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Filderstadt

Field	Value
type	Stadt
image_coa	Wappen Filderstadt.svg
image_photo	Bonlanden Franzosenschule 01.jpg
image_caption	Old school in Filderstadt-Bonlanden
coordinates
image_plan	Filderstadt in ES.svg
state	Baden-Württemberg
region	Stuttgart
district	Esslingen
elevation	371
area	38.55
Gemeindeschlüssel	08116077
postal_code	70794
area_code	0711 and 07158
licence	ES
website	www.filderstadt.de
mayor	Christoph Traub
leader_term	2023–31
party	CDU

Filderstadt (; Swabian: Fildorsdadd) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located approximately 13 km south of Stuttgart.

Filderstadt is located next to the Stuttgart Airport and the new Trade Fair. Line S2 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn terminates at Filderstadt station.

Filderstadt was created as a town in 1975 from five smaller villages called Bernhausen, Bonlanden, Plattenhardt, Sielmingen and Harthausen.

From 1978 to 2005, it played host to the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, a WTA Tier II event.

Princess Claire of Luxembourg was born here on 21 March 1985.

German writer Michael Ende, author of The Neverending Story, died in Filderstadt in 1995.

Economy

Contact Air once had its headquarters in Filderstadt.

Politics

The most recent mayoral election was held on 5 Juli 2015, and the results were as follows:

! colspan=2| Candidate ! Party ! Votes ! % |- | 6,826

51.0
4,403
32.9
-
1,867
13.9
-
247
1.84
-
50
0.37
-
! colspan=3
! 13,393
! 99.2
-
! colspan=3
! 113
! 0.8
-
! colspan=3
! 13,506
! 100.0
-
! colspan=3
! 34,785
! 38.83
-
}The most recent municipal election result, of 2019, was as follows:
! colspan=2
! Votes
! %
! Seats
-
167,411
29.4
9
-
125,390
22.0
7
-
125,080
22.0
7
-
84,767
14.9
5
-
45,748
8.0
3
-
20,821
3.7
1
-
! colspan=2
! 19,826
! 96.3
!
-
! colspan=2
! 762
! 3.7
!
-
! colspan=2
! 20,588
! 100.0
! 32
-
! colspan=2
! 34,687
! 59.4
!
-
}

Notable people

Eduard Mörike (1804–1875), Swabian poet, made his first sermon in Bernhäuser Jakobuskirche and lived locally in 1829 whilst a vicar
Michael Ende (1929–1995), writer of books for children, (Die unendliche Geschichte, Momo), died locally
Roman Herzog (1934–2017), politician (CDU), former President of Germany 1994 to 1999, lived locally
Paul Maar (born 1937), writer and illustrator, taught locally in the 1970s for several years as an art teacher
Johanna Zeul (born 1981), singer songwriter.
Princess Claire of Luxembourg (born 1985), member of the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg.

Sport

Laura Siegemund (born 1988), tennis player
Helen Grobert (born 1992), cross-country cyclist
Marvin Plattenhardt (born 1992), soccer player at Hertha BSC, played 326 games and 7 for Germany
Niko Dobros (born 1993), German-Greek footballer who has played over 230 games
Leonie Adam (born 1993), trampoline gymnast

Twin towns – sister cities

Filderstadt is twinned with:

FRA Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France
GER Oschatz, Germany
UKR Poltava, Ukraine
ENG Selby, England, United Kingdom
FRA La Souterraine, France

References

[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/buergermeisterwahl-filderstadt-2023/ Bürgermeisterwahl Filderstadt 2023], Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
"[https://web.archive.org/web/20120717063823/http://www.contactair.de/index.php?article_id=35&clang=0 Impressum]." [[Contact Air]]. 17 July 2012. Retrieved on 7 January 2015. "Contact Air Flugdienst GmbH + Co. Gottlieb-Manz-Straße 2 70794 Filderstadt"
"Partnerstädte". Filderstadt.

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