Vaihingen an der Enz

Sister cities

• Kőszeg

History

Vaihingen may date back as far as 799 AD, but the documents are not clear. In 1252 documents refer directly to Vaihingen as a town, established by Count Gottfried von Vaihingen. The town changed hands several times. In the sixteenth century it became a Protestant town. During the Thirty Years' War Vaihingen was besieged by both the Protestant and Catholic warring factions. The consequences of the 1848 revolution caused harvest failures and inflation, and the town population diminished by a large emigration. In the early 1900s, a connection to the railroad network brought more people and industries to Vaihingen. In 1938 Vaihingen became a regional centre. There was the Vaihingen an der Enz concentration camp during World War II.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,770
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,491
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,126
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,090
• Zoropsid spider

  Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) · Arachnida
  3,527
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,513
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,445
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,925

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 4.1 — 2021-06-26
  2 km SE of Hœrdt, France
• M 3.6 — 2014-05-17
  2 km ESE of Pfungstadt, 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