this purpose the track became modernized until Öhringen from 2003 to 2005 providing an overhead line for the first time. In addition new train stops were opened. In Weinsberg they're called Weinsberg-West (planned start February 2009) and Weinsberg/Ellhofen Industriegebiet (since December 2006), so that Weinsberg will have three stops at its disposal. Public institutions Weinsberg has a big psychiatric and neurological hospital, founded in 1903. Named "Klinikum am Weissenhof" (since 2002), it is the town's biggest employer. There also is a state institution for teaching and research in winemaking, called the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau. Several new grape varieties were bred there since it was founded in 1868. Sons and daughters of the town Hans Schweiner (c. 1473–1534), builder, builder of the western tower of the Heilbronner Kilianskirche Johannes Oekolampadius (1482–1531), theologian, reformer of Basel Carl Krayl (1890–1947), architect Notes References Simon M. Haag: Römer – Salier – Staufer – Weinsberger : kleine Geschichte von Burg und Stadt Weinsberg. Hrsg. vom Stadtarchiv Weinsberg. Verlag Nachrichtenblatt der Stadt Weinsberg, Weinsberg 1996, Concise overview of the town's history (in German). Jahrbuch für die Stadt Weinsberg. Jahrbuch-Verlag, Weinsberg 1956–2004; RichterResponse, Weinsberg 2005– Published annually. Contains a review of the year's events, a directory of residents and information about the town administration, institutions, associations and societies (in German).'' External links Towns in Baden-Württemberg Heilbronn (district) Free imperial cities