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SinsheimSinsheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the state Baden-Wrttemberg in the district Rhein-Neckar between Heidelberg and Heilbronn. It consists of a core town and 11 villages; as of 2003 its population is 335,092. Its area is 127 km². Tourist attractions Sinsheim's main tourist attraction is the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, a large technology museum with over 1 million visitors per year. Additionally, Sinsheim has a beautiful historic city core; the Altes Rathaus (old city council) is a museum for the town and its role in the 1848 revolution. History The region around Sinsheim has been settled since 700.000 BC, as shown by the finding of the Homo Heidelbergensis near Sinsheim. The Romans have ruled the area from 90 AD to 260 AD. The city was probably founded in about 550 AD by the frankish nobleman Sunno. It was first historically mentioned in 770 AD in the Codex of the cloister Lorsch. Since 1192, the town had "city rights" (special privileges), first granted by Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Sinsheim has been a rather poor town throughout the ages, and has been affected heavily by wars from the 16th to the 18th century. Sinsheim-born revolutionary Franz Sigel became a famous general in the US civil war. The first railroad in Sinsheim was built in 1900; Electricity and public water pipes have been introduced into the city from 1910 on. The World Wars and the Great Depression kept Sinsheim from growing, until in 1968 the highway A6 was built. It connencted Sinsheim to national and international traffic ways, with Mannheim, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Heilbronn, Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen within 1 hour of driving. Population Historic population The numbers are estimates, census results() or official data of the statistical offices (only primary residences). | style="background:#efefef;" | Year | style="background:#efefef;" | Population | 14th century | align="right" | ca. 1,200 | 1705 | align="right" | 823 | 1798 | align="right" | 1,705 | 1852 | align="right" | 2,854 | 1 December 1871 | align="right" | 2,716 | 1 December 1880 | align="right" | 2,990 | 1 December 1890 | align="right" | 2,952 | 1 December 1900 | align="right" | 3,011 | 1 December 1910 | align="right" | 3,327 | 8 October 1919 | align="right" | 3,184 | 16 June 1925 | align="right" | 3,497 | 16 June 1933 | align="right" | 3,767 | } | valign="top" | {| | style="background:#efefef;" | Year | style="background:#efefef;" | Population | 17 May 1939 | align="right" | 3,900 | December 1945 | align="right" | 4,101 | 13 September 1950 | align="right" | 5,860 | 6 June 1961 | align="right" | 6,532 | 27 May 1970 | align="right" | 8,056 | 31 December 1975 | align="right" | 25,373 | 31 December 1980 | align="right" | 26,658 | 27 May 1987 | align="right" | 27,454 | 31 December 1990 | align="right" | 29,307 | 31 December 1995 | align="right" | 32,828 | 31 December 2000 | align="right" | 34,171 | 31 December 2004 | align="right" | 35,092 | } | census results Population of the suburbs as of 31 December 2004 | style="background:#efefef;" | City part | style="background:#efefef;" | Population | Sinsheim (city) | align="right" | 12,229 | Adersbach | align="right" | 565 | Dhren | align="right" | 2,374 | Ehrstdt | align="right" | 638 | Eschelbach | align="right" | 2,353 | Hasselbach | align="right" | 299 | Hilsbach | align="right" | 2,199 | Hoffenheim | align="right" | 3,286 | Reihen | align="right" | 2,086 | Rohrbach | align="right" | 2,020 | Steinsfurt | align="right" | 3,295 | Waldangelloch | align="right" | 1,740 | Weiler | align="right" | 2,008 |
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