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Waibstadt

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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Waibstadt within Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district

(2017–25) Joachim Locher^[1]Area

• Total25.57 km² (9.87 sq mi)Elevation

172 m (564 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total5,728 • Density220/km² (580/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

74915

Dialling codes07263Vehicle registrationHDWebsitewww.waibstadt.de

Waibstadt (pronounced [ˈvaɪ̯pˌʃtat] ^ⓘ) 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 Brunnenregion.

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 Daisbach and Bernau 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.

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.