Wüstenrot is a municipality in the Mainhardter Forest with about 6,800 inhabitants, more than half of them in small incorporated villages. The city is the birthplace of the Wüstenrot Bausparkasse (Wüstenrot Building Society).

Location

Wüstenrotis in the forest in the southeast of the district of Heilbronn

Heilbronn (district)

Heilbronn is a district in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Neckar-Odenwald, Hohenlohe, Schwäbisch Hall, Rems-Murr, Ludwigsburg, Enz, Karlsruhe and Rhein-Neckar...

 in the natural region

Natural region

A Natural region is one which is distinguished by its natural features of geography and usually more important, geology. The natural ecology of the region is likely to be significant but one of these factors tends to influence the others....

 of the Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains. The Rot River runs through central Wüstenrot. Wüstenrot consists of the five town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

s (and former municipalities) Wüstenrot, Finsterrot, Maienfels, Neuhütten, Neulautern and the abandoned village of Neuhütte in Joachimstal.

Neighbours

Neighboring cities and municipalities of Wüstenrot are (moving clockwise

Rotation

A rotation is a circular movement of an object around a center of rotation. A three-dimensional object rotates always around an imaginary line called a rotation axis. If the axis is within the body, and passes through its center of mass the body is said to rotate upon itself, or spin. A rotation...

, starting in the west) the towns of Beilstein

Beilstein (Württemberg)

Beilstein is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated 14 km southeast of Heilbronn. Beilstein is on the Württemberg wine route .- Geography :...

 and Löwenstein

Löwenstein

Löwenstein is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was first mentioned in 1123. The castle of Löwenstein served as a residence for the counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim. In 1634 the castle was destroyed by the imperial forces....

 (both in Heilbronn), Bretzfeld

Bretzfeld

Bretzfeld is a municipality in the Hohenlohe district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 17 km east of Heilbronn....

 (Hohenlohe

Hohenlohe

Hohenlohe is the name of a German princely family and the name of their principality.At first rulers of a county, its two branches were raised to the rank of principalities of the Holy Roman Empire in 1744 and 1764 respectively; in 1806 they lost their independence and their lands formed part of...

), Mainhardt

Mainhardt

Mainhardt is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....

 (Schwäbisch Hall

Schwäbisch Hall

Schwäbisch Hall is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and capital of the district of Schwäbisch Hall. The town is located in the valley of the river Kocher in the north-eastern part of Baden-Württemberg....

), Großerlach

Großerlach

' is a town in the district of in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....

 and Spiegelberg

Spiegelberg

Spiegelberg is a town in the district of Rems-Murr in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.The name of the town refers to 18th century glass production on the hills, with mirror polishing being done in the valley of the Lauter river....

 (within Rems-Murr-Kreis

Rems-Murr-Kreis

Rems-Murr is a district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heilbronn, Schwäbisch Hall, Ostalbkreis, Göppingen, Esslingen, the district-free city Stuttgart and the district Ludwigsburg....

) and Oberstenfeld

Oberstenfeld

Oberstenfeld is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is located about 40 km north of Stuttgart.-Geography:...

 (Prevorst district, Ludwigsburg

Ludwigsburg (district)

Ludwigsburg is a district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heilbronn, Rems-Murr, the district-free city Stuttgart, and the districts Böblingen and Enz.-History:...

).

The community of Wüstenrot (as of 2006) has 4,971 inhabitants, 2,952 of which in the Wüstenrot proper.