The
Stuttgart region is one of the most dynamic economic areas in Europe.
It holds a leading position in the manufacture and export of research and high
technology products. In recent years Stuttgart has also grown into an excellent
location for the media.
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Wütrttemberg in southern
Germany which dates from 1952. Of course, it was, above all, the automobile manufacturer
Mercedes-Benz that propagated the city's name throughout the world.
A flourishing cultural landscape characterizes the "Swabian metropolis":
the State Theatre and the State Gallery, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Stuttgart
Ballet, the Musical Hall in the SI Center, the Linden Museum of Ethnology, the
Natural History Museum in the Rosenstein Palace, the Wilhelma zoological and
botanical garden and more...