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Waibstadt
Baden-Württembergtown
Waibstadt
Total population
5,700
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Waibstadt is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
The first documented mentioning date at 795 AD, but there are indications, that at the same place there was a Roman settlement. Bild:Waibst-evkapelle-web.jpg|Ev.Kirche Bild:Waibstadt-kathkirche-web.jpg|Innenansicht der kath. Pfarrkirche Bild:Waibstadt-kathkirchekanzelw.jpg|Kanzel der kath. Pfarrkirche Bild:Waibst-marienaltar-web.jpg|Marienaltar Bild:Waibst-schloss-web.jpg|Altes Herrenhaus Bild:Waibstadt-bahnhof-web.jpg|Bahnhof Bild:Waibstadt-adler-web.jpg|Gasthaus Adler Bild:Waibstadt-conditorei-web.jpg|Conditorei Waibstadt liegt direkt an der Bundesstraße 292. Über diese erreicht man in 7 km Entfernung die Bundesautobahn 6, Anschlussstelle Sinsheim. Waibstadt liegt an der Schwarzbachtalbahn (Meckesheim – Aglasterhausen), die gemeinsam mit der Elsenztalbahn bis 2009 elektrifiziert und in das Netz der S-Bahn RheinNeckar aufgenommen wird. Dadurch entstehen umsteigefreie Verbindungen nach Heidelberg und Mannheim. Außerdem ist die Stadt durch Buslinien mit Sinsheim verbunden. Waibstadt ist Sitz des Dekanats Kraichgau des Erzbistums Freiburg. -->
Geography
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. 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. Besides the main town Waibstadt, the two villages Daisbach and Bernau are part of Waibstadt.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves3,225
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves2,752
- Zoropsid spiderZoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) · Arachnida2,729
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves2,660
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves2,503
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves2,273
- European RobinErithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,983
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,962
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.6 — 2014-05-172 km ESE of Pfungstadt, Germany
- M 3.4 — 2010-12-234 km WNW of Mainz, Germany
- M 3.4 — 2010-06-293 km NW of Hochheim am Main, Germany
- M 2.5 — 2008-12-122 km ESE of Nehren, Germany
- M 2.8 — 2008-11-251 km S of Steinmauern, Germany
- M 2.7 — 2008-07-091 km WSW of Dußlingen, Germany
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Baden-Württemberg
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Waibstadt, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Official Identifiers
Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office
- AGS
- 08226091
- Population (Wikidata)
- 5,708
- Wikidata
- Q82141
Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office — Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439