Leinfelden-Echterdingen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Leinfelden-Echterdingen
within Esslingen district | |
 Location of Leinfelden-Echterdingen | |
Leinfelden-Echterdingen Leinfelden-Echterdingen | |
| Coordinates: 48°41′34″N 9°8′34″E / 48.69278°N 9.14278°E / 48.69278; 9.14278 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Esslingen |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Subdivisions | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–31) | Otto Ruppaner1 |
| Area | |
• Total | 29.89 km2 (11.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 432 m (1,417 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)2 | |
• Total | 41,185 |
| • Density | 1,378/km2 (3,569/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 70771 |
| Dialling codes | 0711 |
| Vehicle registration | ES |
| Website | www.leinfelden-echterdingen.de |
Leinfelden-Echterdingen (German pronunciation: [ˈlaɪnfɛldn̩ ˈɛçtɐdɪŋən]; Swabian: Laefälda-Ächdordeng) is a town in the district of Esslingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km south of Stuttgart, near the Stuttgart Airport and directly adjacent to the newly built Stuttgart Trade Fair. The town was formed on 1 January 1975 by the merging of four former municipalities: Leinfelden, Echterdingen, Musberg and Stetten auf den Fildern.3 Zeppelin LZ 4 caught fire and burned out in Echterdingen in August 1908.
Twin towns – sister cities
Leinfelden-Echterdingen is twinned with:4
Economy
Daimler Truck is headquartered in the town.
References
References
- Oberbürgermeisterwahl Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2023, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- "Tabellengruppe 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes zum 31. Dezember 2024" [Update of the population as of 31 December 2024] (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.
- Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.1975, Statistisches Bundesamt
- "Freundschaften und Begegnungen links und rechts vom Atlantik". leinfelden-echterdingen.de (in German). Leinfelden-Echterdingen. Retrieved 2021-02-18.