The best running trails around Weinstadt

The cycle path between Vogelmühle (Waiblingen) and Remseck has reopened after 1.5 years.

Beautiful benches, seating areas, and panoramic loungers are scattered along the Rems River 🌊 - Waiblingen - Rems-Murr district

Beautiful view of the Rems river 🌊 - Talauepark - Waiblingen - Rems-Murr district

The core of the castle dates back to the Württemberg chancellor Martin Aichmann, who acquired the land in 1592 and began construction no later than the following year (the date is inscribed on the gatehouse facing the street). However, Aichmann fell out with Duke Frederick and in 1601 became a privy councillor in Saxony, where he introduced terraced viticulture based on the Württemberg model. Aichmann, a native of Schorndorf and a trained lawyer and theologian, was a typical representative of the so-called "Ehrbarkeit," the bourgeois ruling class in Württemberg, which frequently rose to the nobility. The castle subsequently remained mostly in the hands of various families within this ruling class, including the Stockmayer family, who played a dominant role in the Landtag (state parliament) in the 18th century, and the von Abel family, who also produced a leading figure in the Landtag, Christoph Konradin (d. 1823). His daughter, Therese von Abel (1771-1866), was the mistress of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Württemberg (later King Wilhelm I) for several years, with whom she even had two children (both of whom died young). A marriage against the wishes of Wilhelm's father, King Frederick I, was even considered, but the relationship ultimately ended. Therese's brother, Ludwig Friedrich, inherited the castle. He married his niece, Theresia (d. 1903), who was almost forty years his junior and distinguished herself as a great benefactor of the town, notably through the Theresienheim, named after her, for the sisters of Großheppach, and the construction of the water supply system. Since 1918, the castle has belonged to members of the von Gaisberg family, who transferred ownership to the charitable Charlotte von Gaisberg Foundation.

One of the most traditional inns in the Remstal valley, largely renovated inside. The famous war council of generals Prince Eugene of Savoy, Duke of Marlborough, and Margrave Ludwig of Baden met here in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession.

Pedestrian bridge over the Rems river with a beautiful view of the Rems riverbank park.

The idea for a green center in Weinstadt has existed for several decades – and in 2017, it was finally realized with financial support from the federal government through two funding programs (National Urban Development Projects and Experimental Housing and Urban Development). This is a very special distinction. The federal program "National Urban Development Projects" specifically supports innovative projects with significant benefits for the respective community. In Weinstadt, the goal is the creation of a permanent public park, designed and maintained through broad community involvement.

Beutelsbach's Old Town Hall was built in 1534 over what was likely an older vaulted cellar. The building originally probably had an open ground-floor hall. Around 1577, structural alterations took place, during which the ground-floor exterior walls were likely constructed. Large sections of the primary structure, as well as the entire roof framework, have been preserved from the 16th century. According to inscriptions, further construction work was carried out in the 17th century. The roof turret was added in 1691. Further structural changes in the 19th and 20th centuries mostly involved minor alterations. The last major project was the conversion of the first attic level in the 1980s.