Gerlingen

Gerlingen, originally a small parish village at the foot of the Schillerhöhe, is now a self-confident, modern town with over 19.000 inhabitants.

Gerlingen is a city of attractive contrasts: craftsman's town, location of well-known industries, attractive residential town on the outskirts of Stuttgart, local recreation area between forests, vineyards and orchards.

The infrastructure is well developed. Gerlingen has three lively town partnerships with Vesoul (France), Tata (Hungary) and Seaham (England) as well as the sponsorship of the Germans from Hungary.

Until 1942, Solitude Castle, which was once built by Duke Carl Eugen, was part of Gerlingen. Johann Caspar Schiller, the father of the well-known poet, looked after the gardens there and founded a modern fruit tree farm.

Infrastructure and facts

Transportation

Train station (long-distance transport) Stuttgart 15 km
Airports Stuttgart 30 km
Port Stuttgart 15 km

educational institutions

Local elementary school
Secondary school on site
Secondary school on site
Local high school

population

Total

employees

Total
Commercial property
Service Industry

Contact and contact person

Address

Gerlingen city administration
Rathausplatz 1
70839 Gerlingen

Phone 07156-205-0
Fax 07156-205-5000

Mail stadt@gerlingen.de
www.gerlingen.de

Contact mayor

Mr Dirk Oestringer
Telephone (0 71 56) 2 05-0
Email bm@gerlingen.de

Contact person for economic development agencies

Ms. Andrea Löhle
Telephone 07156 / 205 - 8020
Fax 07156 / 205 - 5000
Email a.loehle@gerlingen.de

Contact person for tourism promoters

Mr. Erich Gscheidle
Telephone 07156 / 205 - 247
Fax 07156 / 205 - 380
Email e.gscheidle@gerlingen.de