Filderstadt

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Filderstadt
Town
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Location of Filderstadt within Esslingen district
Filderstadt is located in GermanyFilderstadtFilderstadt Show map of GermanyFilderstadt is located in Baden-WürttembergFilderstadtFilderstadt Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°40′49″N 9°13′6″E / 48.68028°N 9.21833°E / 48.68028; 9.21833
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictEsslingen
Government
 • Mayor (2023–31) Christoph Traub (CDU)
Area
 • Total38.54 km2 (14.88 sq mi)
Elevation371 m (1,217 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
 • Total46,188
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes70794
Dialling codes0711 and 07158
Vehicle registrationES
Websitewww.filderstadt.de

Filderstadt (German pronunciation: ; 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.

Notable people

Eduard Mörike

Politics

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

Candidate Party Votes %
Christoph Traub Christian Democratic Union 6,826 51.0
Gabriele Dönig-Poppensieker Independent 4,403 32.9
Georg Müller Christian Democratic Union 1,867 13.9
Joachim Thier-Ueltzen Alternative for Germany 247 1.84
Other 50 0.37
Valid votes 13,393 99.2
Invalid votes 113 0.8
Total 13,506 100.0
Electorate/voter turnout 34,785 38.83
Sources:

The most recent municipal election result, of 2019, was as follows:

Party Votes % Seats
Free Voters Baden-Württemberg (FW) 167,411 29.4 9
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 125,390 22.0 7
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 125,080 22.0 7
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 84,767 14.9 5
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 45,748 8.0 3
The Left (Die Linke) 20,821 3.7 1
Valid votes 19,826 96.3
Invalid votes 762 3.7
Total 20,588 100.0 32
Electorate/voter turnout 34,687 59.4
Source:

Twin towns – sister cities

Filderstadt is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Filderstadt 2023, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
  3. ^ "Impressum." Contact Air. 17 July 2012. Retrieved on 7 January 2015. "Contact Air Flugdienst GmbH + Co. Gottlieb-Manz-Straße 2 70794 Filderstadt"
  4. ^ "Partnerstädte". filderstadt.de (in German). Filderstadt. Retrieved 2019-11-30.


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