Kornwestheim

Kornwestheim is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about 10km north of Stuttgart, and 5km south of Ludwigsburg.HistoryBecoming a city from the mid-19th centuryThe shoemaker Jakob Sigle, opened here in 1885 his workshop and founded in 1891 together with the merchant Max Levi the shoe factory J. Sigle & Cie., later nationally known as Salamander AG. In 1898 followed the maschine factory Albert Stotz, and in 1939, the Kreidler company went into operation. With effect from April 1, 1931, Kornwestheim received its town charter. As part of the German re-armament, the Hindenburg and the Ludendorff barracks were built in 1934 and Kornwestheim became in 1935/36 garrison town. The Second World War claimed many victims. By Allied air raids 162 people were killed and 160 buildings were destroyed. At the front, 478 Kornwestheim soldiers died. On April 21, 1945, US-troops came into the town and took advantage of the existing barracks until 1993. Kornwestheim became on April 1, 1956 district town.MayorAt the head of the municipality Kornwestheim was a Schultheiß. Since 1930 he is called mayor and since 1956 Lord mayor. 1793-1814: Johann Georg Sigle 1815-1823: Jakob Friedrich Sigle 1823-1840: Jakob Friedrich Ergenzinger 1841-1855: Christoph Richt 1855-1877: Thomas Hofmann 1877-1887: Georg Mayer 1887-1892: Karl Sigle 1892-1902: Adolf Voelmle 1902-1930: Friedrich Siller 1930-1931: Theodor Steimle 1931-1933: Friedrich Siller, temporary administrator 1933-1945: Alfred Kercher, 1933 initially as temporary administrator 1945: Gotthilf Küntzle, 1945-1948: Friedrich Warthmann, 1945-1946 1948-1954: Nathanael Schulz 1954-1962: Alfred Kercher 1962-1982: Siegfried Pflugfeld 1982-1999: Ernst Fischer 1999-2007: Ulrich Rommelfanger Since 2007: Ursula Keck (re-elected on 21 June 2015, 54.44% of the vote)