PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Villingen-Schwenningen
Villingen-Schwenningen
Town
	Aerial view of Villingen from the east
	Coat of arms
	Location of Villingen-Schwenningen within Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis district
	Villingen-Schwenningen Villingen-Schwenningen
	Coordinates: 48°03′37″N 08°27′31″E / 48.06028°N 8.45861°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Subdivisions	2 Stadtbezirke
Government
• Mayor (2018–26)	Jürgen Roth (CDU)
Area
• Total	165.47 km2 (63.89 sq mi)
Elevation	704 m (2,310 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	88,213
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	78001–78056
Dialling codes	07721, 07720, 07425, 07705
Vehicle registration	VS
Website	www.villingen-schwenningen.de

Villingen-Schwenningen (German pronunciation: [ˈfɪlɪŋən ˈʃvɛnɪŋən] ^ⓘ; Low Alemannic: Villinge-Schwenninge) is a city in the Schwarzwald-Baar district in southern Baden-Württemberg, in south-western Germany. It has 89,743 inhabitants (as of September 2024).^[3]

History

In the Middle Ages, Villingen was a town under Austrian lordship. During the Protestant Reformation it remained Catholic. Villingen came to international attention when it was besieged by Marshal of France Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard on 17 July 1704. Colonel Von Wilstorff put up a stout defence of the outdated fortifications, and after six days the siege failed.

Schwenningen remained a village until the 19th century. In 1858, the first watch factory was established, and watchmaking and precision mechanics have been important industries ever since. The town styled itself "the greatest watch city in the world"^[4] at one time, and the Kienzle Uhren watchmaking company was founded there in 1822 and remained until moving to Hamburg in 2002. The Museum of Clockmaking celebrates the town's clock and watchmaking history.

During World War II, in March 1940, the Stalag V-B prisoner-of-war camp was established, in which Polish, French, British, Serbian, Soviet, Belgian, American and Italian POWs were held.^[5] Additionally, in November 1942, the Stalag 315 prisoner-of-war camp was relocated from Przemyśl in German-occupied Poland to Villingen, and was later further relocated to the German-occupied Netherlands in 1943.^[6]

As part of the Baden-Württemberg territorial reform of 1972, Villingen and Schwenningen were merged with a number of surrounding villages to form the city of Villingen-Schwenningen. Nevertheless, the two halves of the city are separated by a plateau and remain distinct. Villingen is a former part of Baden, while Schwenningen is a former part of Württemberg.

Villingen is a major center of German carnival celebrations. The traditional Narros represent the old citizens of Villingen: Alt Villingere, Morbili, Narro, Suribbel.

Geography

Villingen-Schwenningen lies on the eastern edge of the Black Forest about 700 m (2,300 ft) above sea level. The source of the River Neckar is in Schwenningen (Schwenninger Moos) whereas Villingen is traversed by the river Brigach which is the shorter one of the two headstreams of the Danube.

Climate

Climate data for Villingen-Schwenningen (1991-2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	−0.9 (30.4)	−0.3 (31.5)	3.5 (38.3)	7.6 (45.7)	11.9 (53.4)	15.7 (60.3)	17.4 (63.3)	17.0 (62.6)	12.4 (54.3)	8.1 (46.6)	3.2 (37.8)	−0.1 (31.8)	8.0 (46.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	76.1 (3.00)	64.0 (2.52)	63.7 (2.51)	53.3 (2.10)	91.0 (3.58)	83.5 (3.29)	87.2 (3.43)	77.9 (3.07)	56.4 (2.22)	69.7 (2.74)	65.0 (2.56)	85.9 (3.38)	873.7 (34.4)
Mean monthly sunshine hours	67.7	89.6	139.3	170.2	193.9	214.9	230.6	217.9	164.8	116.3	71.6	58.3	1,735.1
Source: Deutscher Wetterdienst^[7]^[8]^[9]

Gallery

Villingen
Schwenningen – Janusz Korczak School
Villingen Romäus tower
Münster Villingen West side
Villingen-Schwenningen Watch factory Bürk Museum of watch industry

Boroughs

Villingen
- Villingen
- Pfaffenweiler
- Marbach
- Tannheim
- Rietheim
- Herzogenweiler

Schwenningen
- Schwenningen
- Obereschach
- Weigheim
- Weilersbach
- Mühlhausen

Mayors and Lord mayors

Schwenningen

1797–1816: Erhard Bürk
1816–1819: (Vogt)
1819–1821: Thomas Wegler
1821–1825: ?
1825–1835: Matthias Rapp
1835–1841: Johann Georg Koch
1841–1852: Andreas Bürk
1852–1857: Christian Strohm
1857–1887: Erhard Müller
1887–1912: David Würth
1912–1925: Emil Braunagel
1925–1930: Ingo Lang von Langen
1930–1948: Otto Gönnenwein
1949–1962: Hans Kohler
1962–1972: Gerhard Gebauer

Villingen

1912–1930: Guido Lehmann
1931–1933: Adolf Gremmelspacher
1933: Gutmann, temporary
1933–1937: Hermann Schneider
1937–1940: Karl Berckmüller
1940–1945: Hermann Riedel
1945–1946: Walter Bräunlich
1946: Edwin Hartmann
1946–1950: Edwin Nägele
1950–1972: Severin Kern

Villingen-Schwenningen

1972–1994: Gerhard Gebauer (SPD)
1994–2002: Manfred Matusza (CDU)
2002–2019: Rupert Kubon (SPD)
since 2019: Jürgen Roth (CDU)

Population

Number of inhabitants

Date	Inhabitants
31 December 1972	78,436
31 December 1980	78,904
31 December 1990	78,218
31 December 1995	80,734
31 December 2005	81,778
31 December 2015	84,674
31 December 2017	84,818
31 December 2018	85,181
31 December 2019	85,922
31 December 2020	85,866
31 December 2021	86,619

Source: State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg

Largest communities of foreigners

Italy
Turkey
Croatia
Romania
Syria
Serbia
Greece
Poland
Kosovo
Bosnia

Business and education

Precision Motors Deutsche Minebea GmbH is a subsidiary of Minebea corporation and developing electric DC motors in Villingen-Schwenningen. Villingen-Schwenningen is the European HQ for the Japanese corporation.^[10]

Villingen-Schwenningen is the home of State University for Applied Science for policing (Hochschule für Polizei Baden-Württemberg) of Baden-Württemberg Police. The University was established in 1979 and has a capacity of 1.300 students.^[11]

Sights

Town wall
Municipal Art Gallery
Franciscan Monastery Museum
Schwenningen Clock Museum
Minster of Our Lady
Theater am Ring
Wanne Observation Tower, one of the oldest towers built of iron
Internationales Luftfahrt-Museum, aviation museum

Sports

Since 1904, Villingen-Schwenningen has also been home to the ice hockey team the Schwenninger Wild Wings, which competes in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

The town's football club is FC 08 Villingen, who in the 2021/22 season are competing in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg^[12] at the fifth tier of the German league system.

Twin towns – sister cities

Villingen-Schwenningen is twinned with:^[13]

Pontarlier, France
La Valette du Var, France
Tula, Russia
Savona, Italy
Zittau, Germany
Friedrichsthal, Germany

Notable people

Georg Pictorius (c. 1500–1569), physician and mystic-magical author of the Renaissance
Trudpert Neugart (1742–1825), professor of oriental languages.^[14]
Johannes Benzing (1913–2001), Turkologist and diplomat
Martin Barner (1921–2020), mathematician, worked on differential geometry and analysis.
Kurt Leichtweiss (1927–2013), mathematician, worked on convex and differential geometry
Hartmann von der Tann (born 1943), a German radio and television journalist.
Horst Ludwig Meyer (1956–1999), presumed member of the Red Army Faction (RAF)
Veit Heinichen (born 1957), author, he writes noir novels
Gundolf Köhler (1959–1980), right-wing extremist at the Oktoberfest bombing
Andreas K. Engel (born 1961), brain researcher
Markus Kemmelmeier (born 1967), social psychologist and sociologist
Daniela Alfinito (born 1971), a German schlager singer and a geriatric nurse
Michelle (born 1972), singer, real name Tanja Gisela Hewer

Sport

Beate Bischler (born 1968), a retired Paralympic judoka who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Robert Prosinečki (born 1969), Croatian footballer and coach, played 404 games and 49 for Croatia
Thorsten Schmitt (born 1975), Nordic combined skier
Oliver Roggisch (born 1978), handball player
Martin Schmitt (born 1978), ski jumper, won one gold and two silver Olympic medals
Andreas Lang (born 1979), curler
Dennis Seidenberg (born 1981), ice hockey player
Ivana Brkljačić (born 1983), Croatian hammer thrower
Jochen Schöps (born 1983), volleyball player
Marco Caligiuri (born 1984), German-Italian footballer, played 404 games
Yannic Seidenberg (born 1984), ice hockey player
Daniel Caligiuri (born 1988), German-Italian footballer, played over 450 games
Daniel Keilwitz (born 1989), racing driver
Sebastian Rudy (born 1990), footballer, has played 395 games and 29 for Germany
Christian Günter (born 1993), footballer who has played 345 games for SC Freiburg and 8 for Germany
Domenic Weinstein (born 1994), cyclist
Kai Brünker (born 1994), footballer who has played over 260 games
Kai Wissmann, (DE Wiki) (born 1996), ice hockey player

and

In 2004 the former Bosnian boxer Armin „Boki“ Ćulum founded the motorcycle-like gang United Tribuns in Villingen-Schwenningen. The gang owned two bordellos and had a great influence on the prostitution scene in Villingen-Schwenningen. The gang called itself a group of bodybuilders, martial art athletes and bouncers. The United Tribuns grew fast and led to rivalry with the Hells Angels and Bandidos. United Tribuns had chapters in München, Augsburg, Nürnberg and Ingolstadt, and from 2014 also in the north in Hannover and later in Osnabrück. In Austria there was a chapter in Linz, Klagenfurt and Vienna. In September 2022 the Federal Minister for the Interior (BMI) prohibited the gang; and their money was confiscated.^[15]

References

^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 14 September 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
^ Villingen-Schwenningen, Stadt. "Zahlen, Daten, Fakten - Villingen-Schwenningen". www.villingen-schwenningen.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
^ "Villingen-Schwenningen - Watch Wiki: The Best Watches and Watch Brands". www.watch-wiki.net. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
^ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 423. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
^ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 302–303. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
^ "Lufttemperatur: vieljährige Mittelwerte 1991 - 2020" [Air Temperature: Long-term averages for 1991-2020]. dwd.de (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ "Niederschlag: vieljährige Mittelwerte 1991 - 2020" [Precipitation: Long-term averages for 1991-2020]. dwd.de (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ "Sonnenscheindauer: vieljährige Mittelwerte 1991 - 2020" [Sunshine: Long-term averages for 1991-2020]. dwd.de (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 23 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ "Precision Motors Deutsche Minebea GmbH". TechnologyMountains (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-02.
^ "Studienorte < Studieren in der Regio Bodensee". www.hochschulfuehrer.net. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
^ "Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 2021/2022 - 1. Spieltag".
^ "Partnerschaften". villingen-schwenningen.de (in German). Villingen-Schwenningen. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
^ Kirsch, Johann Peter (1911). "Trudpert Neugart" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10.
^ mdr.de. "Organisierte Kriminalität: Rockergruppe "United Tribuns" verboten | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-14.