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Encyclopedia > Stuttgart Region

Stuttgart Region (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) consists of the city of Stuttgart and the surrounding counties of Ludwigsburg, Esslingen, Böblingen, Waiblingen and Göppingen (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 an directly elected parliament. Image File history File links RegionStuttgartLogoVersion3farbig. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... Alternate use: Esslingen, Switzerland Esslingen is a city in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, capital of the district of Esslingen. ...


Situated at the heart of Baden-Württemberg and Europe, the Stuttgart Region is the hub of economic, scientific, and political life in Southwest Germany. The area currently has Germany's highest density of scientific, academic and research organisations, and tops the national league for patent applications. The Gross Domestic Product for Stuttgart Region was recorded at 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 DaimlerChrysler, Porsche, Robert Bosch, Celesio, Hewlett-Packard and IBM (all of whom have their world or German headquarters here), but also to the influence of world-renowned medium-sized enterprises such as Behr, Dürr, Kärcher, Märklin, Stihl and Trumpf. In total, approximately 150,000 companies are located in the Stuttgart Region. Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... The word economy can refer to any of several things: The economy of the world — see world economy The economy of a country — see economics and economic system Economy is financial soundness or affordability. ... The scope of this article is limited to the empirical sciences. ... Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government[1], is a process by which collective decisions are made within groups. ... A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or composition of matter (substance) (known as an invention) which is new, inventive, and... A regions gross domestic product, or GDP, is one of several measures of the size of its economy. ... The euro (plural euro, symbol: €; banking code: EUR) is the official currency of the European Union and single currency for over 300 million Europeans in the following twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain; collectively also known as... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A company is, in general, any group of persons, which are known as its members, united to pursue a common interest. ... DaimlerChrysler AG (FWB:DCX, NYSE: DCX, TYO: 7663 ), headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg and Auburn Hills, Michigan, is a prominent automobile and truck manufacturer and financial services provider (through DaimlerChrysler Services). ... Porsche (), properly pronounced as a two syllable word (porsh-eh, IPA: ) , is a German manufacturer of sports cars, founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche, the engineer who created the first Volkswagen. ... The Robert Bosch GmbH is a German company which was started in 1886 by Robert Bosch. ... Company With a turnover of EUR 19. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue; NYSE: IBM) is a computer technology firm headquartered in Armonk, NY, USA. The company, which was founded in 1888 and incorporated June 15, 1911, manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services. ... Headquarters (HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ... Kärcher is a German manufacturer of cleaning systems, particularly known for its high-pressure cleaners. ... Märklin-Schlafwagen Mitropa, Spur 0 Märklin (or Maerklin) is a German toy company, founded in 1859. ... Andreas Stihl AG & Company is a manufacter of chain saws and other handheld power equipment that is headquartered in Waiblingen, Germany. ...

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Administrative District of Stuttgart

Stuttgart Region shouldn't be confused with the Administrative District of Stuttgart.


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

  • Administrative District of Stuttgart
  • Administrative District of Tübingen
  • Administrative District of Karlsruhe
  • Administrative District of Freiburg

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.


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

From German Wikipedia File links The following pages link to this file: Stuttgart Region Categories: GFDL images ... Image File history File links Baden-Wuerttemberg_rbstuttgart. ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Stuttgart Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (329 words)
Stuttgart Region (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) consists of the city of Stuttgart and the surrounding counties of Ludwigsburg, Esslingen, Böblingen, Waiblingen and Göppingen (each 10 - 20 km from Stuttgart city center).
Stuttgart Region shouldn't be confused with the Administrative District of Stuttgart.
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.
Stuttgart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2411 words)
Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area.
Stuttgart with its metropolitan area (the political entity "Stuttgart Region" enlarged by the nearby cities of Ludwigsburg, Böblingen, Esslingen, Göppingen and their respective districts [kreise]) is one of the most prominent and well-known German towns, especially due to its cultural, administrative and huge economic importance.
Stuttgart is also the seat of a protestant bishop (Protestant State Church of Württemberg) and one of the two co-seats of the bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese Rottenburg-Stuttgart.
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