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|Gliederung        = Kernstadt und 10 Stadtteile
|Straße            = Obertorstraße 9
|Website           = [http://www.weinheim.de/ www.weinheim.de]
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'''Weinheim (Bergstrasse)''' is a town in the north west of the state of [[Baden-Württemberg]] in [[Germany]] with 43 000 inhabitants, approximately 15 km north of [[Heidelberg]] and 10 km northeast of [[Mannheim]].  Together with these cities, it makes up the [[Rhine-Neckar]] triangle. It has the nickname "Zwei-Burgen-Stadt", or Two-Castle city ('Burg' means 'fortress'), named after the two fortresses on the hill overlooking the town in the east on the edge of the [[Odenwald]], the [[Windeck Castle (Weinheim)|Windeck]] and the [[Wachenburg]].

== Geography ==

[[File:20060408-Weinheim von der Burg Windeck.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Panorama of Weinheim.]]
Weinheim is situated on the Bergstrasse ("Mountain Road") on the western rim of the [[Odenwald]]. The old town lies in the valley, with the new part of town further to the west. The Market Square is filled with numerous cafes, as well as the old Rathaus (Council building). Further to the south is the Schlossgarten (Palace garden) and the Exotenwald (Exotic forest), which contains species of trees imported from around the world, but mostly from North America and Japan.

== History ==
Weinheim celebrated its 1250th anniversary in 2005.

The earliest record of Weinheim dates back to 755 AD, when the name "Winenheim" was recorded in the Lorscher Codex, the record book of the Lorsch monastery.

In 1000 AD, emperor [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]] bestowed Weinheim the right to hold markets, and in 1065 the right to mint and issue coins. A new town developed next to the old town from 1250. In 1308, the old town was transferred to the [[Electoral Palatinate|Palatinate]]. From 1368 onwards the whole town belonged to the Electoral Palatinate and its district Heidelberg since the end of the 14th century. With the transfer to the duke of Baden in 1803, Weinheim became a regional centre, which was unified with the district of Mannheim in 1936. From 1938 onwards Weinheim belonged to the new district of Mannheim until January 1, 1973, when the Rhine-Neckar district was formed.

The name Weinheim does not derive from wine, which is grown in the region, but rather from "Wino's Home". {{Verify source|date=July 2007}}

===Population over time===
These are the population figures for particular years. There are drawn from guesses, '''Volkszählungsergebnisse'' (semi-official figures, demarcated by a ¹) and official statistics based on place of residence ([[Hauptwohnsitz]]).
{| class="prettytable"
| valign="top" |
{|
! style="background:#efefef;" | Year
! style="background:#efefef;" | Population
|-----
| 1439 || align="right" | 1780
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| 1774 || align="right" | 1774
|-----
| 1812 || align="right" | 4039
|-----
| 1830 || align="right" | 5000
|-----
| 1 December 1871 || align="right" | 6350
|-----
| 1 December 1880 ¹ || align="right" | 7159
|-----
| 1 December 1890 ¹ || align="right" | 8243
|-----
| 1 December 1900 ¹ || align="right" | 11,167
|-----
| 1 December 1910 ¹ || align="right" | 14,170
|-----
| 8 Oktober 1919 ¹ || align="right" | 14,550
|-----
| 16 June 1925 ¹ || align="right" | 15,793
|-----
| 16 June 1933 ¹ || align="right" | 17,486
|-----
| 17 May 1939 ¹ || align="right" | 18,561
|}
| valign="top" |
{|
! style="background:#efefef;" | Year
! style="background:#efefef;" | Population
|-----
| December 1945 ¹ || align="right" | 19,944
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| 13 September 1950 ¹ || align="right" | 25,199
|-----
| 6 June 1961 ¹ || align="right" | 27,859
|-----
| 27 May 1970 ¹ || align="right" | 29,670
|-----
| 31 December 1975 || align="right" | 41,005
|-----
| 31 December 1980 || align="right" | 41,654
|-----
| 27 May 1987 ¹ || align="right" | 41,934
|-----
| 31 December 1990 || align="right" | 42,241
|-----
| 31 December 1995 || align="right" | 42,812
|-----
| 31 December 2000 || align="right" | 42,520 <!-- Source: Statistisches Landesamt B-W -->
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| 31 December 2005 || align="right" | 43,417 <!-- Source: Statistisches Landesamt B-W -->
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| 30 June 2006 || align="right" | 42,745 <!-- Source: Statistisches Landesamt B-W -->
|}
|}
¹ These are taken from a Volkszählungsergebnes.

== Culture and local attractions ==
[[File:Stadtmueseum Weinheim 01.jpg|thumb|Wappen von [[Franz Ludwig von der Pfalz-Neuburg]] am Deutschordenshaus]]
[[File:Weinheim-Gasse.jpg|thumb|upright|Typische Gasse in der Weinheimer Altstadt]]
[[File:Schloss Weinheim 04.jpg|thumb|[[Weinheimer Schloss]]]]
[[File:Libanonzeder_in_Weinheim.jpg|thumb|upright|Libanonzeder im Schlosspark]]
[[File:Steinbruch Weinheim.jpg|thumb|Blick von Sulzbach auf den Weinheimer Steinbruch]]
[[File:BlauerHut.jpg|thumb|Der sogenannte Blaue Hut, ein zur ehemaligen Stadtbefestigung gehöriger Turm aus der Zeit um 1300]]

* [[Windeck Castle (Weinheim)|Windeck]] Castle, originally built around 1100 to protect the [[Lorsch]] monastery, it was badly damaged in the Thirty Years War and by Louis XIV of France.
* [[Wachenburg]] Castle, built between 1907 and 1928 by student fraternities.
* The Market Square
* The Schloss, home of the town council
* Gerberbach Quarter, old haunt of the leather makers
* Schlosspark
* Exotenwald
* Weinheim's beautiful synagogue was destroyed on [[Kristallnacht]].<ref>http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/weinheim_synagoge.htm</ref>

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=== Museum ===
Winheim's town museum occupies what used to be the headquarters of the [[Teutonic Order]] in the town and holds exhibits about  Weinheim and its surroundings: [[archaeology]] from the prehistoric through to the [[Merovingian dynasty]], the highlight of which is the so-called "Nächstenbacher Bronze-find" of 76 objects from the [[Urnfield culture|late bronze age]]; displays documenting the Medieval and modern social history of the town and works from contemporary artists.

=== Musik ===
Weinheim has a [[Jazz]] Club, well-known throughout the region. Since 1984, "Muddy´s Club" has presented [[Blues]] und Jazz. The club is situated under the town library and has featured performances from [[Willie Littlefield]], [[Art Farmer]], [[Silvia Droste]], [[Rose Nabinger]] und [[Angela Brown]].

=== Building works ===
The steep marketplace with its historic Old Town Hall of 1557, market well and Lions pharmacy dating from the beginning of the 17th Century, is especially worth seeing. 

In the vicinity are two major churches: the Evangelical church of 1731, and the church to St. Laurentius. The evangelical St. Peter's next to the Weschnitz (a local river) was built in an [[Art Nouveau]] style in 1912 on the site of its predecessor. In the west of the town stands St. Marks' church, built in 1957 with large stained-glass windows.

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Von der ehemaligen Stadtbefestigung sind noch größere Teile der Stadtmauer, das Obertor sowie von den Befestigungstürmen der Blaue Hut, der Hexenturm und der Rote Turm erhalten. 
Obviously, it quotes the names of the towers, but the rest?-->
The two castles, the [[Windeck Castle (Weinheim)|Windeck]], now ruined, and the [[Wachenburg]], built by the [[Weinheimer Senioren-Convent]] (foundation stone laid in 1907, building work completed in 1928), are the landmarks of the town. They also give it its nickname of the two-castle town.

Weinheim's <!--kurpfälzisch--> Schloss (1537) now houses the town hall, as well as the former headquarters of the Teutonic Order, now a museum.

The Gerberbach quarter, in the valley carved out by the [[Grundelbach]], is a largely closed and carefully restored late medieval tradesmam area, which, with [[Timber framing|timber-framed]] houses lining its winding streets, offers numerous romantic angles and interesting aspects onto architectural and social history.

In addition, numerous individual buildings are worth seeing, for example the ''Büdinger Hof'', the ''Kerwehaus'' in the Gerberbach quarter and the Molitor'sche house.

=== Parks ===
''Exotenwald'', an [[arboretum]] spanning 60 hectares and 170 species, was funded by the [[freeman] Christian von Berckheim in 1860. Because of the mild climate, the arboretum can include such trees as ''[[Ailanthus altissima]]'', ''[Cryptomeria japonica]]'' and ''Cedrus atlantica''. Der Exotenwald ist besonders für seinen Bestand an [[Mammutbäume]]n bekannt, die bis zu 60 Meter Höhe erreichen. Der Exotenpark ist an der Bergstraße gelegen und schließt sich an den Schlosspark an, wo eine der größten und ältesten [[Zedern]] Deutschlands zu finden ist<!--<ref>bei Koordinate {{Coordinate|text=/|NS=49.54587|EW=8.66962|type=landmark|region=DE|name=Exotenwald}} </ref>-->. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine [[Libanon-Zeder]], die etwa um 1720 gepflanzt wurde und mittlerweile eine Höhe von 23 Meter, einen Kronendurchmesser von 27 Meter und einen Stammumfang von etwa 5,20 Meter besitzt<ref>[http://www.baumleben.de/Kalender07/September07.HTML Kalender Baumleben]</ref>. Auch einige außerordentlich hohe und alte [[Ginkgo]]bäume können dort besichtigt werden.

=== The valley of the six mills ===
Weinheim includes the ''Sechs-Mühlen-Tal'' (literally "Six-Mill-Valley") with the mills being:
* Carlebachmühle
* Kinscherf'sche Mühle
* Obere Fuchs'sche Mühle
* Untere Fuchs'sche Mühle
* Hildebrand'sche Obere Mühle
* Hildebrand'sche Untere Mühle

=== Weitere Sehenswürdigkeiten ===
*Schau- und Sichtungsgarten Hermannshof
*[[Rodensteiner]]-Brunnen (Hauptstraße, Höhe Tannenstraße), Jugendstilbrunnen von 1903 aus rotem Sandstein
*Wachenberg: Schon von weitem sichtbar ist der große Steinbruch des Wachenbergs am Ausgang des Birkenauer Tals. Hier wird [[Quarzporphyr]] abgebaut.
*Geopark-Pfad „Steine, Schluchten, Sagen“ in Oberflockenbach und Rippenweier

=== Sport and leisure parks ===
*Sepp-Herberger Stadium
*Waldschwimmbad (also TSG Turnerbad)
*Waidsee [[lido]]
*Miramar leisure pool
*Sport and activity centre (with an indoor swimming pool, TSG-Halle, and beach volleyball facilities)
*Hohensachen indoor pool
*Athletic Club and sports park
*A ''Segelflugplatz'' (facilities for non-self-propelled aircraft, etc) <!--in der Altau-->
*TSG Waldstadion
*Riding facilities of RuF Weinheim

=== Sport ===
Mit dem [[AC Weinheim]] und der [[TSG Weinheim]], zu der das American-Football-Team [[Weinheim Longhorns]] gehört, sind hier die beiden mitgliederstärksten Sportvereine Nordbadens beheimatet. Außerdem ist Weinheim die Heimat des Radsportteams [[Team Bergstraße]] und des Faustballvereins [[TV 1920 Wünschmichelbach]] und des Motorsportclubs MSC-Oberflockenbach.

== Events ==
*February: High-jump Gala, with world class high-jumpers
*March: the ''Sommertagszug'', a festival celebrating the coming of summer.
*May/June (near [[Ascension Day]]): day of the [[Weinheimer Senioren-Convent]]s
*June-August: Weinheim's summer of culture
*June: ''Scheuerfest'' (barn party) in Ritschweier
*July: the Weinheim road race
*May-September: [[Kerwe]]s in Rippenweier, Sulzbach, Lützelsachsen, Oberflockenbach und Hohensachsen
*August (second weekend thereof): Weinheim's Kerwe (Friday to Monday)
*October: ''Bergsträßer Winzerfest'' (lit. "mountain-road winter festival") in Lützelsachsen

== Local businesses ==
*Beltz Verlag[http://www.beltz.de]
*Management group [[Freudenberg]]
*Kukident GmbH, Reckitt Benckiser AG
*Naturin
*OAGIS
*T-Systems ITS GmbH
*[[John Wiley & Sons|Wiley-VCH]] publishers
*3 Glocken
*[http://www.wnoz.de Weinheimer Nachrichten]
*[http://www.druckhausdiesbach.de Druckhaus Diesbach]

== Transport ==

* Deutsche Bahn
* Rhein-Neckar Verkehr [http://www.vrn.de]

== People ==
=== Honorary citizens ===
The town of Weinheim has made the following people honorary citizens (''Ehrenbürger''):
*1894: Carl Johann Freudenberg, ''Geheimer Kommerzienrat'' (royal economist)
*1904: Erhard Bissinger, [[Consul general]]
*1913: Aute Bode, chief engineer and the architect behind the [[Wachenburg]]
*1918: Hermann Ernst Freudenberg, ''Geheimer Kommerzienrat'' (royal economist)
*1922: Georg Friedrich Vogler, vice-mayor
*1923: [[Adam Karrillon]], doctor and author
*1928: [[Emil Hartmann|Emil Hartmann]], construction engineer
*1928: Prof. Arthur Wienkoop, Architect
*1949: Richard Freudenberg, factory owner
*1953: Hans Freudenberg, factory owner
*1954: [[Sepp Herberger]], sports trainer, trainer of the German [[World Cup]] winning side of 1954
*1962: Wilhelm Brück, Lord Mayor
*1986: [[Theo Gießelmann]], Lord Mayor
*2004: Dieter Freudenberg, factory owner
*2004: Wolfgang Daffinger, mayor, representative in the [[Landtag]]
*2005: Uwe Kleefoot, Lord Mayor

=== Sons and daughters of the town ===
* [[Heinrich Hübsch]] (1795–1863), head of public works
* Karl Seidenadel (1829–1894), [[translator]] of Greek works
* Philipp Bickel (1829–1914), [[baptist]] [[theologian]] and publisher 
* Friedrich August Bender (1847–1926), chemist and [[entrepreneur]]
* Wilhelm Platz (1866–1929), factory owner and author
* Richard Freudenberg (1892–1975), [[Deutsche Demokratische Partei|DDP]] MP, [[MdB]], for a long time one of the town's aldermen and benefactors
* Erwin Linder (1903–1968), actor and [[voice actor]]
* [[Heidi Mohr]] (born 1967), national football player
* [[Ralf Sonn]] (born 1967), [[high jump]]er

=== People who worked in the town===
* [[Ingrid Noll]] (born 1935), racing driver (known as "Die Apothekerin"), lived in Weinheim. 
* Karl Friedrich Bender (1806–1869), theologian, teacher, principal of the '''Erziehungsanstalt für Knaben''' (boys' school)

==References==
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