Host Nation Update, June 24, 2025
Panzerstraße will be fully closed this weekend for final construction of cycle bridge
The construction work on the bridge for the cycle patch between Böblingen and Stuttgart will finally be completed at the end of June. However, the Böblingen district administration office reports that Panzerstraße will have to be closed again.
A final closure between Waldburgstraße and Bunsenstraße is required to dismantle the supporting scaffolding that was necessary to build the bridge and to remove the lane narrowing, according to a press release.
The closure will begin on Friday, June 27, at 8 p.m. and end on Monday, June 30, at 5 a.m. Access to the city’s gardening center’s entrance will remain open.
Coming from the Mineraltherme Böblingen going towards Schoenaich, traffic will be re-routed via Böblingen. Coming from Schönaich, traffic will be routed from the traffic circle in the town center via Rauhen Kapf to Böblingen. The detours will be signposted. (*follow the U = Umleitung = Detour) (BB Zeitung, June 23)
The local Lions’ Club Böblingen District offers free entrance at their “charity swim event” at Boeblingen Freibad (Outdoor Swimming Pool) from June 23 to 28
If you would like to take part in the “Charity swim event”, simply tell the ticket office at the entrance at the BB outdoor swimming pool located at Silberweg 14, 71032 BB
and you get free entrance from June 23 to 28. Their opening hours are Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. You don’t have to register. There will be a representative from Lions club at their booth right next to the entrance. Here you can pick up a card and then enter the number of lanes you have swum and hand it back to them after swimming.
You can also simply enter your first name or first and last name. Your address is not necessary. The swimming card is valid for the entire week during the charity swim from June 23 to 28. At the end of the event, they will count how many lanes were swum, then their sponsors will donate 10 euro cents per lane for a charity fundraiser.
There will also be a cake sale starting at noon on Saturday, June 28. (Info provided by Ms. Ulrike Rödl, Chairperson, Lions Club BB-Schoenbuch, June 10, 2025)
Böblingen district city cycling starts in a few days
All 26 municipalities in the Böblingen district are taking part in a city cycling event beginning in a few days. The event is becoming more and more popular every year. Some of the distances covered are impressive.
In just a few days, it’s time to pedal hard again. On Sunday, June 29, the city cycling event begins in the Böblingen district. For three weeks, citizens are called upon to collect as many bike kilometers as possible.
This is the ninth time that municipalities from the Böblingen district have taken part in the city cycling competition. This is a nationwide campaign initiated by the Climate Alliance association and sponsored by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport. The idea is to encourage as many people as possible to switch from car to bike – for climate protection and for their own health.
Cycle along: Anyone can take part; all kilometers cycled are counted, whether with or without an electric bike. To take part, team members must live, work, be active in a club or attend a university or school in one of the municipalities taking part in the city cycling event. Registration takes place via the homepage www.stadtradeln.de/landkreis-boeblingen.
Kick-off and tours: On June 29, an action day with guided bike tours will take place at the cycle stadium in Gäufelden-Öschelbronn. The local ADFC groups also offer guided tours during the city cycling event.
The “Cycle Days” cycling festival will take place in Böblingen on July 26 at the end of the city cycling event. (KZBB, June 23)
Böblinger Sommer am See (summer at the lake). Free admission to every second event
Böblingen’s Summer at the Lake event series once again offers a packed program this year. The AEG big band will be playing at the opening on Thursday.
From next Thursday, June 26, one event worth seeing and hearing will follow the next in and around the Alte TÜV-Halle at Oberer See up to and including September 14.
43 events from June 26 to September 14
The event traditionally kicks off with the young jazz talents from the Albert Einstein Gymnasium. Böblingen’s talent factory has already produced numerous musical greats in this genre, including bassist Judith Goldbach, trumpeter Christian Mehler, pianist Tobias Becker and saxophonist Joachim Staudt. The opening concert with the AEG Big Band will take place on Thursday, June 26, at 7.30 pm in the Alte TÜV-Halle.
This year, a total of 43 events are on the program at Sommer am See. More than half – 23 in number – are free of charge.
From July 21 to 25, the event space next to the boathouse will once again be transformed into a home for brass music – this time with the Böblingen town band, the Grafenau music association and the Dagersheim fire department band, among others.
SV Böblingen offers free exercise training
In addition to culture and culinary delights, the summer at the lake is also about exercise: Starting on June 24, the town is offering free exercise classes in cooperation with the Sommer am See. (KZBB, June 23)
Vaihingen – Rohrer Seefest (Lake festival at Rohr)
The Event takes place from June 28 to 29
Location: Rohrer Park, Vaihingen with live musice, food booths (Stuttgart culture calendar for June)
Leinfelden- Echterdingen Festival weekend from June 27 to 29
The highlight of the city’s anniversary year
For one weekend, Leinfelder Strasse and Echterdinger Strasse will be transformed into a colorful festival mile. Large and small stands from companies, clubs, institutions and the city of Leinfelden-Echterdingen will line the more than 1-kilometer long festival mile from June 27 to 29. There will be:
- Information stands, hands-on activities and a stage program
Presentations by associations, schools, creative artists and businesses and culinary highlights from the region
The official kick-off for the three-day festival weekend is on Friday, June 27 at 7 p.m., with the tapping of the keg by Lord Mayor Otto Ruppaner.
Opening hours of the festival mile:
Saturday, June 28 at 2 p.m.
Sunday, June 29 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Different opening hours for individual stands are possible. The festival mile is only accessible by foot. (Culture calendar for June)
49th Zuffenhäuser Fleckenfest 2025
The popular Zuffenhäuser Fleckenfest will take place from June 27 to 30. It inspires people to celebrate, experience and enjoy together. As usual, the Fleckenfest offers a mixture of the traditional and the modern. We cordially invite you to take part again this year. On Saturday, June 28 starting at noon, visitors can expect a wide selection of food and drinks on the well-known “Flecken.” The official opening ceremony and the subsequent keg tapping will take place on Saturday at 2 pm on the main stage in Marbacher Straße – together with Mayor Dr. Alexandra Sußmann and our district leader Mr. Saliou Gueye. The opening will be accompanied by the orchestra of the Musik- und Theaterverein Zuffenhausen e.V. This will be followed by a colorful and varied stage program. Musical performances by clubs from Zuffenhausen and the surrounding area are planned for both Saturday and Sunday. Bands that appeal to a wide audience will play live music. (Stuttgart culture calendar for June)
950 years of Weil der Stadt – All information about the big anniversary town festival
What was written down on parchment with pen and ink 950 years ago is causing all kinds of celebrations in numerous municipalities at Weil der Stadt and the districts of Münklingen, Merklingen and Hausen, like several other towns in the region, were first mentioned in the so-called Hirsau Form in 1075. The anniversary will be celebrated – one after the other in each of the affected districts. It all starts in the town center: a big town festival will be held here on Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29. The spectacle will be officially opened on Saturday at 11 a.m. on the market square stage. The citizens’ guard, the fanfare band, the local heritage association and the Weiler twin town of Riquewihr will be there. Mayor Christian Walter then has to tap the keg – with the free beer on tap, the festival weekend can really get going.
On both festival days, the historic Türmerstube in the church of St. Peter and Paul can be visited between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Last but not least, the lecture evenings, which town archivist Mathias Graner has been preparing for months, are worth mentioning: At the lectures, he not only talks about the Hirsau form and its role in the tense relationship between the church and the emperor, but also about how people once lived in the medieval Weil der Stadt of the 11th century. The first lecture evening will take place on June 27 in Weil der Stadt, followed by Münklingen on July 11, Merklingen on July 18 and Hausen on October 4.
Now it’s back to back: on June 28 and 29, there will be celebrations in the town center. Two weeks later, on July 12 and 13, the festival weekend follows in Münklingen, and on July 18 and 19 it’s all happening in Merklingen. Hausen doesn’t officially celebrate until October 4, but in the meantime, people enjoy the warm days with a picnic, flea market, duck race and table tennis tournament as part of the Hausen Village Summer. (BB Zeitung, June 24)