1885–1911: Bernhard Rettenmeier 1911–1913: Heinrich Soller 1913–1941: Johannes Häußler 1942–1945: Oskar Volk 1945–1946: Hermann Greiner 1946–1949: Johannes Häußler (1879–1949) 1949–1955: Erwin Wörner 1955–1967: Hans Hoffmann (1915–2005) 1967–1992: Erhard Klotz (born 1938) 1992–2008: Volker Blust 2008–2016: Joachim Scholz since 2016: Steffen Hertwig Population The numbers are estimates, census results (¹) or data from statistical offices. ¹ Census results ² The population increase between 1950 and 1961 comes from the new district Neckarsulm-Amorbach. In 1955, around 3,000 people lived in this place. Economy Schwarz Gruppe, owner of Lidl and Kaufland — the largest European food chain — has its headquarters in Neckarsulm. The city was home of car manufacturer NSU which was taken over by Volkswagen in 1969 and fused with Auto Union to create Audi. The former NSU plant is the smaller of Audi's two principal assembly plants in Germany and manufactures the company's larger, high-end models such as the Audi A6, A7, A8. Audi's performance subsidiary Audi Sport GmbH which produces the R8 is also placed here. NSU denotes Neckarsulm. Other well-known companies based in Neckarsulm are Fujitsu TDS, Bechtle AG and Rheinmetall Automotive AG. Notable people Honorary citizens of Neckarsulm 1894: Franz Joseph Maucher (1826–1910), was a chaplain and parish priest in Neckarsulm for 35 years. 1911: Gottlob Banzhaf (1858–1930), was Kommerzienrat and after the death of his brother Christian Schmidt first director the Neckarsulmer Strickmaschinenfabrik AG from 1884 to 1910. 1930: Ernst Josef Bauer (died 1881), was a teacher and successful author of the local play "Peter Heinrich Merkle, the Löwenwirt of Neckarsulm". 1933: Christian Mergenthaler (1884–1980), NSDAP politician, Prime Minister of Württemberg from 1933 to 1945. On 27 July 1933, Neckarsulm granted him honorary citizenship which had been revoked on 28 August 1945. 1949: Johannes Häußler (1879–1949), was mayor of Neckarsulm for 30 years. 2004: Kurt Bauer (born 1934), was city council for 36 years, deputy mayor, SPD parliamentary leader and chairman of the SPD local association. 2008: Volker Blust (born 1944), was head of the city's main and personnel office and was elected in 1992 as mayor of Neckarsulm. Born in Neckarsulm Franz Simon Molitor (1766–1848), in Vienna, musician August Herold (1902–1973), by Neckarsulm; vine growers Other people connected to the city Wilhelm Ganzhorn (1818–1880), was a senior judge for Neckarsulm 1859–1878. Ganzhorn was a poet, and was known as the author of the text for the song "In the loveliest meadow" (Im schönsten Wiesengrunde). Albert