Location:

Ideally situated on the agriculturally attractive Filder plain or in the middle Neckar area and only 1 kilometer away from the Stuttgart Airport, not only the Swabian Alb are in view but also the Black Forest and the natural conservation area Schönbuch are easily reachable.

Local authority districts: Bernhausen Bonlanden Harthausen Plattenhardt Sielmingen

Geographic position: 48°40' Nord 9°13' Ost Altitude above sea level: 370m Area: 3.854ha

History:

Filderstadt resulted from the community reform from 1 January 1975. Since then it includes the city districts of Bernhausen, Bonlanden, Harthausen, Plattenhardt and Sielmingen.

Of course the history of the five city districts is much older. Due to the good soil, the Fildern have been settled since the early Stone Age. For centuries, they served as the agricultural "pantry" of Stuttgart. The famous Filderspitzkraut (Filder cabbage) used to be of great importance and the people in Bernhausen have dedicated a memorial to it.  

The former wealth is pointed out by the numerous timber frame houses in the hearts of the towns. To be emphasized are above all the town centers of Bernhausen and Bonlanden where the Filderstadt Homeland Museum is also located.

Economy:

The numerous companies located in Filderstadt appreciate the good traffic connections (airport, advantageous arrival by car) as well as the closeness to the research locations of the Universities Stuttgart and Hohenheim. 16,000 jobs are currently counted.
Mechanical engineering, data processing, electro-technology as well as paper and printing count among the most important production trades, more than half of the jobs however are in the area of services.
In addition around 500 handicraft companies are located here. The town centers are characterized through numerous retail companies which have a large and qualitatively high value assortment of goods.
The advantageous location and the structures make Filderstadt an attractive living and industrial location. Also in the future a healthy mixture of branches and jobs with differing quality demands are to be maintained.
Filderstadt also offers something special in the area of health care. In the Filderklinik, a hospital which follows the basics of Anthroposophy with 230 beds, patients from the entire nation are treated - for many as an alternative to orthodox medicine.

Sights:

Fildorado
Large free-time, wellness and spa bath

Mörike Parsonage
Mörike as parish administrator and man of letters 1829.

Farm Gutenhalde
The farm was built from 1945 - 49 in the historical style of a Low German estate by the Stuttgart architect Paul Heim.

Town center Bonlanden
Timber frame house ensemble and late medieval former fortress with walled in enclosure, now parsonage.

Fortress Bonlanden
The mighty stone house comes from the 14th century and was the residence of the local noblemen of Bonlanden. The fortress was never besieged or even conquered. From the 16th century comes the stone bridge with a round arch, from the 18th century the mighty hip roof. The completely maintained medieval enclosure of wall and trench is considered to be rare in the Stuttgart region. Since 1470, the former fortress of Bonlanden has been used as a parsonage.
The fortress can only be seen from outside.

Museums & Galleries:

Gottlob Häußler Homeland Museum Filderstadt
In the former Bonlanden City Hall from the 16th century on four floors the everyday life on the Fildern in earlier times is shown, in particular the areas of agriculture, craftsmanship (shoemaker, carpenter's or brush binder workshops), the kitchen and much more. Worth seeing in particular is the "Mom and Pop Shop" in the ground floor. Each year there are some three special exhibits on the various cultural history topics. Everyday life on the fields from earlier times (agriculture, handicrafts).
City Gallery
Art exhibitions

FILharmonie Filderstadt:

Events, congresses, meetings, seminars, trade fairs
The most important location of the diverse cultural life is the inter-regional culture and congress center FILharmonie. In modern architecture, congresses, meetings, trade fairs and exhibitions find their place as well as large rock and pop events, classic ballet, performing arts, operas and children's theater. In just five years, the FILharmonie has developed into one of the leading culture and meeting addresses in southern Germany.
In its flexible rooms, the FILharmonie has more than 2,200 standing places for pop concerts, with seating up to 900 guests have place in the combination hall, which when needed can quickly become the small hall with 250 places and the large hall with 650 places.
The conference rooms can be individually combined through moveable walls. The generous exhibition surfaces can be well included in the planning of congresses. Whether festivals or work meetings - flexibility, quality and full service are a matter of course for the FILharmonie team.
FILharmonie Filderstadt
Tübinger Str. 40
70794 Filderstadt
Tel.:+49 (711) 709 76 -0
Fax: +49 (711) 70 976-76
filharmonie@filderstadt.de
www.filharmoniefilderstadt.de