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Guide. THE BEST OF Stuttgart

THE PERFECT STUTTGART TRIP

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quarters in Stuttgart and both have car museums) as well as its mineral -

statt which owns the second largest source of mineral water in Europe after Budapest. Also, it is Germany‘s city with the largest vineyard area.

2. Schloss-

platz

Schlossplatz is the largest square in Stuttgart Mitte and home to the Neues Schloss which was built between 1746 and 1807. From its construction until the mid-1800s it was used as a military parade ground and not open to general public use. It stands next to two other popular squares in Stuttgart: Karlsplatz to the south and Schillerplatz to the south west. The Königstraße (King Street) bisects the plaza from north to south.

which however everyone can speak.

town atmosphere.

Schlossplatz is the largest square in Stuttgart Mitte and home to the -

ween 1746 and 1807. From its construction until the mid-1800s it wasplatz to the south and Schillerplatz to the south west. The Königstraße (King Street) bisects the plaza from

grounds have been public property since 1918.[2]

USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

The Neues Schloss Palace and grounds have been public property since 1918.

Along with much of Stuttgart Mitte, Neues Schloss was heavily damaged during the Allied Bombing of

World War II and the building was restored from 1958-1964 with a modernized interior that houses the ministries of Culture and the Treasury for the government of BadenWürttemberg.

Until the 1960s the King Street that bisects the plaza carried auto and truck traffic. Since that time the Stuttgart underground has built an underground station and tunnels were built to redirect traffic away from the plaza and Königstraße.

Every year Schlossplatz is home to major outdoor events such as open-air concerts, children‘s fairs and parts of the Weihnachten market including an outdoor ice rink. During the 2006 World Cup Finals the square regularly held more than 40,000 spectators who watched live matches on 3 huge screens.

Schlossplatz featured the United Buddy Bears exhibition in summer 2008 - an array of 144 two metrehigh sculptures, each designed by a different artist, touring the world as a symbol of cultural understanding, tolerance and mutual trust.

261 million passengers used public transportation in Stuttgart in 2021

Around 500 light rail vehicles and buses are in operation in Stuttgart every day

Stuttgart operates in 19 subway lines

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3. the architectual beauty of Stadtbibliothek

The Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart (formerly Stadtbücherei Stuttgart) is the public library of the city of Stuttgart. It is organized as a department of the city‘s cultural office and comprises the central library, 17 city district libraries, and two bookmobiles. In 2013, it received the national award as Library of the Year. From 1965 to 2011, the central library was located in the Wilhelmspalais, built 1834 – 1840 by Giovanni Salucci as the residence of the Württemberg king. In 2011, it was moved to the newly built Stadtbibliothek am Mailänder Platz.

The new library of Stuttgart is a monolithic cube which gathers all the ancient libraries in one building. This building is the outcome of an international competition won by Eun Young Yi [de] in 1999. Part of the Masterplan from Stuttgart 21, the building has become a new landmark for the city and the Europaviertel. The construction of the library started in 2010 and ended 24

24 October 2011. Its cost amounted to about 80 million euros which included 4 million euros for the interior spaces. The library welcomes almost 2 million visitors each year.

Eun Young Yi designed the new library as a simple cube shape with two floors underground and nine above ground. The basic form of the library is a square. The length is 44 meters and the height 40 meters. The cube is a structured building consisting of a precast concrete framework with glass bricks elements set within. The monolith intends to create a new feature that will function as a calming point for the entire area, creating visual and spatial orientation.

The New Library intends to merge tradition and innovation. It is also a building which combines respective age and avant-garde. For Eun Young Yi, it showcases the essential values of architecture and human dignity today. These are for him a reinterpretation of the final product.

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5. Mercedes-Benz Museum

The Mercedes-Benz Museum is an automobile museum in Stuttgart, Germany. It covers the history of the Mercedes-Benz brand and the brands associated with it. Stuttgart is home to the Mercedes-Benz brand and the international headquarters of the Mercedes-Benz Group.

The building‘s height and „double helix“ interior were designed to maximise space, providing 16,500 square metres (178,000 sq ft) of exhibition space on a footprint of just 4,800 square metres (52,000 sq ft). The double helix also corresponds to the exhibition concept, which divides the museum into the „legend rooms“ and the „collections“, offering two alternative tours that

can be merged at any given point of the museum.

The museum contains more than 160 vehicles, some dating back to the very earliest days of the mo- torcar engine. The vehic- les are maintained by the Mercedes- Benz Classic Center of Fellbach. Previously, the museum was housed in a dedicated building within the factory complex and visitors had in recent decades been transported from the main gate by a secured shuttle. The museum provides visitors with

factory produces many of the company‘s diesel engines.

Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz‘s creation of the first internal combustion engine in a car, seen in the Benz Patent Motorwagen – financed by Bertha Benz‘s dowry and patented in January 1886 – and Gottlieb Daimler and their engineer Wilhelm Maybach‘s conversion of a stagecoach, with the addition of a petrol engine, introduced later that year. The Mercedes automobile was first marketed in 1901 by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG).

In May 2022, Mercedes-Benz announced that it has recently sold the most expensive car at the price of $142 million (€135 million).

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