Image Coa: | Wappen Weissach im Tal.svg |
Coordinates: | 48.9294°N 9.4786°W |
Image Plan: | Weissach im Tal im Rems-Murr-Kreis.png |
State: | Baden-Württemberg |
Region: | Stuttgart |
District: | Rems-Murr-Kreis |
Elevation: | 265 |
Area: | 14.14 |
Postal Code: | 71550–71554 |
Area Code: | 07191 |
Licence: | WN |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 08 1 19 083 |
Website: | www.weissach-im-tal.de |
Mayor: | Daniel Bogner[1] |
Leader Term: | 2022 - 30 |
Weissach im Tal is a municipality (Gemeinde) in the Rems-Murr-Kreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It belongs to the metropolitan region of Stuttgart . On 31 December 2005 it had a population of 7,205. Weissach im Tal is twinned with Marly in France and Lommatzsch in Saxony. Its mayor is Daniel Bogner.[1] In Aichholzhof is the biggest school complex, called "Bildungszentrum Weissach im Tal, with all three types of schools after the elementary school (Hauptschule, Realschule and Gymnasium) around a radius of about 30 km (~16,6 nm).
Weissach im Tal lies 7 km south-east of Backnang and 30 km north-east of Stuttgart, at the feet of the Swabian Forest. It is located in the "Backnanger Bucht" (engl. Bay of Backnang). The Backnanger Bucht is the area from the Weissacher Tal (ger. Weissach Valley) to Backnang, which is surrounded like a sickle by foothills of the Swabian Forrest.
Weissach im Tal received a prize for the most sustainable municipality in Germany in 2003 and in 2004.