Stuttgart with a population of almost 600,000 is the state capital of Baden-Württemberg in Germany’s Southwest.

Stuttgart is the birthplace of the automobile.The motorcycle and the four-wheeled automobile were invented here by the German engineer Gottlieb Daimler. 

Stuttgart is a center of Europe's auto industry. Such famous brands as Mercedes-Benz and Porsche are produced here.

The local Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart, German champions in 2007, plays its home games in the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadium.

Jürgen Klinsmann, Germany’s former national soccer team coach, was born in a suburb of Stuttgart, where his family still operates a bakery.

The Cannstatter Volksfest (People’s Festival) is Germany’s second-largest Oktoberfest celebration after Munich.

Stuttgart is one of Germany’s top wine-growing centers.

St. Louis is Stuttgart’s sister city in the United States.