the former Salamander area is since March 21, 2012, the Baden-Württemberg Grundbuchzentralarchiv. Entertainment The Kornwestheim Drive-In Cinema is the only drive-in cinema in Baden-Wuerttemberg. It lies in the town of the same name in the Ludwigsburg district and is well known outside the region. It has two projection walls; these are high by wide, and high by wide. For sound, the Kornwestheim Drive-In Cinema has two FM-transmitters which work on 89 MHz for the sound of the film shown on the big projection wall, and on 91.3 MHz for the sound of the film shown on the small projection wall. The light intensity of the projectors used is 6 Kilowatts. Local Companies Kreidler Werke GmbH The well known small motorcycle and moped manufacturer Kreidler was situated here. It was founded in 1903 by Anton Kreidler and was at first a metalworking factory. Later in the 1950s they started producing small motorcycles with an engine capacity of 50 cc. In the later 1970s they became successful in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Riders such as Jan de Vries and Henk van Kessel won world championships and set speed records with these machines. Twin towns – sister cities Kornwestheim is twinned with: Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom Kimry, Russia Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France Weißenfels, Germany Notable people Jakob Vogel (born 1584), physician and writer Jakob Sigle (1861–1935), founder of the shoe factory Salamander AG Walter Maier-Kößler (1914–1994), painter Günther C. Kirchberger (1928–2010), painter Georg Utz (born 1935), wrestler Roland Geiger (born 1941), screen printers, publishers and art gallery owner Anneke Dürkopp (born 1979), presenter Honorary citizens The town Kornwestheim has conferred to the following persons the honorary citizenship: 1896: Hugo von Baur, Colonel and commander of the Landwehr District Ludwigsburg 1916: Jakob Sigle, Privy Councillor of Commerce, Founder of Salamander AG 1916: Max Levi, Consul, co-founder of Salamander AG 1927: Ernst Sigle, Honorary Chairman of Salamander AG 1927: Isidor Rothschild (1860–1929), the Management and Supervisory Board of Salamander AG 1930: Friedrich Siller, Schultheiss 1950: Karl Joos, founder of the District Cooperative Altwürttemberg 1963: Alfred Kercher, Mayor retired 1970: Marius Faisse, mayor of the twin town Villeneuve-Saint-Georges 1989: Siegfried Pflugfelder, Mayor ret. 2004: Ernst Fischer, Mayor ret. 2011: Siegbert Hörer, local politician References Citations Towns in Baden-Württemberg Ludwigsburg (district) Württemberg