Gerlingen

Gerlingen is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 9 km west of Stuttgart, and 15 km southwest of Ludwigsburg. Gerlingen is home to Bosch, a major engineering and electronics company.Twin towns Vesoul, France, (1964) Tata, Hungary, (1987) Seaham, United Kingdom, (1988)Sons and daughters of the city Johannes Rebmann (1820-1876), missionary, linguist and geographer, 1848 "Discoverer" of Kilimanjaro Rainer Wieland (born 1957), lawyer and politician (CDU), Vice-President of the European Parliament Smudo (born 1968), birth name Michael Schmidt, singer of the band Die Fantastischen Vier