of Lufthansa Erwin Behr (1857–1931), entrepreneur for furniture, first producer of wall units Robert Otto, manager of Heinrich Otto & Söhne company in Unterboihingen, first cotton spinning in Württemberg Alfred Kleefeldt, (born 1933), German athlet, competing in 5000 metersInternational relationsWendlingen is twinned with: - Dorog, Hungary - Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France - Millstatt, Austria
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