Weissach

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Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Weissach within Böblingen district

(2022–30) Jens Millow^[1]Area

• Total22.14 km² (8.55 sq mi)Elevation

375 m (1,230 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total7,639 • Density350/km² (890/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

71287

Dialling codes07044Vehicle registrationBBWebsitewww.weissach.de

Weissach is a municipality in the district of Böblingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

The Weissach axle is named after the town, where the research centre of Porsche is located. The Porsche 918 Spyder supercar was developed in Weissach; Porsche offered an optional US$84,000 "Weissach package" that featured reduced weight and improved aerodynamics.^[3]

Erich Hartmann (April 19, 1922, in Weissach – September 20, 1993, in Weil im Schönbuch) was a Luftwaffe pilot in World War 2. With 352 confirmed kills, he was the most successful fighter pilot in the history of air combat.

Mayors

1948–1972: Herrmann Kempf
1973–1997: Wolfgang Lucas
1997–2005: Roland Portmann
2005–2006: Reinhard Riesch
2006–2014: Ursula Kreutel
2014–2022: Daniel Töpfer
since 2022: Jens Millow

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahl Weissach 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
^ Udy, Jason (4 October 2013). "Build a $1,000,000 Porsche 918 Spyder in Official Configurator". Motortrend.com. Motor Trend. Retrieved 26 September 2017.