Waibstadt

Waibstadt
Waibstadt
Town
	Waibstadt at sunset
	Coat of arms
	Location of Waibstadt within Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district
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	Coordinates: 49°17′51″N 08°55′12″E / 49.29750°N 8.92000°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Subdivisions	3: Waibstadt (Main Town), Daisbach, Bernau
Government
• Mayor (2017–25)	Joachim Locher
Area
• Total	25.57 km2 (9.87 sq mi)
Elevation	172 m (564 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	5,728
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	74915
Dialling codes	07263
Vehicle registration	HD
Website	www.waibstadt.de

Waibstadt (pronounced [ˈvaɪpʃtat] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

It belongs to the municipal administration union "Waibstadt", which consists of Epfenbach, Helmstadt-Bargen, Neckarbischofsheim, Neidenstein, Reichartshausen and Waibstadt itself. Furthermore, it is part of the touristic region Brunnenregion.

Geography

Waibstadt is located in the valley of the Schwarzbach in the northern Kraichgau, about 25 km southeast of Heidelberg and about 6 km north of Sinsheim.

The town is surrounded in the northwest by Neidenstein, in the north by Epfenbach, in the northeast by Helmstadt-Bargen, in the east by Neckarbischofsheim, in the south by Sinsheim and in the west by Zuzenhausen and Eschelbronn.

Besides the main town Waibstadt, the two villages Daisbach and Bernau are part of Waibstadt.

The first documented mentioning date at 795 AD, but there are indications, that at the same place there was a Roman settlement.

^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 14 September 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.