Backnang Abbey

Backnang (German pronunciation: [ˈbaknaŋ] ; Swabian: Bagene) is a town in Germany in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, roughly 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Stuttgart. Its population has increased greatly over the past century, from 7,650 in 1900 to 35,761 in 2005. 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. Backnang hosts the annual Strassenfest during the last weekend in June. It has been founded as a street festival where local sports and cultural clubs offered drinks and foods. The traditional opening of the Strassenfest is marked with cannon shots from the city tower at 6 pm on Friday and ends with the Zapfenstreich on the following Monday at 11 pm. The Strassenfest typically attracts more than 100,000 spectators.

Weißach is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It passes through Weissach im Tal and flows into the Murr near Backnang.

Klöpferbach is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It passes through Aspach and flows into the Murr near Backnang.

Aspach is a community in the Rems-Murr-Kreis in Germany, near Backnang. Aspach is made up of four, formerly independent villages: Großaspach, Kleinaspach, Allmersbach and Rietenau. In 1972, the four villages joined forces under the name Aspach. The villages were founded between 950BC and 1150BC. Rietenau is home to natural springs and used to be a popular Spa until early 1900. Water from Rietenau is still bottled today. The main village, Großaspach, is the birthplace of Hans Werner Aufrecht, co-founder of AMG Engine Production and Development, more commonly known as AMG, as well as the meaning of the "G" in the name. It is commonly mistaken for being the company's first location, but no AMG office, factory, or research facility has ever been located there - except for the garage, where Aufrecht and Melcher (the M in AMG) started out tuning cars and engines.

Oppenweiler is a town in the Rems-Murr district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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. 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).

Wüstenbach is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It flows into the Murr near Burgstetten.

WIRmachenDRUCK Arena is a football stadium in Aspach, Germany. The stadium was opened in August 2011, and has a capacity of 10,000, with 6,500 seats all covered with roofs. The stadium was built using funds from twelve investors, including singer Andrea Berg. It is the home stadium of SG Sonnenhof Großaspach. It can be used also for music concerts, able to support 15,000 capacity. The record attendance for a football match was broken in a Regionalliga promotion playoff match, against VfL Wolfsburg II on 28 May 2014, with 5,798 spectators.

Tierbach is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Murr in Oppenweiler.

Allmersbach im Tal is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It belongs to the Stuttgart Region (middle Neckar Region until 1992) and to the boundary area of the Stuttgart Metropolitan Region.