Holzmaden

Holzmaden 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 town and surrounding area are well known as the source of exceptionally well-preserved fossils from the Jurassic period.

Holzmaden
Coat of arms
Location of Holzmaden within Esslingen district
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Holzmaden
Holzmaden
Coordinates: 48°38′1″N 9°31′2″E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictEsslingen
Government
 • MayorSusanne Jakob
Area
 • Total3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Elevation
356 m (1,168 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total2,296
 • Density740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
73271
Dialling codes07023
Vehicle registrationES
Websitewww.holzmaden.de

Demographics
Date Population
167143
1750219
3 December 1834¹488
3 December 1861¹557
1 December 1900¹564
17 May 1939¹697
29 October 1946¹988
13 September 1950¹1,063
Date Population
6 June 1961¹1,290
27 May 1970¹1,520
25 May 1987¹1,646
31 December 19901,765
31 December 19951,909
31 December 20002,068
31 December 20052,145
31 December 20102,131

1=census results

Mayors
  • Christian Burkhardt (1945–1952)
  • Otto Vogt (1952–1982)
  • Jürgen Berner (1982–1998)
  • Jürgen Riehle (1998–2014)
  • Susanne Jakob (2014–present)[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

Fossils
Harpoceras falcifer from the Holzmaden Lagerstätte

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 locale is important for its frequent preservation of soft tissue, a rarity in fossils.

Examples from this site include:

References
  1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). September 2020.
  2. Würdiger Abschied und Neubeginn, Der Teckbote, 7. April 2014.
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