Backnang
Sign in to saveBacknang (; ) is a town in Germany in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, roughly northeast of Stuttgart. Its population has increased greatly over the past century, from 7,650 in 1900 to 37,957 in 2022.
Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_photo
- Backnang-Marktstrasse.jpg
- German place.image_coa
- Wappen Backnang.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Backnang im Rems-Murr-Kreis.png
- German place.state
- Baden-Württemberg
- German place.region
- Stuttgart
- German place.district
- Rems-Murr-Kreis
- German place.elevation
- 271
- German place.area
- 39.38
- German place.postal_code
- 71501–71522
- German place.area_code
- 07191
- German place.licence
- WN, BK
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 08 1 19 008
- German place.divisions
- Kernstadt und 5 Stadtteile
- German place.website
- www.backnang.de
- German place.mayor
- Maximilian Friedrich
- German place.leader_term
- 2021–29
- German place.Bürgermeistertitel
- Oberbürgermeister
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Backnang (; ) is a town in Germany in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, roughly northeast of Stuttgart. Its population has increased greatly over the past century, from 7,650 in 1900 to 37,957 in 2022.
Backnang was ceded to Württemberg by the Baden (Zähringer family) in 1325. Backnang has been known as Gerberstadt due to several tanneries and leather factories, and wool and cloth mills that dominated Backnang's industries. Today, all of these have vanished, and instead, telecommunication companies, such as Ericsson (formerly AEG, Telefunken, ANT Nachrichtentechnik, Bosch and Marconi) and Tesat-Spacecom, dominate the town's industries. The Stiftskirche, formerly the church of Backnang Abbey, dates back to the 12th century.