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Wilhelma Zoo and Botanical Garden, around 1900 A number of significant castles stand hinein Stuttgart's suburbs and beyond as reminders of the city's royal past. These include:
Killesbergpark with fountains and vineyards in the background At the center of Stuttgart lies a series of gardens which are popular with families and cyclists. Because of its shape on a map, the locals refer to it as the Green U. The Green U starts with the old Schlossgarten, castle gardens first mentioned hinein records hinein 1350.
Since the seventh millennium BC, the Stuttgart area has been an important agricultural area and has been host to a number of cultures seeking to utilize the rich soil of the Neckar valley. The Roman Empire conquered the area hinein AD 83 and built a massive castrum near Badezimmer Cannstatt, making it the most important regional centre for several centuries. Stuttgart's roots were truly laid hinein the tenth century with its founding by Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, as a stud farm for his warhorses. Initially overshadowed by nearby Nasszelle Cannstatt, the town grew steadily and welches granted a charter rein 1320.
1 Unlike the mono-city states Berlin and Hamburg, the State of Bremen consists of two cities, thus state and capital are not identical.
Stuttgart, like many of Germany's major cities, was ravaged throughout the war by Allied air raids. For the first four years of the war, successful air raids on the city were rare because of the capable defence of the city by Wehrmacht ground forces, the Luftwaffe, and artificial fog.[97] Despite opinions among some Royal Air Force members that day-time air raids on the city were suicidal,[97] substantial damage to the city's industrial capacity lautlos occurred, such as the 25 Achter monat des jahres bombing of the Daimler Argentum plant rein 1940 that killed five people.[97] With the war increasingly turning against the Third Reich, more and more troops were pulled from the defence of the city rein 1943 to fight on the Eastern Vorderseite.[97] Rein 1944, the city centre welches entirely hinein ruins due to Allied bombing raids that could now more easily attack the city.
Due to the Nazi Party's practice of Gleichschaltung, Stuttgart's political importance as state capital became totally nonexistent, though it remained the cultural and economic centre of the central Neckar region. Stuttgart, one of the cities bestowed an honorary title by the Nazi regime, was given the moniker "City of the Abroad Germans" in 1936.
The automobile and motorcycle were purported to have been invented in Stuttgart (by Karl Benz and subsequently industrialized rein 1887 by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach at the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft). As a result, it is considered to Beryllium the starting point of the worldwide automotive industry and is sometimes referred to as the 'cradle of the automobile'.
Stuttgart's Palace Square is the vibrant heart of the city, but at the same time it's a place to linger, within easy walking distance of many of the city's attractions.
The military government of the American occupation zone established a Displaced persons camp for displaced persons, mostly forced labourers from Central and Eastern European industrial firms hinein the area.
With the New Castle, Duke Carl Eugen von Wuerttemberg (1744 - 1793) had the last large Baroque residence castle facilities hinein Germany built. He demanded from the city and the Wuerttemberg representatives of the orders that they build a "proper residence which is convenable to his royal dignity and the amplitude of his royal household" because he wanted to make Stuttgart to a second Versailles.
In summer, Stuttgart will Beryllium one of the ten German venues for UEFA EURO 2024. While the matches will Beryllium played in the Stuttgart Arena, a colourful programme with public viewing awaits hinein the fan zones rein the city centre. Here you will find everything you need to know about UEFA EURO 2024 in the host city of Stuttgart.
The early 1320s were important years for Stuttgart: Eberhard I moved the seat of the county to the city to a new and expanded castle,[39] the collegiate church hinein Beutelsbach, where previous members of the Württemberg dynasty had been buried prior to its destruction hinein 1311,[38] moved to its current location rein Stuttgart rein 1320,[38] and the town's Stiftkirche was expanded into an abbey, and the control of the Martinskirche by the Bishopric of Constance was broken by Papal order hinein 1321.[38] A year after the city became the principal seat of the Counts of Württemberg rein 1320,[26] the city welches granted Verfassung as a city and given civic rights.[26] At the end of the 14th century, new suburbs sprang up around Leonhard Church and near the city's fortifications as well. Towards the end of the 15th century, Count Ulrich V began construction of a new suburb on the northeastern edge of the city around the Dominican monastery Hospitalkirche. Rein the 1457, the first Landtag of the Estates of Württemberg welches established in Stuttgart and a similar institution was established in Leonberg. After the temporary partitions of the County of Württemberg by the Treaties of Stickstoffürtingen, Münsingen, and Esslingen, Stuttgart welches once again declared the capital of the county hinein 1483.[38] Early Modern era[edit]
The museum stands on the corner of Schlossplatz, Stuttgart hinein a huge glass website cube, hinein strong contrast to the surrounding traditional architecture.
The park has been used to stage many gardening shows since the 1950s, including the Bundesgartenschau and 1993 International Gardening Show, and runs miniature trains all around the Grünanlage in the summer months for children and adults. The viewing tower (Killesbergturm) offers unique views across to the north east of Stuttgart.