Landkreis Ludwigsburg is a Landkreis (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg , Germany . Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Heilbronn , Rems-Murr-Kreis , the district-free city Stuttgart , and the districts Böblingen and Enz-Kreis .
8-580: Bietigheim-Bissingen (locally: Biedge-Bissenge ) is the second-largest town in the district of Ludwigsburg , Baden-Württemberg , Germany with 42,515 inhabitants in 2007. It is situated on the river Enz and the river Metter, close to its confluence with the Neckar , about 19 km north of Stuttgart , and 20 km south of Heilbronn . The name is first recorded in 789 in Medieval Latin as Budic-heim , although settlements that benefitted from
16-478: The Oberamt Ludwigsburg , which was created by the dukedom Württemberg in the beginning of the 19th century. After several small changes during the century, it was converted into a district in 1938. Several municipalities of the dissolved Oberämter Besigheim, Marbach and Waiblingen were added to the newly formed district. As a result of the communal reform of 1973, the district gained about half of
24-485: The beginning of the industrialisation an improvement of the living conditions and an increase in population. The 1806 furnished Oberamt Bietigheim was in 1810, however, dissolved again: the city and its official municipalities were integrated in the Oberamt Besigheim. After Bietigheim was connected mid-19th century to the railway network and the city experienced a real breakthrough and a sustained recovery. At
32-460: The dissolved district Vaihingen , and some few municipalities from the districts Backnang and Leonberg. The main river in the district is the Neckar , which divides the district into a big western part and a smaller eastern part. Starting in 1990 the district has a partnership with the district Chemnitzer Land (now part of the district of Zwickau ) in Saxony . Even older is the partnership with
40-620: The end of the 19th century there were 3,800 inhabitants. In 1938, Bietigheim came to the new Ludwigsburg (district) . A branch of the Nazi Party was in Bietigheim since 1928. Until 1933, this was with 51 members relatively small. After the Nazi seizure of power there were 181 new entrants. By the end of the Nazi regime finally were 939 party members in Bietigheim, representing 10.4 percent of
48-531: The favorable location by a natural ford indicate there were people likely much earlier. The Collegium Matisonensium , a community of Roman estate owners on the banks of the Metter River , was documented until the 3rd century AD. Burial grounds from the 5th to 7th centuries also point to settlements of the Alamanni in what is now the town's district. Towards the end of the 18th century Bietigheim saw during
56-543: The region Upper Galilee in Israel . Since 1992 the district has a partnership with the Hungarian Komitat Pest , however the official signing of the partnership contract took place in 2002. A friendship exists with the city Yichang in the province Hubei , China . The imperial eagle in the coat of arms is taken from the arms of the city Markgröningen, which was an imperial city. It was later adopted by
64-696: The total population in 1945. Bietigheim-Bissingen station is located on an important railway junction on the Western Railway (connecting Stuttgart with Karlsruhe and Heidelberg ) and the Franconia Railway to Heilbronn . Line 5 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn and line 5 of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe both start here. Bietigheim-Bissingen is twinned with: Ludwigsburg (district) The district dates back to
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