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Fellbach ( German pronunciation: [ˈfɛlbax] ) is a mid-sized town on the north-east edge of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg , Germany . With a population of approximately 45.430 as of December 2020 is the second largest town in the District Rems-Murr-Kreis . The area of the town is 27.7 km (10.7 sq mi).

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34-432: Fellbach was first mentioned as Velbach in 1121. It was called Vellebach in 1357 and the name Fehlbach was used in around 1800. On 14 October 1933, it was declared a city. After World War II it reached a population of more than 20,000 in 1950 and therefore received the status " Große Kreisstadt ". The town Fellbach was expanded with the former municipality Schmiden on 1 January 1973, and Oeffingen on 1 April 1974. Fellbach

68-399: A blue grape as a symbol of viticulture with the silver F before they took 1956 today's crest. Fellbach was before industrialization mainly a wine-growing town. Today 182 hectares of vineyards are cultivated. In the fields around Fellbach, Schmiden and Oeffingen grain and corn are preferably grown. Great importance had once the greenhouses. The commercial life was marked up until the 1990s by

102-975: A largely homogenous range of servies by the different levels of local government. Bundesstra%C3%9Fe 14 Baden-Württemberg Konstanz district (KN number plates) Tuttlingen district (TUT number plates) Rottweil district (RW number plates) diversion around Rottweil together with the [REDACTED] B 27 diversion around Rottweil together with the [REDACTED] B 27 under [REDACTED] [REDACTED] A 81  / E41 Freudenstadt district (FDS number plates) continues as [REDACTED] B 28a replaced by [REDACTED] B 28a replaced by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] A 81  / E41 replaced by [REDACTED] B 28 Böblingen district (BB number plates) replaced by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] A 81  / A 831  / E41 Stuttgart (S number plates) continuation of [REDACTED] A 831 together with

136-672: A quorum of 30,000, however, in 1998 the historic imperial cities of Dinkelsbühl and Donauwörth were elevated by Bavarian state law, though they did not reach the necessary number of inhabitants. Currently, there are 93 Große Kreisstädte in Baden-Württemberg, 29 in Bavaria, and 50 in Saxony. In some German states other terms are used, for example Große selbständige Stadt in Lower Saxony , conclusively assigned by law to

170-414: A special legal status for a district -affiliated town —as distinct from an independent city —with additional competences in comparison with other municipalities of the district. The title is based on sovereign conferment by the state government. The term is officially used and quoted. In different German federal states ( Bundesländer ) there are different laws and administration rules about when exactly

204-749: A special school (Wichernhaus school). Furthermore, are located in Fellbach one of three schools for mentally and physically disabled of Rems-Murr-district, the Froebel school with kindergarten. There is also a municipal school of music, a youth art school and a youth technic school. In private ownership are the Helmut-of-Kügelgen School (Waldorf education) and the SIS Swiss International School Campus Fellbach. The Volkshochschule Unteres Remstal

238-593: A town can obtain this status but they do not differ very much. The mayor of a Große Kreisstadt usually bears the title of an Oberbürgermeister (Lord Mayor). At the moment reforms are being discussed in some states. It is not a main goal of these reforms to make the rules more similar; on the contrary, the district towns are thought to be important in order to preserve the existing regional diversity. In Germany federal states have very similar administration rules, so they are not always comparable to U.S. states for example. District-affiliated municipalities may apply for

272-406: A uniform cityscape today. Even the recent urban redevelopment measure are again several half-timbered houses like by demolition victims, including in the area of newly built Fellbacher market and currently in the rear street. In the 1950s, emerged on the outskirts several skyscrapers and numerous interspersed with green areas living quarters in the lower town. With the eastern ring road, built in 1989,

306-554: Is 17,500 (until 2008: 20,000). Usually, the motion is accepted. The status of a Große Kreisstadt was first implemented by the Baden-Württemberg Gemeindeordnung on 1 April 1956, followed by Bavaria, where in the course of a 1972 administrative reform, the status was conferred to 23 former independent cities regardless of the population. The smallest Große Kreisstadt is Rothenburg ob der Tauber with about 10,900 inhabitants. Further conferments require

340-550: Is a German federal road. It connects Stockach in Baden-Württemberg with Rozvadov in the Czech Republic . The biggest towns along this road are Stuttgart and Nuremberg . Wide parts of today's Bundesstraße 14 date back to medieval or even older trade routes. The stretch from Nuremberg to Prague was once known als Goldene Straße (″Golden Road″) This German road or road transport-related article

374-539: Is a collaborative community college of Waiblingen, Fellbach, Weinstadt and Korb. The Schwabenlandhalle is since 1976 the Culture and Congress Center of Fellbach. It hosts theater performances of tour stages. Likewise, the "Theater im Polygon" is native in Fellbach, which has its headquarters in Jugendhaus Fellbach. Also located in the district Schmiden is the revival house "Orfeo" in the vaulted cellar of

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408-682: Is located south of the Neckar basin on a plateau between the Neckar and Rems valley at the northern foothills of the Schurwald . The highest points are the Kappelberg (Baden-Württemberg) (469.0 m) and the Kernen (hill) (513.2 m). The metropolitan area extends north into the so-called "Schmidener Feld". The following cities and towns adjacent to the city of Fellbach. They are starting clockwise to

442-785: Is nationally identic with the Stuttgarter Nachrichten . The Stuttgarter Zeitung appears in Fellbach and Kernen im Remstal also with this self-produced local section. In Fellbach are the State Office for salaries and benefits of Baden-Württemberg. Fellbach has also a notary . In the industrial area near the Sommerrain is a building of the Landeskriminalamt Baden-Württemberg. Fellbach has two gymnasiums, two Realschules , two elementary and secondary schools, four primary schools and

476-541: Is on the one hand by his past as a wine village marked, on the other by the stormy industrial development since the early 20th century. In Old-Fellbach, former wine village at the foot of Kappel Berg, still dominate rural timbered houses from the 16th to the 18th century the big picture. Noteworthy is also the Fellbacher industrial architecture. By ill modernization in recent decades the historically grown building structures were ever broken, so that Fellbach has no longer

510-656: Is the terminus of the rail line U1 (Fellbach Lutherkirche - Hauptbahnhof - Vaihingen Bf) of the Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen . Furthermore, the urban area runs bus lines 58 ((Summer Rain -) Obere Ziegelei - Schmiden Rathaus), 60 ( Untertürkheim - Luginsland, 207 (Fellbach Alte Kelter - Fellbach - Schmiden - Oeffingen) 67 (Fellbach Bf Fellbach Altenheim), Waiblingen Bf -Korber Höhe) and 212 (Stetten - Rommelshausen - Fellbach Bf) In Fellbach (and in Kernen im Remstal) appears as daily newspaper Fellbacher Zeitung. It

544-1144: The [REDACTED] B 10 through Stuttgart together with the [REDACTED] B 10 through Stuttgart Rems-Murr-Kreis (WN number plates) Schwäbisch Hall district (SHA number plates) together with the [REDACTED] B 19 in the direction of Untermünkheim together with the [REDACTED] B 19 in the direction of Schwäbisch Hall-Heimbach replaced by [REDACTED] A 6 [REDACTED] E50 Bavaria Ansbach district (AN number plates) Fürth district (FÜ number plates) Nürnberg (N number plates) replaced by [REDACTED] B 4 R connecting to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] B 2  / B 4  / B 8 Nürnberger Land district (LAU number plates) replaced by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] A 9  / E51 Amberg-Sulzbach district (AS number plates) Schwandorf district (SAD number plates) Neustadt an der Waldnaab district (NEW number plates) replaced by [REDACTED] [REDACTED] A 6  / E50 continues as 605 to Rozvadov and Přimda Bundesstraße 14 (abbr. B14)

578-731: The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg . Catholics: After the Reformation, there were no more Catholics. Only in the 19th century Catholics returned and built in 1923 their own church (St. Johannes). 1967, was built a second church, Maria Regina Kirche. Due to immigration of Catholics was built an own Catholic church (Holy Trinity). Since 1961 Schmiden has its own parish. Oeffingen was a Catholic enclave in Protestant Württemberg. In Oeffingen

612-729: The United Methodist Church , the Mennonite church and the Seventh-day Adventist Church . The following municipalities were amalgamated to Fellbach: The population figures are estimates, census results (¹) or official updates of the State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg (only primary residences). Yearly population figures: At the head of the municipality of Fellbach was a Schultheiß . Since 1930,

646-729: The Lutheran Church there is the Pauluskirche (built in 1927) and the Melanchthonkirche (built in 1964) and in the neighborhood Lindle the Johannes-Brenz-Kirche. Also in the district Schmiden the Reformation was introduced by Württemberg. In Oeffingen has only existed since 1970 a separate Protestant church and parish. All Protestants of Fellbach belonged initially to the deanery or church district Cannstatt, today to deanery or church district Waiblingen of

680-403: The anchor on which the actual wolfsangel were attached). The city flag is white and red. The coat of arms displays the icon of Fellbach local nobility. It was awarded to the city on March 13, 1956, Baden-Württemberg state government. Old Coat Previously led Fellbach to 1933 a coat of arms, which showed the initial F as a milestone mark of the village Fellbach. Then she received a coat of arms with

714-590: The city until 1992, then the 1600m long Kappelberg Tunnel was opened. Moreover, Fellbach is tunneled from a second tunnel, which opened in 1997.(Fellbach City Tunnel). Fellbach is integrated in the Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart . The city has a stop on the S-Bahn lines S2 ( Schorndorf - Stuttgart - Airport - Filderstadt ) and S3 ( Backnang - Stuttgart Airport). At the Fellbach Lutherkirche

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748-437: The east: Waiblingen and Kernen im Remstal (both Rems-Murr-Kreis), Stuttgart (city district) and Remseck am Neckar (district of Ludwigsburg). The city Fellbach consists of the core city and the two districts Schmiden (incorporated on 1 January 1973 and Oeffingen (incorporatedon 1 April 1974). In the field of Fellbach are five separate villages. For Fellbach owns the city Fellbach and the place Lindle. To Oeffingen includes

782-409: The following persons honorary citizenship: Otto Borst : Fellbach. Theiss, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN   3-8062-0594-9 . Fellbach is twinned with: Gro%C3%9Fe Kreisstadt Große Kreisstadt ( German: [ˈɡʁoːsə ˈkʁaɪsˌʃtat] , "major district town") is a term in the municipal law ( Gemeindeordnung ) of several German states . In some federal states the term is used as

816-616: The historic "Big House". In Fellbach City Museum, opened in 1977, the city's history is shown. The museum is located in a half-timbered building from 1680. Here is also housed the archive Fellbach. This museum offers to nearly 100 m² a journey through the almost complete series of devices of all radio equipment, which was used after the Second World War until now by the Red Cross, the police, firefighters, emergency services and technical relief. Fellbach architectural appearance

850-419: The largest Württemberg village, the community was named October 14, 1933 for city. After World War II, the population crossed the 20,000 threshold. Therefore, Fellbach was appointed on April 1, 1956 to the district town in the district of Waiblingen. 1534 in Württemberg the Reformation was introduced. The present church of the city is the Lutheran Church, which was built mainly in the 15th century. In addition to

884-479: The official title is Mayor and since the survey to district town on April 1, 1956 Lord Mayor. The position is directly elected by the electorate for a term of eight years. The officeholder is chairman of the municipal council. The general deputies are: first deputy with the official title of Lord Mayor and second deputy with the official title of Mayor. Community and city leaders since 1800: Current Crest Blazon : "In Red three pole as silver asked wolfsangel " (only

918-646: The place Oeffingen and the homestead Tennhof and to Schmiden the place Schmiden. Furthermore, there are in the urban area Fellbach the dialed villages Erbach, Immenrot and Gretenbach. Fellbach was first mentioned as "Velbach" in 1121. The name "Velebach" appeared in 1357 and "Fehlbach" in 1800. Several landlords had possessions in Fellbach, the House Württemberg bought piece by piece. First, the village belonged to Oberamt Cannstatt. After its dissolution in 1923 Fellbach came to Oberamt Waiblingen , this became in 1938 Waiblingen district. After Fellbach had grown to

952-486: The population threshold was further postponed into Schmidenen field. In contrast, the Western, aligned against Stuttgart suburbs long remained untouched, even to a possible annexation by the state capital counteract. Currently, this is where a large-sized combined indoor and outdoor pool is built. The city Fellbach has conferred the honorary citizenship to the following persons: The former municipality Schmiden has awarded

986-401: The retail trade. With the structural changes here there was a profound change. Many of the long-established retail stores were closed by competitive pressure and a changing consumer behavior. Districts developed mainly to commuters living communities. However, there are now also numerous companies, especially in the metal sector. The Bundesstraße 14 ( Schwäbisch Hall -Stuttgart) led through

1020-473: The status of a Große Kreisstadt , conferred by decree of the state's interior ministry. Assuming certain sovereign functions of the district, the municipal authorities have to ensure they are able to carry out the assigned responsibilities. In the state of Baden-Württemberg , the necessary population to obtain this status is 20,000. In Bavaria 30,000 inhabitants are necessary; in Saxony , the minimum population

1054-468: The status of a Große kreisangehörige Stadt is conferred by the state government to municipalities with a certain population (Brandenburg: 35,000; North Rhine-Westphalia: 60,000; Rhineland-Palatinate: 25,000). In Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia, there are also Mittlere kreisangehörige Städte with a population of more than 25,000. In Thuringia , a district-affiliated local authority ensuring adequate administrative and financial parameters may apply for

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1088-794: The status. In 2005 the Schleswig-Holstein government declared Norderstedt in Segeberg District (part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region ) a Große kreisangehörige Stadt . In Saarland , the towns of Sankt Ingbert and Völklingen hold the comparable status of a district-affiliated Mittelstadt . In Hesse , seven towns with a population of more than 50,000 obtained the status of a Sonderstatusstadt : Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , Fulda , Giessen , Hanau , Marburg , Rüsselsheim and Wetzlar . Saxony-Anhalt has no Große Kreisstädte and instead provides

1122-529: The towns of Celle , Cuxhaven , Goslar , Hameln , Hildesheim , Lingen and Lüneburg in the course of the 1970s administrative reform. District-affiliated municipalities with a population of more than 30,000 hold the status of a Selbständige Gemeinde , territorial authorities with more than 20,000 inhabitants could apply for conferment by the Lower Saxon state government. In the states of Brandenburg , North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate ,

1156-500: Was an old Catholic church in the outskirts, which was heavily damaged by an air raid during World War II. The present church of Christus König was built 1968. All three parishes of Fellbach are within the deanery Rems-Murr of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart. The New Apostolic Church was erected in 1983 with 1,400 seats. In addition to two large churches there are in Fellbach, a Greek Orthodox church and several free churches, among them

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