Stuttgart
Stuttgart (German: [ˈʃtʊtɡaʁt] (
listen); Swabian: Schduagert [ˈʒ̊d̥ua̯ɡ̊ɛʕd̥]) is a city in Germany. It is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg and of the Administrative District of Stuttgart (Regierungsbezirk). Stuttgart is on the river Neckar. In December 2011, 613,392 people lived there.[4] This makes it the most populous city in Baden-Württemberg.
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Location within Baden-Württemberg  | |
| Coordinates: 48°46′55″N 9°11′02″E / 48.782°N 9.184°ECoordinates: 48°46′55″N 9°11′02″E / 48.782°N 9.184°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Stadtkreis |
| Founded | 10th century |
| Subdivisions | 23 districts |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor | Frank Nopper (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • City | 207.33 km2 (80.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 245 m (804 ft) |
| Population (2015-12-31)[3] | |
| • City | 623,738 |
| • Density | 3,008.43/km2 (7,791.80/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,787,724 (31 Dec 2018)[2] |
| • Metro | 5,300,000 (2015)[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 70173–70619 |
| Vehicle registration | S |
| Website | {{URL|example.com|optional display text}} |
Stuttgart is the sixth-largest city in Germany, and Stuttgart Region is the nation's third-largest region. The city is divided into 23 city districts.
Stuttgart is the home of two car manufacturers: Mercedes Benz and Porsche. Porsche is in Zuffenhausen (North), and Mercedes is in Untertürkheim (Southeast).
Stuttgart has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).
Population
Stuttgart has 613,392 people within city limits. It is the 6th largest city in Germany after Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Frankfurt am Main. According to a 2005 estimate, the Stuttgart urban area had between 1,238,000 and 1,250,000 people. Its metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million (2008).[1]
Education
The University of Stuttgart is one of the city's higher education institutions.
Stuttgart Media
early seal of Stuttgart, S[igillum] Universitatis Burgensium in Stutgarten "seal of the community of burgers in Stuttgart"*This is the seal of Stuttgart on the treaty with Esslingen of 1312. Volker Steck, Das Siegelwesen der südwestdeutschen Reichsstädte im Mittelalter, Esslinger Studien 12 (1994), p. 21.*Zeitschrift für Württembergische Landesgeschichte 64 (2005), p. 20.
1634 Drawing of Stuttgart by Matthäus Merian
Drawing of Stuttgart, 1794
This is page 408 of 1044, in Volume 15 of the German illustrated encyclopedia Meyers Konversationslexikon, 4th edition (1885-1890), fraktur font.
Map of Stuttgart area, 1888
View of Stuttgart from Alexanderstraße, between 1890 and 1905. The Rotebühlkaserne is visible to the left, and the Old Castle and Stiftskirche to the right.
The historic Stuttgart Marktplatz looking west, 1881
Stuttgart Rathaus on the Marktplatz, 1907. The building was destroyed by Allied bombing during World War II. What was left of the building was used to build the current City Hall.
Villa Berg, the summer residence of the royalty of Wurttemberg built from 1845 to 1853, in a colorized photograph from 1910
A colorized photo from 1911 of the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft factory in Untertürkheim. Today, this building is the seat of Mercedes-Benz Group.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stuttgart". Initiativkreis Europäische Metropolregionen (in Deutsch). Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität – vierteljährlich". statistik-bw.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Postleitzahl am 30.09.2016". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Bevölkerungsentwicklung in den Gemeinden Baden-Württembergs 2011" (PDF) (in Deutsch). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
Other websites
Media related to Stuttgart at Wikimedia Commons
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- Pictures of the Stuttgart Metropolitan Area
