The Filder (plural) – also Filder Plain (german: Filderebene) – is a

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(major unit no. 106) of the Swabian Keuper-Lias Land within the

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. They form a gently rolling, fertile

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in the German state of

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, which extends over the western half of the county of Esslingen and the southern part of the borough of the state capital of Stuttgart. Geologically it was formed by the transformation of a

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from the Lias period.

Hills

Among the hills of the Filder are the: * Bernhartshöhe (), near Vaihingen by the 4-way motorway intersection, the highest point in the borough of Stuttgart * Bopser (), here is the Stuttgart TV Tower and the Waldau Sports Centre (''Sportzentrum Waldau'') (including the

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, home ground of

Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. History In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Sü ...

football team) Fernsehturm Stuttgart

Frauenkopf Frauenkopf is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the ...

(), location of the Stuttgart Telecommunication Tower * Raichberg (ca. ), Stuttgart-Ost, location of the Stuttgart Transmission Tower {{coord, 48.7000, N, 9.2635, E, type:landmark_region:DE-BW, display=title

External links

Schutzgemeinschaft Filder e. V.

''Natur- und Umweltschutz Filderstadt – 2009: Spezialthema Boden''
(pdf; 2,3 MB) Zusammensetzung des Bodens auf den Fildern, archäologische Funde uvm. Retrieved 5 July 2010 ! Regions of Baden-Württemberg Special Areas of Conservation in Germany Geography of Stuttgart Esslingen (district)