Filderstadt

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.
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:
! colspan=2| Candidate
! Party
! Votes
! %
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left| Christoph Traub
| align=left| Christian Democratic Union
| 6,826
| 51.0
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left| Gabriele Dönig-Poppensieker
| align=left| Independent
| 4,403
| 32.9
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left| Georg Müller
| align=left| Christian Democratic Union
| 1,867
| 13.9
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left| Joachim Thier-Ueltzen
| align=left| Alternative for Germany
| 247
| 1.84
|-
| colspan=3 align=left| Other
| 50
| 0.37
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 13,393
! 99.2
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 113
! 0.8
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 13,506
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 34,785
! 38.83
|-
| colspan=5| Sources:
|}The most recent municipal election result, of 2019, was as follows:
! colspan=2| Party
! Votes
! %
! Seats
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left| Free Voters Baden-Württemberg (FW)
| 167,411
| 29.4
| 9
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
| 125,390
| 22.0
| 7
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
| 125,080
| 22.0
| 7
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD)
| 84,767
| 14.9
| 5
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| 45,748
| 8.0
| 3
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left| The Left (Die Linke)
| 20,821
| 3.7
| 1
|-
! colspan=2| Valid votes
! 19,826
! 96.3
!
|-
! colspan=2| Invalid votes
! 762
! 3.7
!
|-
! colspan=2| Total
! 20,588
! 100.0
! 32
|-
! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 34,687
! 59.4
!
|-
| colspan=5| Source:
|}
Twin towns – sister cities
Filderstadt is twinned with:
Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France
Oschatz, Germany
Poltava, Ukraine
Selby, England, United Kingdom
La Souterraine, France
References
Towns in Baden-Württemberg
Esslingen (district)
Württemberg