Schorndorf

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Schorndorf

Schorndorf
Old buildings in the town
Old buildings in the town
Coat of arms of Schorndorf
Schorndorf is located in Germany
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Schorndorf
Coordinates 48°48′N 9°32′E / 48.8°N 9.53333°E / 48.8; 9.53333
Administration
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Stuttgart
District Rems-Murr-Kreis
Town subdivisions City and 7 quarters
Mayor Matthias Klopfer (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 56.86 km2 (21.95 sq mi)
Elevation 256nbp m Expression error: Unrecognised word "nbp"
Population 39,236 (31 December 2010)
 - Density 690 /km2 (1,787 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WN
Postal codes 73601–73614
Area code 07181
Website www.schorndorf.de

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

The city also is sometimes called Die Daimlerstadt (The Daimler City in English), as it is the town in which Gottlieb Daimler was born.

International relations

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

Schorndorf is twinned with:

Monuments

  • Ostlandkreuz
Towns and municipalities in Rems-Murr (district)
Alfdorf | Allmersbach im Tal | Althütte | Aspach | Auenwald | Backnang | Berglen | Burgstetten | Fellbach | Großerlach | Kaisersbach | Kernen | Kirchberg an der Murr | Korb | Leutenbach | Murrhardt | Oppenweiler | Plüderhausen | Remshalden | Rudersberg | Schorndorf | Schwaikheim | Spiegelberg | Sulzbach an der Murr | Urbach | Waiblingen | Weinstadt | Weissach im Tal | Welzheim | Winnenden | Winterbach
Coat of arms

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 31 December 2009. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf. 


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