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PresentaTION OF Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany and is the sixth-largest city in Germany. The city lies at the centre of a heavily populated area, circled by a ring of smaller towns. Stuttgart is spread across a variety of hills, valleys and parks - unusual for German cities and often a cause of surprise to visitors who primarily associate the city with its industrial reputation as the 'Cradle of the automobile'.

Stuttgart has the status of Stadtkreis, a type of self-administrating urban county. It is also the seat of the state legislature, the regional parliament, local council and the Protestant State Church in Württemberg as well as one of the two co-seats of the bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.

HISTORY OF STUTTGART

The first known settlement of Stuttgart was around the end of the 1st century AD with the establishment of a Roman fort in the modern district of Cannstatt on the banks of the river Neckar. Early in the third century the Romans were pushed by the Alamanni back past the Rhine and the Danube. Although nothing is known about Cannstatt during the period of Barbarian Invasion it is believed that the area remained inhabited as it is mentioned in Abbey of St. Gall archives dating back to 700 AD.

 
The 'Old Castle' which dates back to 950Stuttgart itself was probably founded around 950 AD shortly before the Battle of Lechfeld by Duke Liudolf of Swabia, one of the sons of Holy Roman Emperor Otto I the Great. The town was used for breeding cavalry horses in fertile meadows at the very centre of today's city, although recent archaeological excavations indicate that this area was already home to Merovingian farmers.

See the full history of Stuttgart on Wikipedia

Sister cities with Stuttgart

• St Helens in England, UK  
• Cardiff (United Kingdom) 
• St. Louis in Missouri, USA  
• Strasbourg (France) 
• Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) in India 
• Menzel Bourguiba in Tunisia 
• Cairo (Egypt) 
• Łódź in Poland   
• Brno (Czech Republic)  
• Samara in Russia