Leinfelden-Echterdingen (; Swabian: Laefälda-Ächdordeng) is a town in the district of Esslingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km south of Stuttgart, near the Stuttgart Airport and directly adjacent to the newly built Stuttgart Trade Fair. The town was formed on 1 January 1975 by the merging of four former municipalities: Leinfelden, Echterdingen, Musberg and Stetten auf den Fildern.Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.1975, Statistisches Bundesamt Zeppelin LZ 4 caught fire and burned out in Echterdingen in August 1908.
Twin towns – sister cities
Leinfelden-Echterdingen is twinned with: Manosque, France (1973) Poltava, Ukraine (1988) York, United States (1989) Voghera, Italy (2000)
Economy Daimler Truck is headquartered in the town.
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