Waiblingen

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Waiblingen (German pronunciation: [ˈvaɪblɪŋən] ; Swabian: Woiblinge) is a city in southwestern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. It lies in the eastern part of the Stuttgart metropolitan region on the river Rems, and is the seat and largest city of the Rems-Murr district. As of 16 October 2026, Waiblingen had 57,186 inhabitants in its central town and five outlying districts. The settlement is of Alemannic origin and was a Carolingian royal estate, first documented in 885 during a stay by Emperor Charles the Fat. It later belonged to the Salian and then the Hohenstaufen dynasties; by tradition, the Hohenstaufen battle cry "Hie Waibling!" gave rise to the Italian term Ghibelline (Ghibellini), one of the two factions in the conflict between Guelphs and Ghibellines that divided medieval Europe. From the 13th century Waiblingen grew into a town under the Counts of Württemberg, to whose territory it would belong for the following centuries. It was almost entirely destroyed by imperial...

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