Technical Visit to Stuttgart
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Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany,
Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 (December 2008) while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million (2008).
The city lies at the centre of a heavily populated area, circled by a ring of smaller towns.
This inner urban area called Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million making 'greater Stuttgart' the third biggest agglomeration in Germany
after the Ruhr Area and Berlin. The larger Stuttgart Metropolitan Region with over 5 million inhabitants is the fourth-biggest in Germany
after the Rhine-Ruhr area, Berlin/Brandenburg and Frankfurt/Rhine-Main.
Stuttgart is spread across a variety of hills (some of them vineyards), valleys and parks - unusual for a German city and often a source of surprise to visitors who primarily associate the city with its industrial reputation as the 'cradle of the automobile'.