{{Short description|Natural region in Germany}} {{Location map|Baden-Württemberg | lat=48.69500 | long=9.19444 | region= DE-BW |caption=Location of the Filder in Baden-Württemberg |float=right }} The '''Filder''' ({{IPA|de|ˈfɪldɐ|-|De-Filder.ogg}}; plural) – also '''Filder Plain''' ({{langx|de|Filderebene}}) – is a natural region (major unit no. 106) of the Swabian Keuper-Lias Land within the South German Scarplands.
They form a gently rolling, fertile plateau in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, which extends over the western half of the county of Esslingen and the southern part of the borough of the state capital of Stuttgart. Geologically it was formed by the transformation of a fault zone from the Lias period.
== Hills ==
Among the hills of the Filder are the: * Bernhartshöhe ({{Höhe|549|DE-NN|link=false}}), near Vaihingen by the 4-way motorway intersection, the highest point in the borough of Stuttgart * Bopser ({{Höhe|485.2|DE-NN|link=false}}), here is the Stuttgart TV Tower and the Waldau Sports Centre (''Sportzentrum Waldau'') (including the Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, home ground of Stuttgarter Kickers football team) [[File:Fernsehturm Stuttgart.JPG|thumb|The Stuttgart TV Tower on the edge of the Filder]] * Frauenkopf ({{Höhe|462.3|DE-NN|link=false}}), location of the Stuttgart Telecommunication Tower * Raichberg (ca. {{Höhe|421|DE-NN|link=false}}), Stuttgart-Ost, location of the Stuttgart Transmission Tower
{{coord|48.7000|N|9.2635|E|type:landmark_region:DE-BW|display=title}}
== External links == * [http://www.schutzgemeinschaft-filder.de/ Schutzgemeinschaft Filder e. V.] * [http://www.filderstadt.de/servlet/PB/show/1284713_l1/Internet1-104.pdf ''Natur- und Umweltschutz Filderstadt – 2009: Spezialthema Boden''] (pdf; 2,3 MB) Zusammensetzung des Bodens auf den Fildern, archäologische Funde uvm. Retrieved 5 July 2010
! Category:Regions of Baden-Württemberg Category:Special Areas of Conservation in Germany Category:Geography of Stuttgart Category:Esslingen (district)