Holzmaden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany that lies between Stuttgart and Ulm. Holzmaden is 4 km south-east from Kirchheim unter Teck and 19 km south-east of Esslingen am Neckar. The A 8 runs south from Holzmaden. The town and surrounding area are well known as the source of exceptionally well-preserved fossils from the Jurassic period.

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Holzmaden
Municipality
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Location of Holzmaden within Esslingen district
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Coordinates: 48°38′1″N 9°31′2″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Esslingen
Government
• Mayor (2021–29)	Florian Schepp[1]
Area
• Total	3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Elevation	356 m (1,168 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,321
• Density	750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	73271
Dialling codes	07023
Vehicle registration	ES
Website	www.holzmaden.de

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The community is located north of the Bundesautobahn 8, halfway between Ulm and Stuttgart; the next junction is Aichelberg.

The railway Kirchheim (Teck) Süd-Weilheim (Teck) connected Holzmaden to the railway network. Passenger traffic was discontinued in 1982 and freight in 1995. Holzmaden also has a primary school, two kindergartens, a community hall with integrally joined forming gym and a sports and leisure facility.

• Bernhard Hauff (1866–1950), founder of museum Hauff
• Heinz Kälberer (born 1942), former Lord mayor of Vaihingen an der Enz

The ground in and around the city contains rich layers of well-preserved fossils (or Lagerstätten) of the Jurassic period. The fossils are found in the 180-million-year-old Posidonia Shale and displayed in the local Museum Hauff as well as museums around the world. This locale is important for its frequent preservation of soft tissue, a rarity in fossils.

Examples from this site include:

• Ichthyosaurs
• Plesiosaurs
• Steneosaurus
• Platysuchus
• Lepidotus
• Dapedius
• Ammonite
• Pentacrinus colony (Sea Lily)