Tourist Attractions in Stuttgart

Southwest of Stuttgart is the Birkenkopf (511m/1,677ft), a hill built up after the Second World War from the rubble of destroyed buildings (view).

West of the Haus der Wirtschaft stands the Liederhalle, a concert hall. In nearby Hegelplatz is the Linden Museum of Ethnography (Museum für Völkerkunde).

10km/6mi west of the city center stands Schloss Solitude, built for Duke Karl Eugen in 1763-67, with fine state apartments. An international art academy was established in the subsidiary buildings in 1990.
This 18th century palace has recently been turned into a world class restaurant. The master chef attending the restaurant of Solitude is Chef Gerd Hammes.

On the Hoher Bopser (481m/1,578ft), a wooded hill in the south of Stuttgart, rises the Television Tower (Fernsehturm; 217m/712ft high including the aerial), with a restaurant at 150m/490ft and above it a viewing platform.
This was the first tv tower to be built of reinforced concrete.

Below Schloss Rosenstein is the Wilhelma Zoological and Botanic Garden (named after a little Moorish-style palace built in 1842-53), beautifully laid out, with hothouses, animal houses and enclosures and an aquarium.

On the Württemberg, near Obertürkheim, can be found the burial chapel of Queen Katharina (d. 1819), a domed rotunda in neo-classical style; fine views.

On the right bank of the Neckar lies the old district of Bad Cannstatt, with the Kursaal (two mineral springs; restaurant) and the Kurpark. At Taubenheimstrasse 13 was the workshop of Gottlieb Daimler (memorial museum). On the Cannstatter Wasen (Meadows), the scene of the annual Spring and Folk Festival, are the large Neckar Stadium and the Hanns Martin Schleyer Hall, one of the most modern sports halls in Europe.

On the southern edge of old Stuttgart, in Eberhardstrasse, are the Tagblatt-Turm (1927-28; 61m/200ft high) and the "Kultur unterm Turm" cultural center (theater, periodic exhibitions).

Stuttgart hosts several events during the year.

The German Agricultural Museum is located in Stuttgart. Exhibits highlight the rural agricultural industry with agricultural equipment and other special exhibitions.

Hohenheim, situated on the Filder Plateau above the stream of Körsch, south of the city center, was already the seat of a noble family in medieval times.
Within the region of Hohenheim, the primary attractions are the Palace and the Botanic Gardens.

The Hoppenlau Cemetray, Stuttgart's olderst surviving cemetary, lies between the Liederhalle and the Linden Museum.

The annual three-week festival, J.S. Bach Summer Academy, runs from mid-August to early September and includes both concerts and courses. The repertoire does not focus exclusively on Bach, and often includes works by Brahms and other famous composers. The performances take place in the Liederhalle, the Stiftskirche, the Leonhardskirche, Neues Schloss, and St Eberhard Church.

Near the Weissenhof lies Killesberg Park, laid out from 1937 onwards, with exhibition halls used by the Stuttgart Trade Fair, a congress center, a chair-lift and a summer theater.

From the station Königstrasse, the town's main business and shopping street (pedestrian zone), runs southwest, past the Cathedral of St Eberhard (R.C.; rebuilt 1955), to the Schlossplatz, continuing to the Wilhelmsbau.

A little way south of Schillerplatz is the Marktplatz, with the Town Hall (Rathaus, 1956; carillon, Ratskeller, 61m/200ft high tower).

In the eastern district of Untertürkheim is the Daimler-Benz Museum, which gives a comprehensive survey of the development of car manufacture. Between Untertürkheim and Obertürkheim extends the Neckar Harbor.

In the Berg district on the left bank of the Neckar stands Schloss Rosenstein (1824-29), which together with the Museum am Löwentor (1984) houses the State Museum of Natural History.
There are two museums here of nature sciences. One is devoted to biology and the evolution of living species. The other is devoted to the origins of the earth with exhibits of fossils, dinosaurs, and Ice Age man.

The Neckar Stadium, Stuttgart's largest sports arena, with accomodation for 70,600 spectators, was built in 1933 (architect, Paul Bonatz) for the German Gymnastics Festival, enlarged for the Gymnastics Festival of 1973 and further improved for the world football championship matches in 1974.

The Porsche Museum displays its history of sports car manufacturing with a display of 20 old and famous racing and sports cars. Facts about the auto industry and other vehicles are also highlighted.

In the northwestern part of central Stuttgart, near the Ministry of Economic Development, is the Haus der Wirtschaft (State Factory Inspectorate, Stuttgart Design Center, etc.). In the Stadtgarten is the University of Technology.

To the south of the Tagblatt Tower lies the large complex of the Schwabenzentrum (Swabian Center; 1980), with shops, shopping arcades and quiet little courtyards with restaurants. Beyond the broad Hauptstätter Strasse is St Leonard's Church (Leonhardskirche; 15th C.).

This exceptional museum gives a detailed portrayal of Kepler's life along with a thoughtful perspective on his work in its broader context. The Kepler Museum was the birthplace of the noted astronomer and mathematician featuring his documents, models and writings.

The statue of Johannes Kepler commemorates the facts that the famous scientist is a native of Weil der Stadt.

Above Stuttgart to the north, near the Academy of Fine Art, is the Weissenhof, a pioneering and influential housing development, built in 1927 for an exhibition by the Werkbund, a group of leading international architects, including Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Gropius.

North of St Leonard's Church, just before Charlottenplatz, on the right, is the Bohnenviertel, a part of the old town of Stuttgart which has been rebuilt in modern style. At Kanalstrasse 4 can be found the Writers' House (Schriftstellerhaus), a forum for discussions between writers from Germany and other countries and for encounters between authors and readers.

In the northern district of Zuffenhausen are the Porsche works (museum, with racing and sports cars).