Schorndorf
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 city is also sometimes referred to as Die Daimlerstadt, as it is the town in which Gottlieb Daimler was born.International relations
Demographics
The numbers of inhabitants are estimates, census results or data from statistical office Before 1871 the results are only from the core city.Mayors
Mayors since 1819:
- 1819–1821: Christian Rapp
- 1821–1828: Gottlieb Friedrich von Stum
- 1828–1845: Philipp Friedrich Palm
- 1845–1866:
- 1866–1872: Johannes Frasch
- 1879–1903: Jakob Friz
- 1903–1905: Heinrich Beisswanger
- 1905–1933: Jakob Raible
- 1933–1945: Richard Beeg
- 1945: Walter Arnold
- 1945–1948: Gottlob Kamm
- 1948–1954: Emil Hayer
- 1954–1962: Franz Illenberger
- 1962–1982: Rudolf Bayler
- 1982–1990: Reinhard Hanke
- 1990–2006: Winfried Kübler
- since 2006: Matthias Klopfer
Notable people
- Reinhold Maier, German politician
Schorndorf is twinned with:
- Bury, United Kingdom, since 1995
- Dueville, Italy, since 1998
- Errenteria, Spain, since 2012
- Kahla, Germany, since 1991
- Radenthein, Austria, since 1969
- Tulle, France, since 1969
- Tuscaloosa, United States, since 1997
Places of Interest
- Ostlandkreuz
- Josias Weitbrecht, the most important anatomist of his time, later worked in St. Petersburg
- Ludovike Simanowiz, painter
- Karl Friedrich Reinhard, French statesman and writer
- Johann Philipp Palm, bookseller trader in Nuremberg
- Gottlieb Daimler, engineer, designer and industrialist
- Julius Schmid, inventor and entrepreneur
- Carl Schaefer, physician, entrepreneur and politician
- Reinhold Maier, politician, first minister-president of Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Walter Arnold, manufacturer
- Edmond Haan, French footballer
- Gerhard Graf-Martinez, flamenco guitarist, author and composer
- Konstantinos Konstantinidis, Greek footballer
- Sven Ulreich, football goalkeeper
- Davie Selke, football player
