# Wimsheim

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{{Short description|German municipality}}
{{Infobox German place
|type = Gemeinde
|image_photo = Wimsheim - panoramio.jpg
|image_caption = Wimsheim
|image_coa = Wappen Wimsheim.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|48|51|9|N|8|49|37|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Wimsheim im Enzkreis.svg
|state = Baden-Württemberg
|region = Karlsruhe
|district = Enzkreis
|elevation = 415
|area = 8.06
|postal_code = 71299
|area_code = 07044
|licence = PF
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 2 36 067
|website ={{URL|http://www.wimsheim.de/}}
}}

'''Wimsheim''' ({{IPA|de|ˈvɪmshaɪm}}) is a municipality in the [Enz district](/source/Enz_(district)) of [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg), [Germany](/source/Germany).

==History==
Wimsheim became a possession of [Maulbronn Monastery](/source/Maulbronn_Monastery) in 1232. When the monastery was annexed by the [Duchy of Württemberg](/source/Duchy_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg), Wimsheim naturally became a possession of the Duke of Württemberg. The town continued to be governed from [Maulbronn](/source/Maulbronn) via an administrative district, made {{ill|Oberamt Maulbronn|de|lt=an Oberamt}} on 18 March 1806, until the district's dissolution on 1 October 1938. As part of that reorganization, Wimsheim was assigned to {{ill|Landkreis Leonberg|de}}. On 1 January 1973, this district too was dissolved by the {{ill|1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform|de|Kreisreform Baden-Württemberg 1973}}, and Wimsheim was again reassigned, this time to the newly created [Enz district](/source/Enzkreis).<ref name=LEO-BW>{{cite web|title=Wimsheim|url=https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/7117/Wimsheim|website=[LEO-BW](/source/LEO-BW)|publisher=[Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg)|language=de|accessdate=27 June 2020}}</ref>

In 1941, {{convert|16|ha|sp=us}} of land along [Bundesautobahn 5](/source/Bundesautobahn_5) was made a protected landscape.<ref name=LEO-BW/>

==Geography==
The municipality (''[Gemeinde](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany)'') of Wimsheim covers {{convert|8.06|km2|sp=us}} of the [Enz district](/source/Enzkreis) of [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg), a [state](/source/States_of_Germany) of the [Federal Republic of Germany](/source/Federal_Republic_of_Germany). Wimsheim is located in the metropolitan areas of [Pforzheim](/source/Pforzheim) and [Karlsruhe](/source/Karlsruhe) and on the edge of the [Black Forest](/source/Black_Forest), the {{ill|Neckar basin|de|Neckarbecken}}, and the [Heckengäu](/source/Heckeng%C3%A4u). The geology of the municipal area is made up of two distinct regions. The west is described by the Heckengäu's wooded and [karstified](/source/karstified) [muschelkalk](/source/muschelkalk) hills, while the east is made up by Black Forest [buntsandstein](/source/buntsandstein). Elevation above sea level in the municipality ranges from a low of {{convert|380|m|sp=us}} [Normalnull](/source/Normalnull) (NN) on the Grenzbach to a high of {{convert|296|m|sp=us}} NN in the Brenntenhau.<ref name=LEO-BW/>

==Coat of arms==
Wimsheim's [coat of arms](/source/coat_of_arms) shows a [golden](/source/Or_(heraldry)) [trammel hook](/source/trammel_hook) above a [six-pointed star](/source/six-pointed_star) upon a [field](/source/Field_(heraldry)) of [blue](/source/Azure_(heraldry)). The oldest coat of arms associated with Wimsheim comes from the 19th century and was used by the office of its sheriff. The [tincture](/source/Tincture_(heraldry)) was decided around 1947.<ref name=LEO-BW/>

==Citations==
{{Reflist}}

{{Cities and towns in Enz (district)}}
{{Authority control}}

Category:Enzkreis

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