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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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.

Contact Air once had its headquarters in Filderstadt.^[3]

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:

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.

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[edit]

Filderstadt is twinned with:^[4]

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