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Stuttgart Region (Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg

Baden-W?rttemberg is one of the 16 States of Germany of the Federal Republic of Germany. Baden-W?rttemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine?but one which has some of its major cities straddling the banks of the Neckar River ....
, Germany) consists of the city of Stuttgart
Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The list of cities in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million ....
 and the surrounding districts
Districts of Germany

German districts are administrative units used in Germany and the former state of Prussia. The districts are at an intermediate level of administration between the and the local / municipal levels ....
 of Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg (district)

Ludwigsburg is a district in the middle of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heilbronn , Rems-Murr, the district-free city Stuttgart, and the districts Boeblingen and Enz ....
, Esslingen
Esslingen (district)

Esslingen is a district in the centre of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rems-Murr, G?ppingen , Reutlingen , B?blingen and the district-free city Stuttgart....
, Böblingen
Böblingen (district)

B?blingen is a district in the middle of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Calw , Enz , Ludwigsburg , Stuttgart, and the districts Esslingen and T?bingen ....
, Rems-Murr and Göppingen
Göppingen (district)

G?ppingen is a Kreis in the middle of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rems-Murr, Ostalbkreis, Heidenheim , Alb-Donau , Reutlingen and Esslingen ....
 (each 10–20 km from Stuttgart city center). About 2.7 million inhabitants live in that area (3,700 km²).






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Stuttgart Region (Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg

Baden-W?rttemberg is one of the 16 States of Germany of the Federal Republic of Germany. Baden-W?rttemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine?but one which has some of its major cities straddling the banks of the Neckar River ....
, Germany) consists of the city of Stuttgart
Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The list of cities in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million ....
 and the surrounding districts
Districts of Germany

German districts are administrative units used in Germany and the former state of Prussia. The districts are at an intermediate level of administration between the and the local / municipal levels ....
 of Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg (district)

Ludwigsburg is a district in the middle of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heilbronn , Rems-Murr, the district-free city Stuttgart, and the districts Boeblingen and Enz ....
, Esslingen
Esslingen (district)

Esslingen is a district in the centre of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rems-Murr, G?ppingen , Reutlingen , B?blingen and the district-free city Stuttgart....
, Böblingen
Böblingen (district)

B?blingen is a district in the middle of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Calw , Enz , Ludwigsburg , Stuttgart, and the districts Esslingen and T?bingen ....
, Rems-Murr and Göppingen
Göppingen (district)

G?ppingen is a Kreis in the middle of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rems-Murr, Ostalbkreis, Heidenheim , Alb-Donau , Reutlingen and Esslingen ....
 (each 10–20 km from Stuttgart city center). About 2.7 million inhabitants live in that area (3,700 km²). In fact, with 708 people per square kilometre, the Stuttgart Region is one of the most densely populated areas in Germany. Stuttgart Region is governed by a directly elected parliament.

Situated at the heart of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg

Baden-W?rttemberg is one of the 16 States of Germany of the Federal Republic of Germany. Baden-W?rttemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine?but one which has some of its major cities straddling the banks of the Neckar River ....
 and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, the Stuttgart Region is the hub of economic, scientific
Science

In its broadest sense, science refers to any systematic knowledge or practice. In its more usual restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research....
, and political
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
 life in Southwest Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. The area currently has Germany's highest density of scientific, academic and research organisations, and tops the national league for patent
Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a term of patent in exchange for a disclosure of an invention....
 applications. The Gross Domestic Product
Gross domestic product

File:GDP nominal per capita world map IMF 2008.pngThe gross domestic product or gross domestic income is one of the measures of national income and output for a given country's economy....
 for Stuttgart Region was recorded at €
Euro

The euro is the official currency of 16 out of 27 European Union member state of the European Union . The states, known collectively as the Eurozone are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain....
31,590 per capita in 1999. The unemployment rate is only 4.8 per cent. Stuttgart Region is one of Europe's most important and most successful economic centres. This is due not only to the influence of leading international companies, such as Daimler
Daimler

Daimler may refer to:*Gottlieb Daimler, German automobile inventor...
, Porsche
Porsche

Porsche SE or Porsche is a Germany automotive industry of luxury vehicle automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Porsche family and Pi?ch families....
, Robert Bosch
Robert Bosch GmbH

Robert Bosch Gesellschaft mit beschr?nkter Haftung is a German diversified technology-based corporation which was started in 1886 by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart, Germany....
, Celesio
Celesio

Celesio AG , previously GEHE AG, is a Germany healthcare and pharmaceutical company, represented in 14 countries, with a revenue of 22.3 billion euro and more than 37,000 employees....
, Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard

The Hewlett-Packard Company , commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States....
 and IBM
IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" , is a multinational corporation computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, New York, United States....
 (all of whom have their world or German headquarters
Headquarters

Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. The corporate headquarters is the entity at the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities....
 here), but also to the influence of world-renowned medium-sized enterprises such as Behr
Behr GmbH & Co. KG

Behr GmbH & Co. KG is a Germany cooperation active in the automobile industry. It is a specialist for automotive air conditioning and engine cooling systems. In 2006 group sales was 3.2 billion Euro....
, Dürr, Kärcher
Kärcher

Alfred K?rcher GmbH & Co. KG is a Germany manufacturer of cleaning systems and equipment, known for its Pressure washer....
, Märklin
Märklin

Gebr. M?rklin & Cie. GmbH or M?rklin is a Germany toy company, founded in 1859. Although it originally specialised in doll house accessories, today it is best known for model railways and technical toys....
, Stihl
Stihl

Andreas Stihl AG & Company is a manufacturer of chain saws and other handheld power equipment including String trimmer and blowers. Their Stihl headquarters are in Waiblingen, Baden-W?rttemberg near Stuttgart....
, Festo
Festo

Festo is an industrial control and automation company based in Esslingen, Germany. The company was founded in 1925. The company itself managed to build profits of ?1.65 billion in the 2006?2007 fiscal year....
, TTS Tooltechnic Systems, GEZE and Trumpf. In total, approximately 150,000 companies are located in the Stuttgart Region. 24 per cent of employees in the Stuttgart Region work in the high-tech sector – a European record.

Administrative District of Stuttgart


Stuttgart Region shouldn't be confused with the Administrative District of Stuttgart
Stuttgart (region)

Stuttgart is one of the four administrative districts of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, located in the north-east of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg, in the southwestern part of Germany.It is sub-divided into the three regions Heilbronn-Franken Region, Ostw?rttemberg Region, Stuttgart Region....
.

The German state of Baden-Württemberg is sub-divided into four districts:

  • Administrative District of Stuttgart
  • Administrative District of Tübingen
    Tübingen (region)

    T?bingen is one of the four Administrative Regions of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, located in the south-east of the country. It covers most of the German shore of Lake Constance , and also the beginning of the Danube River valley....
  • Administrative District of Karlsruhe
    Karlsruhe (region)

    Karlsruhe is one of the four administrative districts of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, located in the north-west of the state. It is subdivided into the three regional associations : Mittlerer Oberrhein , Unterer Neckar and Nordschwarzwald ....
  • Administrative District of Freiburg
    Freiburg (region)

    Freiburg is one of the four Regierungsbezirke of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, located in the south-west of the country. It covers the Black Forest hills as well as the Rhine valley....


Stuttgart Region is part of the "Administrative District of Stuttgart" (Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, 4 million inhabitants, 11,000 km²).

Stuttgart Metropolitan Area


The Stuttgart Metropolitan Area, according to the definition of the European Union, is neither identical with the "inner" Stuttgart Region nor with the Administrative District of Stuttgart.

The Stuttgart Metropolitan Area consists i.a. of the following larger cities (approx. 50 km from Stuttgart City Center):

  • Stuttgart Region, 2.7 million inhabitants
  • Heilbronn, 120,000 inhabitants, Administrative District of Stuttgart
  • Schwäbisch Gmünd, 65,000 inhabitants, Administrative District of Stuttgart
  • Tübingen, 85,000 inhabitants, Administrative District of Tübingen
  • Reutlingen, 115,000 inhabitants, Administrative District of Tübingen
  • Pforzheim, 115,000 inhabitants, Administrative District of Karlsruhe
and their surrounding counties.

Maps

Stuttgart Region
Baden Wuerttemberg Rbstuttgart

Left: Stuttgart Region / Right: Stuttgart Administrative District
Baden-Württemberg


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