Kornwestheim

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Kornwestheim
Wappen = Wappen Kornwestheim.pnglat_deg = 48.8598 |lat_min = 0 |lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 9.1852 |lon_min = 0 |lon_sec = 0
Lageplan = KornwestheimLandkarte.pngLageplanbeschreibung = Karte des Stadtgebiets
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Stuttgart
Landkreis = Ludwigsburg
Höhe = 297
Fläche = 14.64
Einwohner = 30789
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 70797–70806
PLZ-alt = 7014
Vorwahl = 07154
Kfz = LB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 1 18 046
Adresse = Jakob-Sigle-Platz 1
70806 Kornwestheim
Website = [http://www.kornwestheim.de/ www.kornwestheim.de]
Bürgermeister = Ursula Keck

Kornwestheim is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about 10 km north of Stuttgart, and 5 km south of Ludwigsburg.

Entertainment

The Kornwestheim Drive-In Cinema is the only drive-in cinema in Baden-Wuerttemberg, lies in the city of the same name of the district Ludwigsburg and is supraregional well-known. It has two projection walls, which are 15 meters highly and 36 meters wide, respectively 10 meters highly and are 24 meters wide. For sound transmission Kornwestheim Drive-In Cinema has two FM-transmitters, which work on 89 MHz for the sound of the film shown on the big and on 91.3 MHz for the sound of the film shown on the small projection wall. The light power of the used projectors is 6 Kilowatts.

Kreidler Werke GmbH

The well known small motorcycle and moped manufacturer Kreidler was situated here. It was founded in 1903 by Anton Kreidler and was first a metal factory. Later in the 1950s they started producing small motorcycles with an engine capacity of 50 cc. In the later 1970s they became successful in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Riders such as Jan de Vries and Henk van Kessel won world championships and set speed records with these machines.

Twin Towns

Kornwestheim is twinned with
* Eastleigh in England
* Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France