The future of our city

No doubt: People are moving back into the centres of the cities. There where life is pulsating, where the infrastructure is intact and where the distances are short. So it is with Schwäbisch Hall. Here, urbane proximity and multiplicity of public life combine with high quality of life. And our business locations attractiveness is guarantor for the continuity of our city. We secure the future of Schwäbisch Hall through targeted, strategic and long-term applicable concepts.

As the second-largest city in the region, we are placed in a position of particular responsibility for the economic further development of our region, because the readiness for the future depends on the strength of its centres. Speaking about the future, it also implies the circumspect use of our natural resources. We have been able to advance the decentralised utilisation of regenerative energy generation in an exemplary manner, particularly in the countryside. The settlement of the Würth solar factory is an exemplary collaboration of innovative business development and sustainable energy policy, set to unfold its effects in the future.

Future also means that industrial real estate is available in our business location for companies in the region, as well as offices for lease and residential estates in the vicinity of the workplaces. A thriving environment for local recreation and the vicinity to greenery are as important integral elements of our infrastructure as the modern business airport and an eventful Schwäbisch Hall downtown. With this infrastructure, highly interesting perspectives exist for companies, handicraft, retail and services. Living and working should take place in a steady and conflict-free environment.

The Stadtgrabenring (City Moat) encircles the inner city, creates access for supplies and enables access to all centre-relevant city areas. The Western by-pass of Schwäbisch Hall is under construction and will be completed in 2010. It will sustainably relieve attractive residential areas of traffic. The by-pass improves the through-road Gelbingen and the National Highways B 14 and B 19. The Weiler tunnel is an important federal project and creates the preconditions for the future development of the picturesque Weiler suburb. The tunnel brings with it a substantial improvement for downtown, it improves the citys development and creates room for additional residential areas. Thanks to the interconnections of the arterial traffic roads with the surrounding suburbs, the Eastern and Western by-passes, we are quickly connected to the supra-regional traffic network. Thus, the future inter-communal industrial zone with 45 hectares is conveniently accessible and the existing 100 hectare-sized industrial estate Stadtheide is developed even better. Companies looking to settle in the vicinity of the airport find business zone construction sites in the 60 hectares Solpark. The Eastern expansion by another 20 hectares creates additional room for industrial and large firms.

A growing number of young and old, singles and families are moving to the city, looking for attractions, arts and culture, a good attention to basic needs and an eventful environment. Integration and connectivity are practised where people meet each other openly and accept each other, no matter their origin, age or religion. Colourful, peaceful, open: this has a long-standing tradition in Schwäbisch Hall.

The desire to live close to the city and to have quick access to good care can be realised in our attractive residential areas Teuershof, Katzenkopf, Gottwollshausen, Sonnenrain, Mittelhöhe, Weckrieden and Langenfelder Park. People looking to find their home in a scenic and appealing environment will find what they are looking for in our suburbs of Bibersfeld, Gailenkirchen, Hessental, Sulzdorf and Tüngental. And if you are looking for quick access to the educational centres of Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Würzburg, Nürnberg and Ulm, then you will find convenient connections by car and by train.

Quality of work and living in Schwäbisch Hall has reached a very high level: Trade, services, gastronomy, arts and culture, vitalise downtown and turn the city into a colourful and lively centre. Our chances are great. Use them!