Metzingen

Metzingen is a city in the state (Land) German of Bade-Wurtemberg, the city counts approximately 21.983 inhabitants. It is located approximately at 30 km of Stuttgart and 160 km of Strasbourg France.

Demography

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Successive mayors

1804 - 1822: Christian Friedrich Kuhorst
1822 - 1837: Georg Friedrich Gußmann
1837 - 1864: Jakob Michael Beck
1864 - 1878: Christian Hess
1878 - 1910: Friedrich Caspar
1910 - 1934: Wilhelm Carl
1934 - 1937: Ernst Neuhaus
1938 - 1946: Otto Dipper
1946 - 1949: Gottlob Prechtl
1949 - 1955: Willi Schmid
1955 - 1961: Otto Dipper
1961 - 1983: Eduard Kahl
1983 - 1999: Gotthard Herzig
1999 - {{CURRENTYEAR}}: Dieter Hauswirth

Twinnings

- the Rock-Guyon, France in 1979
- Boundary-line, France
- Hexham in England in 1989
- Nagykálló in Hungary in 1992

Personalities

Hans Speidel general German born the October 28th 1897 in Metzingen was hostile with the totalitarian system Nazi in 1944 and one of the conspirators of state against Hitler.

External bonds

Official site of the city

Economy

The city is the seat of a factory Hugo Boss, near which came to be grafted a store of factory of the mark, then other stores many other marks.

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