Schorndorf

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

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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Schorndorf

Town

Town hall on the Markt Square

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Location of Schorndorf within Rems-Murr-Kreis district

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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[1] (Ind.)
Area

• Total

| 56.86 km2 (21.95 sq mi)
Elevation

| 256 m (840 ft)
Population

(2022-12-31)[2]

• 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 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

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The numbers of inhabitants are estimates, census results (1871–1970 and 1987) or data from statistical office[3] Before 1871 the results are only from the core town.

| Year  | Number of inhabitants

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1463 | c. 2,000
1514 | c. 3,000
1618 | c. 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

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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

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* 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

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* Ostlandkreuz

## Twin towns – sister cities

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Schorndorf is twinned with:[4]

* 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

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Gottlieb Daimler, 1890s

* 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.[5]
* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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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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