Leimen (Baden)


Leimen is a town in north-west Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is about south of Heidelberg and the fourth largest town of the Rhein-Neckar district after Weinheim, Sinsheim and Wiesloch. It directly borders the Heidelberg district of Rohrbach. Leimen is also the area's industrial centre.
Leimen is located on the Bergstraße and on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route.
In the context of a communal reform in the 1970s, Leimen was newly created from the villages Leimen, Gauangelloch and Sankt Ilgen. In 1981, the state government of Baden-Württemberg granted Leimen the privilege to be called "town." When Leimen's population exceeded 20,000 in 1990, the city council applied for elevation to a Große Kreisstadt which was granted by the state government on 1 April 1992.
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History

The first documentary record of Leimen is from 791, when both the Lorsch Abbey and the Diocese of Worms owned land there. First records of the districts are from 1270 for Gauangelloch, 1312 for Lingental, around 1300 for Ochsenbach and 1100 for Sankt Ilgen, then called bruch, an Old High German word for bog.
In 1262, the lords of Bruchsal gave Leimen to the Electorate of the Palatinate as a fiefdom and from 1464 on Leimen was part of the Palatinate. In 1579, Leimen was granted the right to celebrate an annual fair and became a marketplace in 1595. In 1674, Leimen was partially destroyed.

Mayors

  • Johann Ludwig Waldbauer 1838–1844
  • Heinrich Seitz 1845–1876
  • Jakob Rehm III. 1876–1882
  • Leonhard Schneider 1882–1883
  • Ludwig Endlich 1883–1896
  • Christoph Lingg 1883–1923
  • Jakob Weidemaier 1923–1933
  • Fritz Wisswesser 1933–1945
  • Jakob Weidemaier 1945
  • Georg Appel 1946–1948
  • Otto Hoog 1948–1976
  • Herbert Ehrbar 1976–2000

Lord Mayor

  • Wolfgang Ernst 2000–2016
  • Hans D. Reinwald 2016–2024
  • since 2024: John Ehret

People, culture and architecture

Leimen consists of the Leimen, nowadays called "Leimen ", and the four boroughs Gauangelloch, Lingental, Ochsenbach and Sankt Ilgen.
Despite its industrial roots, Leimen's downtown has maintained a certain quaintness. It is an active town, with a regular cycle of festivals and activities.
At Ochsenbach, there is the NDB NKR.

Notable people

Sport

Twin towns – sister cities

Leimen is twinned with: