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| German State: | Baden-Württemberg |
| Administrative District: | Stuttgart |
| Conurbation: | Stuttgart Region |
| Area (City of Stuttgart): | 207.36 km² |
| Population (City of Stuttgart): | 591,284 (October 31, 2004) |
| Population Density: | 2,838 inhabitants/km² |
| Percentage of Non-Germans: | 24.3 % |
| Average Altitude: | 260 m (min: 207 m / max: 549 m) |
| Post Code: | 70001-70629 (formerly: 7000) |
| Area Code: | 0711 |
| Car Licence Code: | S
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| Geographical Position: | Lat. 48°46'36" North
Long. 9°10'48" East |
| Climate: | Average Sunshine Duration 1693 h /
Temperature 10.8 °C / Rainfall 665 mm |
| Politics | |
| Lord Mayor: | Wolfgang Schuster ( CDU) |
| City Government: Contact Address | Heilbronner Str. 7 70174 Stuttgart |
| Web Site: | www.stuttgart.de |
| E-Mail: | post@stuttgart.de |
Stuttgart is the capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany and has about 600,000 inhabitants (June 2004).
Stuttgart, Germany, capital of Baden-Württemberg state (pop. 11 million, 36,000 square kilometers) and the Administrative District of Stuttgart (pop. 4 million, 11,000 km²), is located in the center of the very densely populated southwestern Stuttgart Region (2.7 million inhabitants, 3,700 km²) of Germany, close to both the Black Forest and the Swabian Jura. The city center (situated in a lush valley, ringed with vineyards and forests, close to the River Neckar) itself has an approximate population of 600,000 and covers an area of 210 km². Stuttgart with its metropolitan area (the political entity " Stuttgart Region" plus the 50 km away cities of Tübingen, Reutlingen, Heilbronn and their surroundings) is one of the most prominent and well-known German towns, especially due to its cultural, administrative and huge economic importance.
Stuttgart is currently the sixth largest German city and Stuttgart Region is the nation's fourth largest conurbation (behind Ruhr Area, Rhein/Main Area and Berlin). Neighboring large cities are Frankfurt (210 km north of Stuttgart) and Munich (220 km southeast of Stuttgart).
The city of Stuttgart is subdivided into 23 city districts, among the most well-known are:
Stuttgart is also the seat of a Roman-Catholic (Diocese Rottenburg-Stuttgart) and a protestant bishop (Protestant State Church of Württemberg).
World's First TV Tower
The coat of arms shows a black, rampant horse on a yellow or golden field. It is a canting seal due to the fact that the name "Stuttgart" is an over the centuries modified version of "Stutengarten", in English roughly "mare garden" or "stud farm". About 950, Stuttgart was originally founded by Duke Liudolf of SwabiaSwabia (German Schwaben is a historic region in Germany and a language area. The area consists largely of the present-day state of Baden-Wurttemberg, as well as the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia. In the Middle Ages, most of modern Switzerland, one of the sons of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I the Great, and used for horse breeding (especially for his father's cavalry, see Battle of Lechfeld). Later on (about 1300), Stuttgart became the residence of the counts of Württemberg. In 1496, the counts of Württemberg were promoted to dukes by the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. After Napoleon's breakup of the Holy Roman Empire, the dukes of Württemberg earned the title of kings and Stuttgart became a royal residence.
The name of the royal family of Württemberg and of the state originates from a steep Stuttgart hill, formerly known as Wirtemberg, nowadays called Württemberg. On top of that hill, the mausoleum from 1824 of Queen Katharina (daughter of Czar Paul I of Russia) and King Wilhelm I of Württemberg is located.
In 1871, Württemberg joined the German Kaiserreich (Empire) as an autonomous kingdom. After World War I, the monarchy broke down and the Free State of Württemberg was etablished. In 1920, Stuttgart was the seat of the German National Government (since the administration had to flee from Berlin, see Kapp Putsch). During World War II, the city center of Stuttgart was nearly completely destroyed due to air raids.
In 1945 the Allied Forces took control of Germany. They merged parts of the former German States of Baden and Württemberg and later on the new, democratic state Baden-Württemberg (3rd largest German state) with Stuttgart as its capital was created by a referendum.
After World War II, an early concept of the Marshall Plan to support the reconstruction and economic/political recovery of Europe was presented during a speech given by US Secretary of State James F. Byrnes at the Stuttgart Opera House ( September 6, 1946). This speech led directly to the unification of the Bristish and American occupation zones, resulting in the so called bi-zone. Two years later, the French also joined the bi-zone, creating the tri-zone and thereby paving the way for the foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany. Stuttgart, like Frankfurt, was a serious contender to become the federal capital, but finally Bonn succeeded.
In the late seventies, the city district of Stammheim was center stage of one of the most controversial periods of German post-war history: The Red Army Faction trial at the Stammheim high-security court and the subsequent suicides of Ulrike Meinhof, Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe (all imprisoned in the Stammheim jail). The trial and the period thereafter were accompanied by several new terroristic assaults to liberate the inmates ( German Autumn 1977: i.a. the abduction and murder of the German industrialist and President of the German Employers' Association Hanns-Martin Schleyer resp. the hijacking of Lufthansa flight LH181, redirecting the jet to Mogadishu).
During the Cold War, the joint command center of all American military forces in Europe, Africa and the Atlantic was moved to Stuttgart (US European Command, EUCOM). EUCOM is headquartered there till today.
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