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.
Demographics Date Population 1671 43 1750 219 3 December 1834¹ 488 3 December 1861¹ 557 1 December 1900¹ 564 17 May 1939¹ 697 29 October 1946¹ 988 13 September 1950¹ 1,063 Date Population 6 June 1961¹ 1,290 27 May 1970¹ 1,520 25 May 1987¹ 1,646 31 December 1990 1,765 31 December 1995 1,909 31 December 2000 2,068 31 December 2005 2,145 31 December 2010 2,131
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Mayors Christian Burkhardt (1945–1952) Otto Vogt (1952–1982) Jürgen Berner (1982–1998) Jürgen Riehle (1998–2014) Susanne Jakob (2014–2021)Würdiger Abschied und Neubeginn, Der Teckbote, 7. April 2014. Florian Schepp (since 2021)
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
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: Ichthyosaurs Plesiosaurs Steneosaurus Platysuchus Lepidotus Dapedius Ammonite Pentacrinus colony (Sea Lily)
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