Stuttgart
Capital and most populous city of Baden-Württemberg, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Capital and most populous city of Baden-Württemberg, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stuttgart (German: [ˈʃtʊtɡaʁt] ; Swabian: Schduagert [ˈʒ̊d̥ua̯ɡ̊ɛʕd̥]; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the Stuttgarter Kessel[5] (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Stuttgart has a population of 632,865 as of 2022, making it the sixth largest city in Germany,[6] while over 2.8 million people live in the city's administrative region[3] and nearly 5.5 million people in its metropolitan area,[4] making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 4 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living;[lower-alpha 1] innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities in its Innovation Cities Index;[lower-alpha 2] and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status global city in their 2020 survey.[9] Stuttgart was one of the host cities for the official tournaments of the 1974 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.
