Filderstadt

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Filderstadt
Coat of arms of Filderstadt
Filderstadt is located in Germany
Filderstadt
Coordinates 48°40′49″N 9°13′6″E / 48.68028°N 9.21833°E / 48.68028; 9.21833
Administration
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Stuttgart
District Esslingen
Mayor Gabriele Dönig-Poppensieker (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 38.54 km2 (14.88 sq mi)
Elevation 371 m  (1217 ft)
Population 43,654  (1 July 2006)
 - Density 1,133 /km2 (2,934 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate ES
Postal code 70794
Area codes 0711 and 07158
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 land fair.

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.

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This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.