• Source: Filderstadt

      • Filderstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈfɪldɐˌʃtat] ; 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 (1804–1875), Swabian poet, held in Bernhäuser Jakobuskirche his first sermon and lived during his time as a vicar in 1829 a few months in the Plattenhardt rectory
      Michael Ende (1929–1995), writer of books for children, (Die unendliche Geschichte, Momo), died in Bonlanden (Filderklinik)
      Roman Herzog (1934–2017), politician (CDU), former German President, lived during his tenure as interior minister of Baden-Württemberg (1980–1983) from 1978 five years in the Ludwigstraße (Ludwig street) in Bernhausen
      Paul Maar (born 1937), writer and illustrator, taught in the 1970s for several years as an art teacher at the Eduard-Spranger-Gymnasium in Bernhausen
      Laura Siegemund (born 1988), tennis player
      Helen Grobert (born 1992), cyclist
      Marvin Plattenhardt (born 1992), soccer player at Hertha BSC
      Leonie Adam (born 1993), trampoline gymnast


      Politics


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

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


      Twin towns – sister cities



      Filderstadt is twinned with:


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