Steinsfurt

Infobox German Location
name=Steinsfurt
type = Village |Town=Sinsheim
name_local=
image_coa = Wappen Steinsfurt.png
state = Baden-Württemberg
regbzk = Karlsruhe
district = Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
population = 3334
population_as_of = 2008-02-26
population_ref =
area = 127.01
elevation = 154
lat_deg=49 | lat_min=15 | lat_hem=N
lon_deg=08 | lon_min=53 | lon_hem=E
postal_code = 74889
area_code = 07260, 07261
licence = HD, formerly SNH
mayor = Rolf Geinert |party=CDU
website = [http://www.steinsfurt.de www.steinsfurt.de]

Steinsfurt is a town in southwestern Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg between Heidelberg and Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar. It is one of the 11 suburbs of Sinsheim with whom it shares a Mayor. It has a total population is 3,334 (as of February 2008). As of 2006 Steinsfurt is the most populous suburb of Steinsfurt.

Tourist attractions

Steinsfurts's main tourist attraction is the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, featuring many of historic vehicles it attracts over 1 million visitors per year. In 1989, a trade fair area was established that features all kinds of industrial and popular events.

Steinsfurt has restored its charming nineteenth-century synagogue. [http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/steinsfurt_synagoge.htm]

Stadium

On September 19, 2006 the mayor of Sinsheim announced a the Rhein-Neckar-Arena would be built in the suburb of Steinsfurt, not far from the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, for the town's football club 1899 Hoffenheim. The €40 million stadium, which will seat 30,000, is being built by Dietmar Hopp, a cofounder and major share holder of software giant SAP and chief investor in 1899 Hoffenheim.

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