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Holzmaden

Coordinates:48°38′1″N9°31′2″E/ 48.63361°N 9.51722°E/48.63361; 9.51722
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Holzmaden
Municipality
Coat of arms of Holzmaden
Coat of arms
Location of Holzmaden within Esslingen district
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Holzmaden is located in Germany
Holzmaden
Holzmaden
Holzmaden is located in Baden-Württemberg
Holzmaden
Holzmaden
Coordinates:48°38′1″N9°31′2″E/ 48.63361°N 9.51722°E/48.63361; 9.51722
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictEsslingen
Government
•Mayor(2021–29)Florian Schepp[1]
Area
• Total3.09 km2(1.19 sq mi)
Elevation
356 m (1,168 ft)
Population
(2022-12-31)[2]
• Total2,320
• Density750/km2(1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00(CET)
• Summer (DST)UTC+02:00(CEST)
Postal codes
73271
Dialling codes07023
Vehicle registrationES
Websiteholzmaden.de

Holzmadenis a town inBaden-Württemberg,Germanythat lies betweenStuttgartandUlm. Holzmaden is 4 km south-east fromKirchheim unter Teckand 19 km south-east ofEsslingen am Neckar.TheA 8runs south from Holzmaden. The town and surrounding area are well known as the source of exceptionally well-preserved fossils from theJurassicperiod.

Demographics

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Date Population
1671 43
1750 219
3 December 1834¹ 488
3 December 1861¹ 557
1 December 1900¹ 564
17 May 1939¹ 697
29 October 1946¹ 988
13 September 1950¹ 1,063
Date Population
6 June 1961¹ 1,290
27 May 1970¹ 1,520
25 May 1987¹ 1,646
31 December 1990 1,765
31 December 1995 1,909
31 December 2000 2,068
31 December 2005 2,145
31 December 2010 2,131

1=census results

Mayors

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  • Christian Burkhardt (1945–1952)
  • Otto Vogt (1952–1982)
  • Jürgen Berner (1982–1998)
  • Jürgen Riehle (1998–2014)
  • Susanne Jakob (2014–2021)[3]
  • Florian Schepp (since 2021)[1]
Holzmaden-Town hall

Infrastructure and facilities

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The community is located north of theBundesautobahn 8,halfway between Ulm and Stuttgart; the next junction is Aichelberg.

The railway Kirchheim (Teck) Süd-Weilheim (Teck) connected Holzmaden to the railway network. Passenger traffic was discontinued in 1982 and freight in 1995. Holzmaden also has a primary school, two kindergartens, a community hall with integrally joined forming gym and a sports and leisure facility.

Associations and Organizations

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The association's work is an essential factor in the social life in Holzmaden.

Notable people from Holzmaden

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  • Bernhard Hauff (1866–1950), founder of museum Hauff
  • Heinz Kälberer (born 1942), former Lord mayor ofVaihingen an der Enz

Fossils

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Harpoceras falciferfrom the Holzmaden Lagerstätte

The ground in and around the city contains rich layers of well-preservedfossils(orLagerstätten) of theJurassicperiod. The fossils are found in the 180-million-year-oldPosidonia Shaleand displayed in the localMuseum Hauffas well as museums around the world. This locale is important for its frequent preservation of soft tissue, a rarity in fossils.

Examples from this site include:

References

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  1. ^abAktuelle Wahlergebnisse,Staatsanzeiger, accessed 12 September 2021.
  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. ^Würdiger Abschied und Neubeginn,Der Teckbote,7. April 2014.
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