Plattenhardt is a former municipality in the Esslingen district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was first recorded in year 1269 as Blatinhart.

Coat of arms of the former municipality

In 1975 it was merged with the municipalities Bernhausen, Bonlanden, Sielmingen and Harthausen to form the new town Filderstadt. Plattenhardt is today a quarter of Filderstadt, formally named Filderstadt-Plattenhardt. It has 8,482 inhabitants and is located 27 km from Stuttgart.

A road in Plattenhardt
A car dealer in Plattenhardt

Sources edit

  • Das Land Baden-Württemberg – Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band III Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Region Mittlerer Neckar (ed. Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg). Kohlhammer Verlag: Stuttgart 1978 ISBN 3-17-004758-2
  • Nikolaus Back: Von Filderlinden nach Filderstadt. Die Gemeindereform von 1975. Stadt Filderstadt 2000 ISBN 3-934760-01-5
  • Der Landkreis Esslingen (ed. Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg with the Landkreis Esslingen), Band I, p. 519. Jan Thorbecke Verlag: Ostfildern 2009. ISBN 978-3-7995-0842-1

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