Kornwestheim

Sister cities

• Weißenfels
• Eastleigh
• Villeneuve-Saint-Georges
• Kimry

History

Kornwestheim's history spans over 1200 years, first being documented as "Westheim" around 780 AC, within the interest register of the Lorsch monastery. The name form "Kornwestheim" appeared much later; for the first in 1472, which became common in the 17th century and has been in use ever since. Archeological findings furnish evidence for the populating of the area in already prehistorical times. There was a Roman road that lead through the Kornwestheim urban area, which has been partially preserved as dirt road. Part of it was restored in Kornwestheim-Ost near the Theodor-Heuss-Realschule. In the western part of the city there was an even older road from the Bronze Age running towards what today is a highway. It is assumed that the original Westheim is a western settlement, in contrast to the eastern settlement of Ostheim. For centuries, Kornwestheim was a prosperous and wealthy farming village that benefited from the fertility of its farmland and active trade. In 1303, the counts of Asperg sold Kornwestheim to the Dukes of Württemberg. At first, it belonged to the bureau of Cannstatt and since 1719 to the bureau of Ludwigsburg out of which emerged the county in 1938 and in 1973 the larger district of Ludwigsburg. With the construction of the railroad line Stuttgart – Ludwigsburg – Heilbronn in 1846 the era of Industrialization began and the construction of the national switch yard in Kornwestheim in the years of 1913–1919 made Kornwestheim the railway road node in Southern Germany, creating ideal conditions for the future growth and development of the city. This infrastructure improvements and the convenient location of the city as well as several factory foundations contributed to a large increase in population in the late 19th century. The shoemaker Jakob Sigle,…

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  10,657
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  9,988
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  9,814
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,120
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,705
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,579
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,222
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,536

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 3.1 — 2008-12-25
  3 km NNW of Saulgau, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-12-12
  2 km ESE of Nehren, Germany
• M 2.8 — 2008-11-25
  1 km S of Steinmauern, Germany
• M 2.7 — 2008-07-09
  1 km WSW of Dußlingen, Germany