Wolfgang Ernst
Who was the chair of Leimen (Baden) between Jan 2011 and Apr 2014?
Leimen ( Baden ) Leimen is a town in north-west Baden-Württemberg , Germany . It is about south of Heidelberg and the third largest town of the Rhein-Neckar district after Weinheim and Sinsheim . It is also the areas industrial centre . Leimen is located on the Bergstraße ( Mountain Road ) and on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route . In the context of a communal reform in the 1970s , Leimen was newly created from the villages Leimen , Gauangelloch and Sankt Ilgen . In 1981 , the state government of Baden-Württemberg granted Leimen the privilege to be called town . When Leimens population exceeded 20,000 in 1990 , the city council applied for elevation to a Große Kreisstadt which was granted by the state government on April 1 , 1992 . History . The first documentary record of Leimen is from 791 , when both the Lorsch Abbey and the Diocese of Worms owned land there . First records of the districts are from 1270 for Gauangelloch ( a document supposedly from 1016 was found out to be a fake ) , 1312 for Lingental , around 1300 for Ochsenbach and 1100 for Sankt Ilgen , then called bruch , an Old High German word for bog . In 1262 , the lords of Bruchsal gave Leimen to the Electorate of the Palatinate as a fiefdom and from 1464 on Leimen was part of the Palatinate . In 1579 , Leimen was granted the right to celebrate an annual fair and became a marketplace in 1595 . In 1674 , Leimen was partially destroyed . Mayors . - Johann Ludwig Waldbauer 1838–1844 - Heinrich Seitz 1845–1876 - Jakob Rehm III . 1876–1882 - Leonhard Schneider 1882–1883 - Ludwig Endlich 1883–1896 - Christoph Lingg 1883–1923 - Jakob Weidemaier 1923–1933 - Fritz Wisswesser 1933–1945 - Jakob Weidemaier 1945 - Georg Appel 1946–1948 - Otto Hoog 1948–1976 - Herbert Ehrbar 1976–2000 ( from 1992 Lord Mayor ) Lord Mayor . - Wolfgang Ernst 2000–2016 - since 2016 : Hans D . Reinwald People , culture and architecture . Leimen consists of the Leimen ( proper ) , nowadays called Leimen ( Mitte ) , and the four boroughs Gauangelloch , Lingental , Ochsenbach and Sankt Ilgen . Despite its industrial roots , Leimens downtown has maintained a certain quaintness . It is an active town , with a regular cycle of festivals and activities . At Ochsenbach , there is the NDB NKR . Notable people . - Joseph von Henikstein ( 1768–1838 ) , businessman and financier , art patron and friend of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Bert Hellinger ( 1925–2019 ) , psychotherapist and author - Michael Peter ( 1949–1997 ) , field hockey player , Olympic winner - Rainer Zietsch ( born 1964 ) , football player and coach - Ralph Götz ( born 1967 ) , rugby player and administrator - Boris Becker ( born 1967 ) , tennis player - Clemens von Grumbkow ( born 1983 ) , rugby union player - Akeem Vargas ( born 1990 ) , basketball player , grew up in Leimen Twin towns – sister cities . Leimen is twinned with : - Castanheira de Pera , Portugal - Cernay-lès-Reims , France - Kunín , Czech Republic - Mafra , Portugal - Tigy , France - Tinqueux , France