with the handball department of the SV Weinstadt to form the Spielgemeinschaft Weinstadt Handball (SG Weinstadt). With five active men, two active women, and for the most part doubly populated youth teams of all age groups, the SG Weinstadt Handball is one of the largest handball clubs in Rems-Murr county. The BG Endersbach is a basketball club with a home in the VfL Endersbach. The Tennisclub Weinstadt Endersbach e.V., founded on December 7, 1967, is the oldest tennis club in Weinstadt. Notable people Honorary citizens The city of Weinstadt and/or the earlier townships have bestowed the right of honorary citizenship on the following people (in addition to others): 1949: Karl and Oskar Birkel, owners and managers of the 1909-1998 Endersbach-based Schwabennudelwerke B. Birkel Söhne (Endersbach) 1950: Christian Graze, owner of the Graze Bienenzuchtgerätefabrik, which has been based in Endersbach since 1872 (Endersbach) 1972: Sophie Weishaar, senior teacher and chronicler (Strümpfelbach) 1972: Karl-Christian Birkel, owner and manager of the Schwabennudelwerke B. Birkel Söhne (Endersbach) 1974: Hermann Plessing, Mayor of Beutelsbach (Beutelsbach) 1977: Prof. Fritz Nuss, Skulptor from Strümpfelbach 1983: Walter Eberhardt, Mayor of Strümpfelbach 2007: Jürgen Hofer, Mayor of Weinstadt from 1975 to 2000 Karl Baisch, owner and manager of the Fabrik für Arzt- und Zahnarztpraxenmobiliar (factory for medicinal and dental furnishings) and primary donor for the construction of the indoor swimming pool in Beutelsbach Karl Dippon, wine grower and politician Sons and daughters of the city Peter Gais, Gaispeter from Beutelsbach, led 1514 the peasant revolt of the Poor Conrad against the Duke of Württemberg Georg Daniel Auberlen (1728–1784), schoolmaster, musician, and composer Philipp Friedrich Silcher (1789–1860), song composer Karl Wilhelm Bauerle (English: Carl Bowerley) (1831–1912), painter, from 1869 at the court of Queen Victoria Karl Dippon (1901–1981), wine grower and politician, member of the state parliament Heinrich von Idler (1802–1878), Württemberg Oberamtmann, member of the state parliament Mathias Richling (born 1953), cabaret artist Juan Amador (born 1968), cook People who lived and worked in Weinstadt Johann Jakob Thill (1747–1772), poet esteemed by Friedrich Hölderlin Karl-Georg Pfleiderer (1899–1957), lived in Landgut Burg near Beutelsbach Gotthilf Fischer (1928–2020), choral conductor, lived in Weinstadt Jürgen Rohwer (1924–2015), naval historian, lived in Weinstadt Literature Sophie Weishaar: Strümpfelbach im Remstal 1265–1965. 1966, Verlag Eugen Hauchler, Leinfelden and Biberach an der Riß. Walter, Heinz E. (Hrsg.): Das Ortsbuch von Endersbach 1278–1978. 1978, Ortsbücher-Verlag, Burg Liebenstein. Ulrich Stolte: Dichter im amusischen Württemberg. Ein neues Autograph von