Filderstadt is a town in the district of Esslingen

Esslingen (district)

Esslingen is a district in the centre of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rems-Murr, Göppingen, Reutlingen, Böblingen and the district-free city Stuttgart.-History:...

 in Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

 in southern Germany

Germany

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. It is located approximately 13 km south of Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

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Filderstadt is located next to the Stuttgart Airport

Stuttgart Airport

Stuttgart Airport is an international airport located approximately south of Stuttgart, Germany....

 and the new Trade Fair

Stuttgart Trade Fair

Messe Stuttgart is an exhibition centre and trade fair next to Stuttgart Airport, 7 miles south of Stuttgart, Germany. It is the ninth biggest trade fair in Germany....

. Line S2 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn

Stuttgart S-Bahn

The Stuttgart S-Bahn is a suburban railway system serving the Stuttgart Region, an agglomeration of around 2.6 million people, consisting of the city of Stuttgart and the adjacent districts of Esslingen, Böblingen, Ludwigsburg and Rems-Murr. It consists of seven lines numbered S1 through S6 and...

 terminates at Filderstadt station

Filderstadt station

Filderstadt station is the end point of the railway from Stuttgart-Rohr. Line S 2 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn terminates here.-History :...

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Filderstadt was created as a town in 1975 from five smaller villages called Bernhausen

Bernhausen

Bernhausen is a former municipality in the Esslingen district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It was first recorded in year 1089 as Berinhusen....

, Bonlanden

Bonlanden

Bonlanden is a former municipality in the Esslingen district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It was first recorded in the 12th century as Bonlandum....

, Plattenhardt

Plattenhardt

Plattenhardt is a former municipality in the Esslingen district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was first recorded in year 1269 as Blatinhart....

, Sielmingen

Sielmingen

Sielmingen is a former municipality in the Esslingen district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It was first recorded in year 1275 as Sygehelmingen....

 and Harthausen

Harthausen, Baden-Württemberg

Harthausen is a former municipality in the Esslingen district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It was first recorded in year 1304 as Harthusen....

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From 1978-2005, it played host to the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is a tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany . Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest women's indoor tournament in Europe. Currently it is a Tier II tournament on the WTA Tour. The singles champion also receives a Porsche 911 Carrera sports car in addition...

, a WTA

Women's Tennis Association

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 Tier II event.

Partnership towns

Oschatz

Oschatz

Oschatz is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located 60 km east of Leipzig and 60 km west of Dresden.- Site and Climate :...

, Germany

Germany

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 Selby

Selby

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, England

England

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 La Souterraine

La Souterraine

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, France

France

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 Poltava

Poltava

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, Ukraine

Ukraine

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 Dombasle-sur-Meurthe

Dombasle-sur-Meurthe

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, France

France

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