Stuttgart

Stuttgart
Stuttgart Schlossplatz (Castle square)
Stuttgart Schlossplatz (Castle square)
Coat of airms o Stuttgart
Coat airms
Stuttgart is located in Germany
Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Coordinates: 48°46′43″N 09°10′46″E / 48.77861°N 9.17944°E / 48.77861; 9.17944Coordinates: 48°46′43″N 09°10′46″E / 48.77861°N 9.17944°E / 48.77861; 9.17944
KintraGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DestrictStadtkreis
Foondit10t century
Subdivisions23 destricts
Govrenment
 • Laird MayorWolfgang Schuster (CDU)
Area
 • Total207.36 km2 (80.06 sq mi)
Elevation
245 m (804 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
 • Total626,275
 • Density3,000/km2 (7,800/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
70173–70619
Diallin codes0711
Vehicle registrationS
Websitestuttgart.de
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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.

  1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population bi naitionality an sex as o 31 December 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. Juin 2022.
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  3. "(in German)[[Category:Airticles wi German-leid freemit airtins]] Stuttgart". Initiativkreis Europäische Metropolregionen. Archived frae the original on 12 Juin 2018. Retrieved 23 Mairch 2009. URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  4. "(in German)[[Category:Airticles wi German-leid freemit airtins]] Basisinformationen zur Region Stuttgart". Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart GmbH. Archived frae the original on 13 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 28 Mairch 2009. URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  5. "Introduction to Stuttgart". The New York Times. 20 November 2006. Retrieved 25 Mairch 2009.
  6.  Print!  Email! Author: 2thinknow (30 Julie 2009). "2thinknow Innovation Cities Global 256 Index - worldwide innovation city rankings | 2009 | Innovation Cities Program - Analyst Reports, Index Rankings, Benchmarking Data, Workshops". Innovation-cities.com. Archived frae the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 27 Julie 2010.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link)
  7. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 11 Juin 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Neues Logo für Stuttgart". Kessel.tv. 27 Julie 2009. Archived frae the original on 29 Julie 2010. Retrieved 27 Julie 2010.

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