Location:

On the outskirts of Stuttgart, bordering on Bad Cannstatt, is Fellbach, the "Gateway" to the Rems Valley at the foot of the Kappelberg surrounded by the Neckar and the Rems on the Wuerttemberg wine street and the Rems Valley route which also is rich in wine.
Characteristic is the mixture of historic and modern buildings, agricultural tradition as well as industrial output, pleasant tranquility and contemporary openness.

Local authority districts: Fellbach Schmiden Oeffingen

Geographic position: 48°49' North 9°16' East Altitude above sea level: 280m Area: 2.770ha

History:

Fellbach lies in a landscape which is full of history. Sensational findings from the time of the Celts ("forged deer"), the Romans ("Mithra's Sanctuary") and the Alemanni (graves) prove the culture historical wealth of the area. First mentioned in documents in the year 1121, Fellbach is also an original cell of the Swabian pietism. During the 19th and 20th century, the Wengerterdorf (wine gardening village) at the foot of the Kappelberg (market town since 1811) developed with progressive success to a community of its own and self-conscious coinage. Adopted as a city in 1933 and a district city in 1956, in the years 1973/74 Fellbach combined with the neighboring communities of Schmiden and Oeffingen to become the second largest city in the Rems-Murr District which can assert itself as a community political, economic and cultural city in the direct vicinity of the state capital Stuttgart.

Economy:

Fellbach is an attractive economic location in the Rems-Murr District. Viniculture and agriculture have marked the image of the city but more than one hundred years ago the first industrial companies were founded below the Kappelberg and a healthy mixture of fields has developed from this. For example Fellbach has become a center for furniture trade and a location with numerous publishing companies. The Kappelberg city has the most positive number of commuters in the entire district with a clear surplus of people commuting to the city. Through the location in the middle of the Stuttgart region, Fellbach has good traffic connections and can be reached easily both from the state capital as well as the relaxing landscape of the Rems Valley. This location advantage is especially important for the service sector. Companies in the insurance, advertising and graphic branches have increasingly settled in Fellbach in the past years as well as high tech companies. Fellbach is the location of Europe's first prefabricated house and swimming pool exhibition which is visited by many thousand people wanting to build a home each year. In the summer of 2003, the competence and innovation center "Virtual Dimension Center" (VDC) began operating in Fellbach. Fellbach is thus nation wide a precursor for the economic use of virtual reality.

Sights:

Old Fellbach
Attractive city center with interesting architecture (city hall with Glockenspiel made of Meissner porcelain, city library, music school).
Luther Church
Built in 1518 with a late Gothic western tower, crucifixion group from the Thirty Years' War, seven masterpieces "Stations of the Cross of Jesus" (made between 1730 and 1740 in Augsburg), organ prospect from the 18th century with Rococo preliminary work, medieval vestry vaults. Originally, in the 13th century, a church dedicated to St.
Gallus, then fortress church and refuge.
Old cemetery
It was established in 1518. Here you can see the historical graves and the former bell tower (1605).
Old City Hall
Beautiful building with art nouveau elements
Konstanzer Administration Building (1588)

Timber frame and gable houses  
City district Schmiden: Parish church St. Dionysius
From the 15th century, with an art historically valuable nave and choir with wall paintings. Large house
Farmhouse from the year 1577
City district Oeffingen: Catholic parish church
Christ the King with choir tower St. Nabor 1457 Holy Cross Chapel
With ceiling paintings

Museums & Galleries:

City Museum Fellbach
Hintere Straße 26
Tel.: +49 (711) 58 51 - 391
If you want to know more about the local history of Fellbach, we recommend visiting the city museum. The timber frame house in the Fellbach city center is home of archeological findings and numerous folklore exhibits from all centuries.
Opening hours:
Sat., Sun. 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., tours after registering on the telephone.
Free admission
Old press
Untertürkheimer Straße 35
Tel.: +49 (172) 7 33 38 18
Fax +49 (71 51) 6 11 31
The history of viniculture and the cooper trade in Fellbach is documented in the Alte Kelter (old press). The historical permanent exhibitions in Germany's largest community press invite you to take an interesting tour. Fellbach's Old Press is however not only a viniculture museum, but also a place for contemporary art and culture with a diverse event program. As the "House of Wines", the Old Press in addition provides the Rems Valley route an ideal platform for self-projection as well as for the presentation and tasting of good wines which the Wengerter (wine gardeners) of the Rems Valley have to offer year after year.
Opening hours of the wine bar in the Old Press:
Wed. to Sat. as of 5:00 p.m., Sun. as of 4:00 p.m. as well as upon arrangement.

The Schwabenlandhalle:

It is the congress and culture center of the city and thus a visible expression for the attractiveness of Fellbach with excellent technical equipment, impressive architecture and a top notch gastronomy which fulfills all wishes. It is the location of important congresses and the fine arts (opera, operetta, song, music, theater, exhibits). By September 2006 in an extension there will be a further 1000 m² of modern, multi-functional event rooms. The "new" Schwabenlandhalle with the Schwabenlandhalle, Old Press, music school, the large room of the Fellbach City Hall and the Classic Congress Hotel will then form the event and congress center Fellbach with an offering of various event locations in the direct vicinity.