Schorndorf

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Schorndorf
Old buildings in the town
Schorndorf
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Rems-Murr-Kreis
Town subdivisions	City and 7 quarters
Mayor	Matthias Klopfer (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	56.86 km2 (21.95 sq mi)
Elevation	256 m  (840 ft)
Population	39,196  (31 December 2006)
- Density	689 /km2 (1,785 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WN
Postal codes	73601–73614
Area code	07181
Website	www.schorndorf.de Coordinates: 48°48′0″N 09°32′0″E / 48.8°N 9.53333°E / 48.8; 9.53333

Schorndorf is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Stuttgart.

The city also is sometimes called Die Daimlerstadt (The Daimler City in English), as it is the town in which Gottlieb Daimler was born.

[edit] Twin towns

• Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (1995)
• Dueville, Veneto, Italy (1998)
• Kahla, Thuringia, Germany (1991)
• Tulle, Corrèze, France (1969)
• Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (1997)

[edit] Monuments

• Ostlandkreuz

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