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Weil der Stadt is a small town with approximately 19,200 inhabitants, located in the Stuttgart Region of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is about 30 km west of the Stuttgart city center, and is often called "Gate to the Black Forest". Stuttgart Region (Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany) consists of the city of Stuttgart and the surrounding counties of Ludwigsburg, Esslingen, BÃ¶blingen, Waiblingen and GÃ¶ppingen (each 10 - 20 km from Stuttgart city center). ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as LÃ¤nder (transliterated as Laender in English, singular Land). ... Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... A map of Germany, showing the Black Forest in red. ...

Weil der Stadt became an Imperial Free City in the 13th century, but had existed for centuries before as an important trading place. In the Holy Roman Empire, an imperial free city (in German: freie Reichsstadt) was a city formally responsible to the emperor only â€” as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which belonged to a territory and were thus governed by one of the many princes (FÃ¼rsten) of... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

It was completely destroyed during the 30-years' War but was subsequently rebuilt, and the centre is still dominated by buildings from this period. The city fortifications are still nearly intact. The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of todays Germany, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ...

Weil der Stadt is best known for being the birth place of both the astronomer Johannes Kepler and the protestant reformer Johannes Brenz of Württemberg. The association with Kepler is the reason for the town's unofficial tile ('The Kepler Town Weil der Stadt'). Due to its surroundings and attractive cityscape, Weil der Stadt is a popular destination for excursions in the Stuttgart region. Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 â€“ November 15, 1630), a key figure in the scientific revolution, was a Lutheran mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. ... Johann Brenz (1499-1570) was a German church reformer. ... WÃ¼rttemberg (often spelled Wurttemberg in English) refers to an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in south-western Germany. ...

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The original settlement was named Vila, from the Latin vil, or town. This evolved into Weil. Later the suffix "die Stadt" (the town) was added to distinguish the town from other villages of the same name. The unusual grammar in the current form of the name derives from the German dative case, as in "Ich gehe zu Weil der Stadt" -- I am going to Weil der Stadt.

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Weil der Stadt is a stronghold of traditional carnival. In contrast to the carnival in Cologne, the carnival in Weil der Stadt is more subdued due to the authorities in the Stuttgart area restricting excessive public festivals, The Carnival Season is a holiday period during the two weeks before the traditional Christian fasting of Lent. ... Cologne Cathedral with Hohenzollern Bridge Cologne (German: (helpÂ· info) [kÅ“ln]; KÃ¶lsch: KÃ¶lle) is Germanys fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of...

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