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Leinfelden-Echterdingen

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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Leinfelden-Echterdingen within Esslingen district

48°41′34″N 9°8′34″E / 48.69278°N 9.14278°E / 48.69278; 9.14278CountryGermanyStateBaden-WürttembergAdmin. regionStuttgart DistrictEsslingen Founded1975Subdivisions4Area

• Total29.90 km² (11.54 sq mi)Elevation

432 m (1,417 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total40,420 • Density1,400/km² (3,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

70771

Dialling codes0711Vehicle registrationESWebsitewww.leinfelden-echterdingen.de

Leinfelden-Echterdingen (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.^[2] Zeppelin LZ 4 caught fire and burned out in Echterdingen in August 1908.

Twin towns – sister cities

Leinfelden-Echterdingen is twinned with:^[3]

Manosque, France (1973)
Poltava, Ukraine (1988)
York, United States (1989)
Voghera, Italy (2000)

Economy

Daimler Truck is headquartered in the town.

References

^ "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.
^ 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.