Schorndorf () is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located approximately 26 km east of Stuttgart. Its train station is the terminus of the S2 line of the Stuttgart S-Bahn.

The town is also sometimes referred to as (The Daimler Town in English), as it is the town in which Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900) was born.

Demographics The numbers of inhabitants are estimates, census results (1871–1970 and 1987) or data from statistical officeStatistik Kommunal 2010‎ Before 1871 the results are only from the core town. Year Number of inhabitants 1463 c. 2,000 1514 c. 3,000 1618 c. 5,000 1701 2,132 1803 3,434 1834 3,777 1849 3,617 1 December 1871 7,672 1 December 1890 8,777 1 December 1900 9,704 1 December 1910 10,884 16 June 1925 11,568 16 June 1933 12,319 Year Number of inhabitants 17 May 1939 13,186 13 September 1950 19,942 6 June 1961 26,384 27 May 1970 31,149 31 December 1975 32,918 31 December 1980 33,631 27 May 1987 35,759 31 December 1990 37,687 31 December 1995 38,005 31 December 2000 38,852 31 December 2005 39,305 31 December 2010 39,236

Mayors 1819–1821: Christian Rapp (politician) (1771–1853) 1821–1828: Gottlieb Friedrich von Stum (1791–1849) 1828–1845: Philipp Friedrich Palm (1759–1845) 1845–1866: 1866–1872: Johannes Frasch 1879–1903: Jakob Friz 1903–1905: Heinrich Beisswanger 1905–1933: Jakob Raible (1870–1949) 1933–1945: Richard Beeg (1888–1945) 1945: Walter Arnold (entrepreneur) (1891–1973) 1945–1948: Gottlob Kamm (SPD) (1897–1973) 1948–1954: Emil Hayer (1887–1977) 1954–1962: Franz Illenberger (1902–1974) 1962–1982: Rudolf Bayler (1917–2007) 1982–1990: Reinhard Hanke (SPD) (born 1940) 1990–2006: Winfried Kübler (CDU) (born 1939) since 2006: Matthias Klopfer (SPD) (born 1968)

Places of interest Ostlandkreuz

Twin towns – sister cities

Schorndorf is twinned with:

Bury, United Kingdom (1994) Dueville, Italy (1998) Errenteria, Spain (2012) Kahla, Germany (1991) Radenthein, Austria (1966) Tulle, France (1969) Tuscaloosa, United States (1996) Svitlovodsk, Ukraine (2023)

Notable people

Jakob Schegk (1511–1587), a polymath Aristotelian philosopher and academic physician. Johann Schmidlap (16th-century) a Bavarian fireworks maker and rocket pioneer. Josias Weitbrecht (1702–1747), an important professor of medicine and anatomy Ludovike Simanowiz (1759–1827), a portrait painter in the Classical style. Charles-Frédéric Reinhard (1761–1837), French statesman, writer, diplomat and politician Johann Philipp Palm (1766–1806), bookseller and strong anti-French agitator. Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), engineer, designer and industrialist Julius Schmid (1865–1955), inventor and entrepreneur, pioneer of condom manufacturing. Reinhold Maier (1889–1971), politician (FDP), 1st Minister President of the new Baden-Württemberg until 1953. Gerhard Graf-Martinez (born 1952), flamenco guitarist, author and composer

Sport Edmond Haan (1924–2018), French footballer Kostas Konstantinidis (born 1972), Greek footballer, played 358 games and 38 for Greece Ricarda Lisk (born 1981), triathlete Timo Lienemann (born 1985), racing driver Sven Ulreich (born 1988), footballer, played over 330 games Davie Selke (born 1995), footballer, played over 260 games Bernd Mayländer (born 1971), F1 Safety Car driver since 2000

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