![]() | The "Scots" that wis uised in this airticle wis written bi a body that haesna a guid grip on the leid. Please mak this airticle mair better gin ye can. |
Stuttgart | |
---|---|
![]() Stuttgart Schlossplatz (Castle square) | |
Coordinates: 48°46′43″N 09°10′46″E / 48.77861°N 9.17944°ECoordinates: 48°46′43″N 09°10′46″E / 48.77861°N 9.17944°E | |
Kintra | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Stuttgart |
Destrict | Stadtkreis |
Foondit | 10t century |
Subdivisions | 23 destricts |
Govrenment | |
• Laird Mayor | Wolfgang Schuster (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 207.36 km2 (80.06 sq mi) |
Elevation | 245 m (804 ft) |
Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 626,275 |
• Density | 3,000/km2 (7,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 70173–70619 |
Diallin codes | 0711 |
Vehicle registration | S |
Website | stuttgart.de |
Stuttgart (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtʊtɡaɐ̯t]) is the caipital o the state o Baden-Württemberg in soothren Germany. The saxt-lairgest ceety in Germany, Stuttgart haes a population o 600,038 (December 2008) while the metropolitan aurie haes a population o 5.3 million (2008).[3]
The ceety lies at the centre o a hivily populatit aurie, circled bi a ring o smawer touns. This aurie cawed Stuttgart Region haes a population o 2.7 million[4]. Stuttgart's urban aurie haes a population o roughly 1.8 million, makin it Germany's seivent lairgest. Wi ower 5 million indwallers, the lairger Stuttgart Metropolitan Region is the fowert-biggest in Germany efter the Rhine-Ruhr aurie, Berlin/Brandenburg an Frankfurt/Rhine-Main.
Stuttgart is spread athort a variety o hills (some o them vinyairds), valleys an pairks - unuisual for a German ceety[5] an aften a soorce o surprise tae visitors who primarily associate the ceety wi its industrial reputation as the 'cradle o the automobile'.
Stuttgart haes the status o Stadtkreis, a teep o self-administratin urban coonty. It is an aa the seat o the state legislature, the regional parliament, local cooncil an the Protestant State Kirk in Württemberg as well as ane o the twa co-seats o the bishop o the Roman Catholic diocese o Rottenburg-Stuttgart.
The ceety o Stuttgart ranked 30 globally in Mercer's 2010 liveability rankins, an 7t in Germany ahint tap-ranked ceeties sic as Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Munich. For economic an social innovation the ceety wis ranked 11 globally, 2nt in Germany efter Hamburg an 7t in Europe in 2009 oot o 256 ceeties.[6][7]
The ceety's tourism slogan is "Stuttgart is mair". Unner current plans tae improve transport links tae the internaitional infrastructure (as pairt o the Stuttgart 21 project), in Mairch 2008 the ceety unveiled a new logo an slogan, describin itsel as "Das neue Herz Europas" ("The new hert o Europe").[8] For business it describes itsel as "Standort Zukunft", "Whaur business meets the future"). In 2007 the Bürgermeister mercatit Stuttgart tae foreign investors as "The creative pouer o Germany". In Julie 2010, Stuttgart unveiled a new ceety logo, designed tae entice mair business fowk tae stay in the ceety an enjoy breaks in the aurie.[9]
Stuttgart is nicknamed the Schwabenmetropole (Swabian metropolis), a reference tae the Swabian dialect spoken bi the locals. In that dialect, the ceety's name is pronoonced Schturget or Schtuagerd.
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs named Web