Stuttgart Info
Charmingly situated in the heart of one of Germany's largest wine-growing regions, this vibrant metropolis fascinates visitors from all over the world. The state capital of Baden-Württemberg delights tourists not only by virtue of its magnificent panorama, its impressive gardens and parks, its fine squares, splendid palaces and buildings in a wide range of architectural styles, but also by its cultural diversity.
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Porsche Museum
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The new Porsche museum is located just outside Porsche Headquarters in Zuffenhausen. The display area covers 5600 square meters featuring around 80 exhibits, many rare cars, and a variety of historical models. Opening hours: |
Porsche Museum |
Mercedes-Benz Museum
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On a total area of approx. 17.000 sq.m. the Mercedes-Benz Museum shows around 160 vehicles on permanent display, including not only the earliest models but also the latest series production vehicles. Opening hours: |
Mercedes-Benz Museum |
"Wilhelma" - Zoological - botanical gardens
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Germany's unique zoological-botanical gardens, one of the most beautiful of its kind in Europe, was built from 1842 - 1853 for King Wilhelm I of Wuerttemberg as a Moorish garden; around 9,000 animals of almost 1,000 species, exemplary facilities and greenhouses which are open to the public, important collections of orchids, large magnolia grove, aquarium with crocodile hall and famous coral fish collection, modern ape house, bear facilities, walk-in bird free flight facility, demonstration farm with petting enclosure. With ca. 1.8 million visitors a year, one of the most visited sights in Baden-Wuerttemberg. |
"Wilhelma" Zoological - botanical gardens |
Stuttgart TV-Tower
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After a construction time of 20 months, operation of the Stuttgart television tower was started on 5 February 1956. With its impressive height of 217 m, it is the original model for the television towers from around the world. |
Stuttgart TV-Tower |
Neues Schloß (New Castle)
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With the New Castle, Duke Carl Eugen von Wuerttemberg (1744 - 1793) had the last large Baroque residence castle facilities in 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. |
Neues Schloss (New Castle) |
Central Train Station
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Built by Paul Bonatz and Friedrich Scholer in the style of the new objectivity as a terminal station from 1914 to 1927, it is considered to be one of the best worked-out train station buildings in all of Europe. |
Main Train Station |
Mineral Bath Bad Cannstatt
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The MineralBad Cannstatt has four different healing and mineral springs which count among the sour waters and sole waters. They bubble in the pools of the large bathing landscape, in the Russian - Roman steam bath, in the sauna, in the tub baths and in the therapeutic movement bath of the health center. Architecturally enchanting, the Mineral BadCannstatt is an island of tranquility with the pleasant atmosphere of the traditional healing bath. |
Mineral bath Bad Cannstatt |
State Gallery
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Connected to the old museum on the gallery level, the expansion by James Stirling, The New State Gallery, is dedicated to the art of the 20th century. Since the end of the Second World War the emphasis of the collection of the State Gallery is in the classical modernism and the contemporary painting and sculpture. The concentration on important groups of works of the differing stylistic movements ("Fauves", "Brücke", "blauer Reiter", "Cubism") as well as the excellent works complexes of individual artists (Picasso, Beckmann, Schlemmer, Beuys, Kiefer) establish the international reputation of the house. |
State Gallery |
Art Museum Stuttgart
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In the heart of the city of Stuttgart on 5 March 2005 a unique museum building was opened: the Art Museum Stuttgart. The spectacular glass cubicle - build by the Berlin architecture office Hascher and Jehle - is inspiring with its sleek elegance. The glass galleries invite you during the day to a magnificent view of the city and the surrounding slopes, at night the cube floats as a fascinating light sculpture above the Small Schlossplatz. |
Art Museum Stuttgart |
Weissenhof Settlement
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The Weissehnhof Settlement was built in 1927 and probably is one of the most excellent building memorials of modern architecture in Europe. The project was initiated by the German Werkbund in 1925. The settlement site is located in the south east slope of the "Killesberg". |
Weissenhof Settlement |
