Holzmaden

Holzmaden
Coat of arms
Holzmaden
Location of Holzmaden within Esslingen district
Coordinates: 48°38′1″N 9°31′2″E / 48.63361°N 9.51722°ECoordinates: 48°38′1″N 9°31′2″E / 48.63361°N 9.51722°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Esslingen
Government
• Mayor	Susanne Jakob
Area
• Total	3.09 km^2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,222
• Density	720/km^2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	73271
Dialling codes	07023
Vehicle registration	ES
Website	www.holzmaden.de

Holzmaden (Swabian: Holzmade) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany that lies between Stuttgart and Ulm. Holzmaden is 4 km south-east from Kirchheim unter Teck and 19 km south-east of Esslingen am Neckar. The A 8 runs south from Holzmaden. The ground in and around the city contains rich layers of well-preserved fossils (or Lagerstätten) of the Jurassic period. The fossils are found in the 180-million-year-old Posidonia Shale and displayed in the local Museum Hauff as well as museums around the world. This fossil locale is important for its examples of skin cover showing parts of the animal rarely found.

Harpoceras falcifer

Examples from this site include:

• Ichthyosaurs
• Plesiosaur
• Steneosaurus
• Platysuchus
• Lepidotus
• Dapedius
• Ammonite
• Pentacrinus colony (Sea Lily)

Demographics

Jahr Einwohnerzahlen 1671 43 1750 219 3. Dezember 1834¹ 488 3. Dezember 1861¹ 557 1. Dezember 1900¹ 564 17. Mai 1939¹ 697 29. Oktober 1946¹ 988 13. September 1950¹ 1063

Jahr Einwohnerzahlen 6. Juni 1961¹ 1290 27. Mai 1970¹ 1520 25. Mai 1987¹ 1646 31. Dezember 1990 1765 31. Dezember 1995 1909 31. Dezember 2000 2068 31. Dezember 2005 2145 31. Dezember 2010 2131

1=census results

Mayors

• 1945–1952 Christian Burkhardt
• 1952–1982 Otto Vogt
• 1982–1998 Jürgen Berner
• 1998–2014 Jürgen Riehle
• 2014–present Susanne Jakob ^[2]

Holzmaden-Town hall

Infrastructure and facilities

The community is located north of the Bundesautobahn 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

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

Notable people from Holzmaden

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

References

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Postleitzahl am 30.09.2016". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
2. Würdiger Abschied und Neubeginn, Der Teckbote, 7. April 2014.