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Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Baden-Württemberg
- Admin region
- Stuttgart
- District
- Ludwigsburg
- Mayor 2017 25
- Thomas Winterhalter ( Ind. )
- Total
- 23.18 km (8.95 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 200 m (660 ft)
- Density
- 513.7/km (1,331/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Dialling codes
- 07144
- Vehicle registration
- LB
- Website
- www.stadt-steinheim.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Steinheim an der Murr
- Country
- Germany
- Population
- 12082
- Area
- 23.18
- Elevation
- 200
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.stadt-steinheim.de
- Image
- Steinheim an der Murr - Höpfigheim - Ansicht von Süden im Winter (2005).jpg
- Dialing code
- 07144
- Licence plate code
- LB
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- Commons category
- Steinheim an der Murr
- twinned administrative body
- Sárvár
- postal code
- 71711
- native label
- Steinheim an der Murr
- P8168
- Rudolf Hildebrand
- hashtag
- SteinheimAnDerMurr
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Encyclopedic overview
Steinheim an der Murr ( German pronunciation: [ˈʃtaɪnhaɪm ʔan deːɐ̯ ˈmʊʁ], lit. 'Steinheim on the Murr') is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Murr, 9 km northeast of Ludwigsburg.
It is known worldwide for the Steinheim skull, the skull of an early human found there in 1933. This human lived around 250,000 years ago. The original skull is kept in the museum of nature in Stuttgart, while in Steinheim, visitors can see two reproductions of the skull in a small museum.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Steinheim an der Murr” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.