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Stuttgart

Stuttgart [], a city City

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 located in southern Germany Germany

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, is the capital of the state of Baden-Wrttemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area Stuttgart Region

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1976   The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction Red Army Faction

The Red Army Faction , was postwar West Germany [i]'s most active and prominent left-wing [i] terrorist [i] ... 

 begins in Stuttgart, West Germany.

1977   A Stuttgart court sentences RAF Red Army Faction

The Red Army Faction , was postwar West Germany [i]'s most active and prominent left-wing [i] terrorist [i] ... 

 members Andreas Baader Andreas Baader

Andreas Bernd Baader was the first leader of the German [i] revolutionary [i] organization Red Army Faction [i] ... 

, Gudrun Ensslin Gudrun Ensslin

Gudrun Ensslin was a founder of the German [i] terrorist [i] group Red Army Faction [i] ... 

 and Jan-Carl Raspe Jan-Carl Raspe

Jan-Carl Raspe was a member of the German [i] militant [i] group, the Red Army Faction [i]. ... 

 to life imprisonment.



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Stuttgart [], a city City

A city is an urban area [i] that is differentiated from a town [i], village [i], or hamlet [i] ... 

 located in southern Germany Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country [i] in central Europe [i]. ... 

, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Wrttemberg is a state [i] of Germany [i] in the southwestern part of the country ... 

 with a population of approximately 590,000 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area Stuttgart Region

Stuttgart Region consists of the city of Stuttgart [i] and the surrounding districts [i] ... 

.

Overview

Stuttgart, Germany Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country [i] in central Europe [i]. ... 

, the capital of Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Wrttemberg is a state [i] of Germany [i] in the southwestern part of the country ... 

 state and the Administrative Region of Stuttgart , is located in the center of the very densely populated southwestern Stuttgart Region Stuttgart Region

Stuttgart Region consists of the city of Stuttgart [i] and the surrounding districts [i] ... 

  of Germany Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country [i] in central Europe [i]. ... 

, close to both the Black Forest Black Forest

The Black Forest is a wooded [i] mountain range [i] in Baden-Wrttemberg [i], southwestern Germany [i] ... 

 and the Swabian Jura Swabian Alb

* Sigmaringen [i]
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. The city center itself has a population of 591 528 and covers an area of 207 km². Stuttgart with its metropolitan area is one of the most prominent and well-known German towns, especially due to its cultural, administrative and huge economic importance.

Stuttgart is the sixth largest city in Germany and Stuttgart Region Stuttgart Region

Stuttgart Region consists of the city of Stuttgart [i] and the surrounding districts [i] ... 

 is the nation's fourth largest conurbation . Neighbouring large cities are Frankfurt Frankfurt

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  and Munich Munich

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The City of Stuttgart is subdivided into 23 city districts, among the most well-known are:

  • Bad Cannstatt Stuttgart

    Stuttgart [], a city [i] located in southern Germany [i], is the capital of the state of Baden-Wrttemberg [i] ... 

  • Moehringen
  • Stammheim
  • Untertürkheim
  • Vaihingen
  • Zuffenhausen Zuffenhausen

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  • Feuerbach Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach

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Stuttgart is also the seat of a protestant bishop Bishop

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  and one of the two co-seats of the bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese Rottenburg-Stuttgart. The pentecostal Biblische Glaubens-Gemeinde ist the largest megachurch Megachurch

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 in Germany.







History

The coat of arms shows a black, rampant horse on a yellow or golden field. It is a canting seal Canting arms

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 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 Swabia Swabia

Swabia is both a historic and linguistic [i] region in Germany [i]. ... 

, one of the sons of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I the Great Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

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, and used for horse breeding . Later on , Stuttgart became the residence of the counts of Württemberg Württemberg

Wrttemberg refers to an area and a former state in Swabia [i], a region in south-western Germany [i].
... 

. In 1496, the counts of Württemberg were promoted to dukes by the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Empire

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. After Napoleon's Napoleon I of France

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 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 and King Wilhelm I of Württemberg is located.

During the revolution of 1848/1849 Revolutions of 1848 in the German states

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, a democratic pan-German national parliament was formed in Frankfurt Frankfurt

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 to overcome the division of Germany. After long discussions, the parliament decided to offer the title of German Emperor to the Prussian Prussia

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 king. Since the democratic movement became weaker, the German princes regained control of their independent states. Finally the Prussian king declined the revolutionaries' offer. The members of parliament were driven out of Frankfurt, and the most radical members fled to Stuttgart. A short while later, this rump parliament was dissolved by the Württemberg military.

In 1871, as an autonomous kingdom, Württemberg joined the German Empire German Empire

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 or Kaiserreich, created by the Prussian prime minister Otto von Bismarck Otto von Bismarck

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 through several successful wars and diplomacy. After World War I World War I

World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War and "The War to End All War... 

, the monarchy broke down and the Free State of Württemberg was established, as a part of the Weimar Republic Weimar Republic

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. In 1920, Stuttgart was the seat of the German National Government . During World War II World War II

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, the city center of Stuttgart was nearly completely destroyed due to Allied air raids.

In 1945 the Allied Forces took control of Germany. They merged parts of the former German States of Baden Baden

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 and Württemberg Württemberg

Wrttemberg refers to an area and a former state in Swabia [i], a region in south-western Germany [i].
... 

 and later in 1952 on the new, democratic state Baden-Württemberg with Stuttgart as its capital was created by a referendum.

After World War II, an early concept of the Marshall Plan Marshall Plan

The Marshall Plan was the primary plan of the United States [i] for rebuilding the allied countries of ... 

 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 . This speech led directly to the unification of the British 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 Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country [i] in central Europe [i]. ... 

. Stuttgart, like Frankfurt Frankfurt

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, was a serious contender to become the federal capital, but finally Bonn Bonn

Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany [i], located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne [i] on the ri... 

 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 Red Army Faction

The Red Army Faction , was postwar West Germany [i]'s most active and prominent left-wing [i] terrorist [i] ... 

 trial at the Stammheim high-security court and the subsequent suicides of Ulrike Meinhof, Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe . The trial and the period thereafter were accompanied by several new terroristic assaults to liberate the inmates .

During the Cold War Cold War

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, the joint command center of all United States United States

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 military forces in Europe, Africa and the Atlantic was moved to Stuttgart . EUCOM United States European Command

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 is still headquartered there today.

U.S. Army bases in and around Stuttgart include or included the following: Patch Barracks , Robinson Barracks, Kelley Barracks , and Panzer Kaserne.

In the past American dependent schools, affiliated with either the United States Dependents Schools Europe or Department of Defense Education Activity Schools , included Stuttgart American High School ; Stuttgart Elementary and Junior High Schools ; Patch American High School ; and Boeblingen Elementary School . American high school sports teams from Stuttgart would play against American high schools in Frankfurt Frankfurt

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, Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern

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... 

, Wiesbaden Wiesbaden

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, and sometimes Munich Munich

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, an international high school. In 1994 Pattonville, and subsequently Stuttgart American High School were returned to the local German governance.

Economy



Approximately 150,000 companies are located in the Stuttgart region. The area is known for its high-tech industry; some of its most prominent companies include DaimlerChrysler DaimlerChrysler

DaimlerChrysler AG [i] headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Wrttemberg [i] an ... 

, Porsche Porsche

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG , is a German [i] sports car [i] manufacturer [i], founded... 

, Bosch Robert Bosch GmbH

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, Celesio, Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard

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 and IBM IBM

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 all of whom located their world or German headquarters here. In fact, the Porsche badge, as seen on the front of Porsche cars has this town's name in the centre of the badge, something that is unique amongst the world's vehicle makers. A theory even suggests that also the Ferrari Ferrari

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 logo "Cavallino Rampante" had its origin in the Stuttgart coat-of-arms.
Stuttgart is the place where the motorbike and the four-wheeled automobile were invented , it's hence the starting point of the worldwide automotive industry. Such famous and prestigious brands as Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz

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, Porsche Porsche

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 and Maybach are produced there. Also the very first prototypes of the eventual VW Beetle Volkswagen Beetle

The Volkswagen Type 1, more commonly known as the Beetle, Fusca, Coccinelle, Voch... 

 were fabricated in Stuttgart, based on a design by Ferdinand Porsche Ferdinand Porsche

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.

The region currently has Germany's highest density of scientific, academic and research organisations, and tops the national league for patent applications. More than 11% of all R&D-expenses in the Federal Republic of Germany are generated in the Stuttgart Region . In addition to several universities and colleges, the area has six institutes of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, four institutes for collaborative industrial research at local universities, two Max-Planck Institut Max Planck Society

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, as well as one large-scale research centre—the German Aerospace Centre .

Stuttgart holds top place of all European Union regions according to the share of employment in high-tech and medium-high tech manufacturing with a figure of 21.0% .

The Stuttgart Stock Exchange is the second largest in Germany and important financial companies are headquartered in Stuttgart , as well. In addition to these global players, the Stuttgart economy consists of many highly versatile and dynamic medium-sized enterprises .

Furthermore, Stuttgart is still one of Germany's largest wine-growing towns with a century-long tradition and is situated at the geographic center of the "Württemberg Wine Growing Area" .

Stuttgart is also home to Dinkel-Acker Brewing Co.

Public transportation

Stuttgart, like other cities in Germany, is served by a regional rapid transit system called the S-Bahn S-Bahn

The S-Bahn is a suburban metro [i] railway [i] network in Germany [i], Austria [i] and Switzerland [i]. ... 

. The S-Bahn trains operate on the rails of the Deutsche Bahn AG and are powered with normal traction current taken from overhead wires. Stuttgart also has a light rail Light rail

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 system which has incrementally replaced the city's tram lines. It runs with DC with a voltage of 750 volts and uses normal gauge. In the city centre as well as in other densely built-up districts of the city, the Stadtbahn runs underground; hence the "U"-symbol for U-Bahn U-Bahn

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    is used to signify it. Because the old tram lines used metre gauge, some of the light rail system's trackage still has three rails.


A peculiarity of Stuttgart is the Zahnradbahn Rack Railway Stuttgart

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, a rack railway Rack railway

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 operating from Marienplatz in the heart of the city to the Degerloch district; it is the only urban rack railway in Germany and is powered by electricity. Furthermore, there is a cable car Stuttgart Cable Car

The Stuttgart Cable Car is a cable car [i] in Stuttgart [i], Germany [i].
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 that operates in the city's Heslach district to the forest cemetery , employing cars built of wood.
On the Killesberg, a prominent hill in the city, there is a park railway Killesberg railway

The Killesberg railway is a narrow-gauge railway [i] in the Killesbergpark [i] in Stuttgart [i], Germany [i] ... 

 run by diesel , which makes roundtrips through the Killesberg Park Killesbergpark

The Killesbergpark is an urban public park [i] of half a square kilometre [i] in Stuttgart [i] ... 

. At the forest hostel of the city's public transport provider, there is a small electric tram for children called "Rumpelstilzchen", which is closed to tourists.

People, culture & architecture







Stuttgart is known for its cultural life, in particular the Staatstheater and Staatsgalerie Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart is an art gallery [i] and art museum [i] in Stuttgart [i], Germany [i], open ... 

. The Staatstheater contains an opera house and three smaller theaters, where opera, ballet, theatre and concerts are produced. The world-renowned Stuttgart Opera won the prestigious "Opera of the year" award for five years running . The famous Stuttgart Ballet is connected to names like John Cranko and Marcia Haydée. The city also offers two broadway-style Musical theaters, the Apollo and the Palladium Theater .

Stuttgart is home to ten institutes of higher education, the largest being University of Stuttgart University of Stuttgart

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, Stuttgart Media University and University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart

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Stuttgart's city center was heavily destroyed during World War II. During the reconstruction of the city in the style of the 1950s and 1960s many surviving historic buildings were demolished, e.g. the Kronprinzenpalais at Schlossplatz. The city today is thus poor in historic buildings. Nevertheless, many historic buildings have been reconstructed, and the city boasts of some fine pieces of modern post-war architecture.

  • 1200 - 1600 Collegiate Church ; Interior: Romanesque/Gothic/Modern); reconstructed with simplified interior
  • 1300 - 1500 Old Palace ; reconstructed
  • 1700 - 1800 New Palace ; reconstructed with modern interior
  • 1700 - 1800 Castle Solitude Castle Solitude

    Castle Solitude in Germany was built as a hunting lodge between 1764 and 1769 under Duke Karl Eugen [i] ... 

     ;
  • 1850 King's Building ; reconstructed
  • 1910 Market Hall ;
  • 1920 Main Railway Station ;
  • 1927 Weissenhof Estate Weissenhof Estate

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     ;
  • 1950 TV Tower Fernsehturm Stuttgart

    The Fernsehturm Stuttgart [i] is the world's first TV tower [i] built from concrete [i].

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 ;
  • 1980 New State Gallery ;
  • 2000 Stuttgart Airport Terminal Building Stuttgart Airport

    Stuttgart Airport is an international airport located approximately 8 miles south of Stuttgart [i], Germany [i] ... 

      - located just outside the city in neighboring Leinfelden-Echterdingen
  • 2005 Kunstmuseum Stuttgart Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

    The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart is a recently opened art museum in Stuttgart [i], Germany [i].

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 .

In 1992, the VfB Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart

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  claimed the first German Championship title after the reunification of the football federations of West and East Germany. The city also has a reputation for organizing other major sports events. It hosted the 1993 World Championships in Athletics 1993 World Championships in Athletics

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 and many other world and European championships of all kind of sports. The town was one of the twelve hosts of the Football World Cup 2006 2006 FIFA World Cup

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. I.a. the 3rd and 4th place playoff of the World Cup was be held at the City's Daimler Stadium. Stuttgart also is "European Sports Capital 2007" and will host the 2007 UCI World Cycling Championships Road Race and Time Trials for elite men, women, and under-23 year old riders.

Stuttgart's Swabian cuisine, beer and wine are also well known. There are two famous annual beer festivals; the "Cannstatter Volksfest Stuttgart Beer Festival

The Stuttgart Festival is an annual two-week festival in Stuttgart [i], Germany [i].
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" on the "Cannstatter Wasen Stuttgart Beer Festival

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" and the slightly smaller "Stuttgarter Frühlingsfest" - However, both are second only in size to the Oktoberfest Oktoberfest

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 in Munich Munich

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. The Christmas Market Christmas Market

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 of Stuttgart is the largest and one of the oldest and most beautiful in Europe, especially renowned for the abundant decorations.

The famous "Wilhelma Wilhelma

The Zoo [i] Wilhelma in Stuttgart [i], Germany [i] is Europe's only large combined zoological [i] an ... 

" is Germany's only combined zoological and botanical garden. The whole compound was built around 1850 as a summer palace in moorish style for King Wilhelm I William I, German Emperor

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 of Württemberg Württemberg

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. Close to the Wilhelma, there are the Stuttgart city districts of Bad Cannstatt Stuttgart

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 and Berg which are the second largest mineral spas in Europe .

Other important towns in the Stuttgart Region are Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg

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 with its enormous baroque palace Ludwigsburg Palace

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, Sindelfingen and Esslingen Esslingen am Neckar

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.

Famous people from Stuttgart


Notable people born in Stuttgart or residents who influenced the history of the city:

  • Günther Behnisch - architect
  • Robert Bosch Robert Bosch

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     - inventor
  • Gottlieb Daimler Gottlieb Daimler

    Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler was an engineer [i], industrial design [i]er and industrialist [i], born in Schorndorf [i]... 

     - inventor of the motorbike and automobile, founded what would become Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz

    Mercedes-Benz is a German [i] brand name of automobile [i]s, bus [i]es, coach [i]es, an ... 

  • Dominic Dobson, race car driver
  • Wilhelm Maybach - inventor together with Gottlieb Daimler Gottlieb Daimler

    Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler was an engineer [i], industrial design [i]er and industrialist [i], born in Schorndorf [i]... 

  • Ferdinand Porsche Ferdinand Porsche

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     - creator of the VW Beetle, founder of the Porsche Porsche

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     car company
  • Roland Emmerich - director
  • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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     - philosopher
  • Theodor Heuss - First German Post-War President
  • Jürgen Klinsmann Jürgen Klinsmann

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     - football player, coach of the German football squad
  • Hermann Lang Hermann Lang

    Hermann Lang was a German [i] champion race car driver.

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 - Grand Prix race car driver
  • Frei Otto Frei Otto

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     - architect
  • Friedrich von Schiller Friedrich Schiller

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     - famous German poet
  • Peter Schilling - popular musician and Neue Deutsche Welle artist
  • Count Stauffenberg - member of the German Resistance who tried to kill Hitler
  • Richard von Weizsäcker Richard von Weizsäcker

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     - German President, Lord Mayor of Berlin
  • Bernard Tomic Bernard Tomic

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     - Tennis Tennis

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     child prodigy

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