Leinfelden-Echterdingen
# Leinfelden-Echterdingen

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. 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.

