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Schorndorf
Town
Town hall on the Markt Square
FlagCoat of arms
Location of Schorndorf within Rems-Murr-Kreis district
Schorndorf Show map of GermanySchorndorf Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°48′N 09°32′E / 48.800°N 9.533°E / 48.800; 9.533
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Rems-Murr-Kreis
Subdivisions	Town and 7 quarters
Government
• Lord mayor (2021–29)	Bernd Hornikel (Ind.)
Area
• Total	56.86 km (21.95 sq mi)
Elevation	256 m (840 ft)
Population
• Total	40,204
• Density	710/km (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 town is also sometimes referred to as Die Daimlerstadt (The Daimler Town in English), as it is the town in which Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900) was born.

Demographics

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

Mayors

• 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 (1870–1949)
• 1933–1945: Richard Beeg (1888–1945)
• 1945: Walter Arnold (entrepreneur) (1891–1973)
• 1945–1948: Gottlob Kamm (SPD) (1897–1973)
• 1948–1954: Emil Hayer (1887–1977)
• 1954–1962: Franz Illenberger (1902–1974)
• 1962–1982: Rudolf Bayler (1917–2007)
• 1982–1990: Reinhard Hanke (SPD) (born 1940)
• 1990–2006: Winfried Kübler (CDU) (born 1939)
• since 2006: Matthias Klopfer (SPD) (born 1968)

Places of interest

• Ostlandkreuz

Twin towns – sister cities

Schorndorf is twinned with:

• Bury, United Kingdom (1994)
• Dueville, Italy (1998)
• Errenteria, Spain (2012)
• Kahla, Germany (1991)
• Radenthein, Austria (1966)
• Tulle, France (1969)
• Tuscaloosa, United States (1996)
• Svitlovodsk, Ukraine (2023)

Notable people

• Jakob Schegk (1511–1587), a polymath Aristotelian philosopher and academic physician.
• Johann Schmidlap (16th-century) a Bavarian fireworks maker and rocket pioneer.
• Josias Weitbrecht (1702–1747), an important professor of medicine and anatomy
• Ludovike Simanowiz (1759–1827), a portrait painter in the Classical style.
• Charles-Frédéric Reinhard (1761–1837), French statesman, writer, diplomat and politician
• Johann Philipp Palm (1766–1806), bookseller and strong anti-French agitator.
• Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), engineer, designer and industrialist
• Julius Schmid (1865–1955), inventor and entrepreneur, pioneer of condom manufacturing.
• Reinhold Maier (1889–1971), politician (FDP), 1st Minister President of the new Baden-Württemberg until 1953.
• Gerhard Graf-Martinez (born 1952), flamenco guitarist, author and composer

Sport

• Edmond Haan (1924–2018), French footballer
• Kostas Konstantinidis (born 1972), Greek footballer, played 358 games and 38 for Greece
• Ricarda Lisk (born 1981), triathlete
• Timo Lienemann (born 1985), racing driver
• Sven Ulreich (born 1988), footballer, played over 330 games
• Davie Selke (born 1995), footballer, played over 260 games

Gallery

• The birthplace of Gottlieb Daimler
• An example of the timber-framed homes of the old town
• The east side of the evangelical church
• Rooftop perspective over the old town, including the hat on top of the town hall during the annual Christmas Market
• Panorama of the upper Markt Square

References

1. Bürgermeisterwahl 2021, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 3 February 2022.
2. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
3. Statistik Kommunal 2010
4. "Partnerstädte der Stadt Schorndorf". schorndorf.de (in German). Schorndorf. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
5. "Palm, Johann Philipp" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 639.

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