Waibstadt

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Waibstadt
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Coordinates: 49°17′51″N 08°55′12″E / 49.29750°N 8.92000°E / 49.29750; 8.92000Coordinates: 49°17′51″N 08°55′12″E / 49.29750°N 8.92000°E / 49.29750; 8.92000
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Subdivisions	3: Waibstadt (Main Town), ,
Government
• Mayor	Hans Wolfgang Riedel (CDU)
Area
• Total	25.57 km2 (9.87 sq mi)
Elevation	172 m (564 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	5,644
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	74915
Dialling codes	07263
Vehicle registration	HD
Website	www.waibstadt.de

Waibstadt is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

It belongs to the municipal administration union "Waibstadt", which consists of Epfenbach, Helmstadt-Bargen, Neckarbischofsheim, Neidenstein, Reichartshausen and Waibstadt itself. Furthermore, it is part of the touristic region .

Geography[]

Geographic location[]

Waibstadt is located in the valley of the Schwarzbach in the northern Kraichgau, about 25 km southeast of Heidelberg and about 6 km north of Sinsheim.

Neighbour municipalities[]

The town is surrounded in the northwest by Neidenstein, in the north by Epfenbach, in the northeast by Helmstadt-Bargen, in the east by Neckarbischofsheim, in the south by Sinsheim and in the west by Zuzenhausen and Eschelbronn.

Parts of town[]

Besides the main town Waibstadt, the two villages and are part of Waibstadt.

History[]

The first documented mentioning date at 795 AD, but there are indications, that at the same place there was a Roman settlement.

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