Schorndorf

This article is about the town in Baden-Württemberg. For the town in Bavaria, see Schorndorf, Bavaria.

Schorndorf
Town
The Town Hall of Schorndorf on the Marktplatz
Coat of arms
Location of Schorndorf
Schorndorf Schorndorf
Coordinates: 48°48′N 09°32′E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Rems-Murr-Kreis
Subdivisions	City and 7 quarters
Government
• Mayor	Matthias Klopfer (SPD)
Area
• Total	56.86 km2 (21.95 sq mi)
Elevation	256 m (840 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	40,204
• Density	710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	73601–73614
Dialling codes	07181
Vehicle registration	WN
Website	www.schorndorf.de

Schorndorf is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located approximately 26 km east of Stuttgart. Its train station is the terminus of the S2 line of the Stuttgart S-Bahn.

The city is also sometimes referred to as Die Daimlerstadt (The Daimler City in English), as it is the town in which Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900) was born.

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Demographics

The numbers of inhabitants are estimates, census results (1871–1970 und 1987) or data from statistical office‎ Before 1871 the results are only from the core city.

Year Number of inhabitants 1463 ca. 2.000 1514 ca. 3.000 1618 ca. 5.000 1701 2.132 1803 3.434 1834 3.777 1849 3.617 1. December 1871 7.672 1. December 1890 8.777 1. December 1900 9.704 1. December 1910 10.884 16. June 1925 11.568 16. June 1933 12.319

Year Number of inhabitants 17. May 1939 13.186 13. September 1950 19.942 6. June 1961 26.384 27. May 1970 31.149 31. December 1975 32.918 31. December 1980 33.631 27. May 1987 35.759 31. December 1990 37.687 31. December 1995 38.005 31. December 2000 38.852 31. December 2005 39.305 31. December 2010 39.236

Mayors

Mayors since 1819:

• 1819–1821: Christian Rapp (politician) (1771–1853)
• 1821–1828: Gottlieb Friedrich von Stum (1791–1849)
• 1828–1845: Philipp Friedrich Palm (1759–1845)
• 1845–1866:
• 1866–1872: Johannes Frasch
• 1879–1903: Jakob Friz
• 1903–1905: Heinrich Beisswanger
• 1905–1933: Jakob Raible (7 May 1870 – 4 January 1949)
• 1933–1945: Richard Beeg (30 January 1888 – 22 October 1945)
• 1945: Walter Arnold (entrepreneur) (19 June 1891 – 20 October 1973)
• 1945–1948: Gottlob Kamm (SPD) (21 October 1897 – 21 November 1973)
• 1948–1954: Emil Hayer (26 October 1887 – 22 November 1977)
• 1954–1962: Franz Illenberger (died 22 July 1974 – 72 years old)
• 1962–1982: Rudolf Bayler (12 September 1917 – 3 September 2007)
• 1982–1990: Reinhard Hanke (SPD) (born 22 April 1940)
• 1990–2006: Winfried Kübler (CDU) (born 30 August 1939)
• since 2006: Matthias Klopfer (SPD) (born 14 March 1968)

Notable people

• Reinhold Maier (1889-1971), German politician

Twin towns - sister cities

Schorndorf is twinned with:

• Bury, United Kingdom, since 1995
• Dueville, Italy, since 1998
• Errenteria, Spain, since 2012
• Kahla, Germany, since 1991
• Radenthein, Austria, since 1969
• Tulle, France, since 1969
• Tuscaloosa, United States, since 1997

Places of Interest

• Ostlandkreuz

• 
  The birthplace of Gottlieb Daimler on the Höllgasse in Schorndorf
• 
  An example of the timber-framed homes of the old town
• 
  The east side of the evangelical church (de.wikipedia.org)
• 
  Rooftop perspective over the old town, including the hat on top of the town hall during the annual Christmas Market
• 
  Panorama of the upper Marktplatz

Sons and daughters of the town

• Josias Weitbrecht (1702-1747), the most important anatomist of his time, later worked in St. Petersburg
• Ludovike Simanowiz (1759-1827), painter
• Karl Friedrich Reinhard (1761-1837), French statesman and writer
• Johann Philipp Palm (1766-1806), bookseller trader in Nuremberg
• Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900), engineer, designer and industrialist
• Julius Schmid (1865-1955), inventor and entrepreneur
• Carl Schaefer (1887-1970), physician, entrepreneur and politician (FDP)
• Reinhold Maier (1889-1971), politician (FDP), first minister-president of Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Walter Arnold (1891-1973), manufacturer
• Edmond Haan (born 1924), French footballer
• Gerhard Graf-Martinez (born 1952), flamenco guitarist, author and composer
• Konstantinos Konstantinidis (born 1972), Greek footballer
• Sven Ulreich (born 1988), football goalkeeper
• Davie Selke (born 1995), football player