Chronicle of Stuttgart-VaihingenThe first time Vaihingen was mentioned in a document by the name Fügingen was in 1100 AD. Rohr was mentioned in a document for the first time in 1271 AD. Originally belonging to the Counts (Graf) of Calw both settlements subsequently belonged to the Counts (Pfalzgraf) of Tübingen. These sold the village of Vaihingen and a part of Rohr to the hospital of Esslingen. It was in 1803 that Vaihingen as well as numerous other communities and towns joined the Kingdom of Wuerttemberg and was granted its munipicial self- administration . Then it had 1300 inhabitants, most of them peasants and craftsmen. Changes were introduced by the completition of the local railway (Gäu- Bahn) in 1879, which turned Vaihingen into a traffic junction of the Filder- region. It was in 1926 that Vaihingen was connected to the tramway- system of Stuttgart. This resulted in Vaihingen being a highly esteemed residential area for many inhabitants of Stuttgart. In addition to these housing projects there were many new industrial sites, especially in areas situated south of the Gäu- Bahn. Until 1932 the number of inhabitants increased up to 8400. According to the needs of time Rohr and Vaihingen were united on October 1st, 1936. Both of them then were incorporated into the community of Stuttgart on April 1st , 1942. Ambitious powers within the district´s local community suceeded in creating a vivid athmosphere in the respect of business, sports events, social and cultural life. The history of what nowadays forms a district of Stuttgart, Büsnau, is a rather new one. Although already mentioned in a document for the first time in 1109, it was annihilated during the Middle Ages. Belonging to Baden- Wuertemberg since 1448, it subsequently was home to a cattle farm, an estate and a horse farm. Reconstruction started in 1931. An unpredecented boom was triggered by German refugees from an area called "Buchenland". By hard labour they they suceeded in creating a new home for themselves in Büsnau. The local history of Rohr can be traced until 1271 AD. Belonging to Wuerttemberg since 1400, Rohr used to be a favourite starting point for the huntings of the nobility in the Schönbuch forest. Again it was the completition of local railways (Gäubahn and Filderbahn) that marked the beginning of a business boom. It was in 1936 that Rohr with its 2108 inhabitants was incorporated into Vaihingen. The big need for housing which followed World War II resulted in planning und building a new district: Dürrlewang. Community centers of the Protestant and the Catholic parish as well as shops form a well- balanced structure which makes the district of Dürrlewang a very convenient place to live at. Nowadays Vaihingen has approximatly 40,000 inhabitants. This district is home to important enterprises of industry and trade, has all sorts of schools and and other infrastructure. Institutes of the University of Stuttgart are located in the northern region of Vaihingen. Besides the fields of technic and natural sciences, which are mainly stressed upon, one can also find important institutions of research and teaching such as Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Max- Planck- Gesellschaft (i.e. society) and the German Society for Research and Experiments in Aviation and Space Flight on the vast compounds of the university.
Text: Herbert Burkhardt (german) |