Holzmaden

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 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 fossil locale is important for its examples of skin cover showing parts of the animal rarely found.Examples from this site include: Ichthyosaurs Plesiosaur Steneosaurus Platysuchus Lepidotus Dapedius Ammonite Pentacrinus colony (Sea Lily)Demographics1=census resultsMayors 1945–1952 Christian Burkhardt 1952–1982 Otto Vogt 1982–1998 Jürgen Berner 1998–2014 Jürgen Riehle 2014–present Susanne Jakob