Filderstadt

Filderstadt
Coat of arms
Filderstadt
Location of Filderstadt within Esslingen district
Coordinates: 48°40′49″N 9°13′6″E / 48.68028°N 9.21833°ECoordinates: 48°40′49″N 9°13′6″E / 48.68028°N 9.21833°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Esslingen
Government
• Mayor	Gabriele Dönig-Poppensieker (SPD)
Area
• Total	38.54 km^2 (14.88 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	44,631
• Density	1,200/km^2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	70794
Dialling codes	0711 and 07158
Vehicle registration	ES
Website	www.filderstadt.de

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

Her Royal Highness Princess Claire of Luxembourg was born here on March 21, 1985.

Economy

Contact Air once had its headquarters in Filderstadt.^[2]

Partnership towns

• Oschatz, Germany
• Selby, England
• La Souterraine, France
• Poltava, Ukraine
• Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France

References

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.
2. "Impressum." Contact Air. 17 July 2012. Retrieved on 7 January 2015. "Contact Air Flugdienst GmbH + Co. Gottlieb-Manz-Straße 2 70794 Filderstadt"