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Revision as of 12:56, 3 May 2003 by 213.23.14.200 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Stuttgart is a city in the southwest of Germany, located in the center of the densely populated region Mittlerer Neckarraum. Stuttgart is the capital of the Bundesland Baden-Wuerttemberg) and is populated by about 600,000 inhabitants.
The city and its surroundings are known for the High Tech industry based there. Among the most prominent ones are Daimler-Chrysler, Porsche, Bosch, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, all of whom have their world or German headquarters here. Beside these global players the Stuttgart economy consist out of many highly versatile and dynamic medium-sized enterprises (the so called "Mittelstand"). Approx. 150,000 companies are located in the Stuttgart Region.
The region currently has Germany’s highest density of scientific, academic and research organisations, and tops by far the national league for patent applications.
Stuttgart heads the list of all European Union regions according to the share of employment in high-tech sectors with a figure of 24.6% (Eurostat report 2002).
Stuttgart is also known for its cultural life (in particular the famous ballet and the Staatsgalerie), the organization of major sports events (for example the athletics world championships in 1993) and its swabian cuisine, beer and wine (which is produced in the area since the 1600s).
Twice yearly a visitor may attend the "Cannstatter-Wasen" which is a famous local beer festival which is only second in size to the world famous Oktoberfest in Munich.