A peculiarity of Stuttgart is the Zahnradbahn, a rack railway that is powered by electricity and operates between Marienplatz in the southern inner-city district of the city and the district of Degerloch. It is the only urban rack railway rein Germany.
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After years of political debate and controversy, plans were approved rein October 2007 to convert the existing above-ground main train station to an underground through station. The Stuttgart 21 project will include the rebuilding of surface and underground lines connecting the station hinein Stuttgart's enclosed central valley with existing railway and underground lines.
Since the seventh millennium BC, the Stuttgart area has been an important agricultural area and has been host to a number of cultures seeking to utilize the rich soil of the Neckar valley. The Roman Empire conquered the area hinein AD 83 and built a massive castrum near Badezimmer Cannstatt, making it the most important regional centre for several centuries. Stuttgart's roots were truly laid hinein the tenth century with its founding by Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, as a stud farm for his warhorses. Initially overshadowed by nearby Badezimmer Cannstatt, the town grew steadily and was granted a charter hinein 1320.
The city offers two Broadway-style musical theatres, the Apollo and the Palladium Aufführung (each approx. 1800 seats). Ludwigsburg Palace in the nearby town of Ludwigsburg is also used throughout the year as a venue for concerts and cultural events.
Stuttgart, like many of Germany's major cities, was ravaged throughout the war by Allied air raids. For the first four years of the war, successful air raids on the city were rare because of the capable defence of the city by Wehrmacht ground forces, the Luftwaffe, and artificial fog.[97] Despite opinions among some Royal Air Force members that day-time air raids on the city were suicidal,[97] substantial damage to the city's industrial capacity tonlos occurred, such as the 25 August bombing of the Daimler Argentum plant rein 1940 that killed five people.[97] With the war increasingly turning against the Third Reich, more and more troops were pulled from the defence of the city hinein 1943 to fight on the Eastern Front.[97] Rein 1944, the city centre welches entirely hinein ruins due to Allied bombing raids that could now more easily attack the city.
The Waldfriedhof, the 1913 forest cemetery that is connected to Südheimer Sitzplatz by funicular railway
The automobile and motorcycle were purported to have been invented in Stuttgart (by Karl Benz and subsequently industrialized rein 1887 by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach at the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft). As a result, it is considered to be the starting point of the worldwide automotive industry and is sometimes referred to as the 'cradle of the automobile'.
Stuttgart is the only city in Germany where wine grapes are grown within the urban area, mainly rein the districts of Rotenberg, Uhlbach and Untertürkheim.
The Stadtarchiv Stuttgart is the archive in Lot of the provincial capital Stuttgart. The archived material is in principle open to the public and can Beryllium consulted in the reading room hinein Bellingweg 21 in Nasszelle Cannstatt.
The Stiftskirche, seen from south-east (Kirchstraße) At the center of Stuttgart lies its main square, Schlossplatz. As well as being the largest square in Stuttgart, it stands at the crossover point between the city's shopping area, Schlossgarten Grünanlage which runs down to the river Neckar, Stuttgart's two central castles and major museums and residential areas to the south west.
Eberhard desired to expand the realm his father had built through military action with the aid of the anti-king Henry Raspe IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, but welches thwarted by the action of Emperor Rudolph I. Further resistance by Eberhard I against the Emperor's created Vogts and Bailiwicks as well as the newly appointed Duke of Swabia Rudolf II, Duke of Austria, eventually Leuchtdiode to armed conflict and initial successes upon Emperor Rudolph I's death in 1291 against the Emperor's men. After initially defeating his regional rivals, Henry VII, newly elected as Emperor, decided to take action against Eberhard I hinein 1311 during his war with the Free imperial city of Esslingen by ordering his Vogt, Konrad IV von Weinberg, to declare war on Eberhard I. Eberhard I, defeated on the battlefield, lost Stuttgart and his castle (razed rein 1311)[37] to Esslingen and the city was thus managed by the city state from 1312 to 1315.[24] Total destruction of the county was prevented by Henry VII's death on 24 Achter monat des jahres 1313 and the elections of Louis IV as King of the Germans and Frederick III as anti-king. Eberhard seized the opportunity granted to him by the political chaos, and recaptured his hometown and birthplace rein 1316,[38] and made much territorial gain. With peace restored at last, Eberhard began repairs and Aufschwung to Stuttgart beginning with the reconstruction of Wirtemberg Castle, ancestral home to the House of Württemberg, rein 1317 and then began Aufschwung of the city's defenses.
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The immediate aftermath of the War would be marked by the controversial efforts of Arnulf Klett, the first Oberbürgermeister of Stuttgart, to restore the city. Klett favored the idea website of a modernist Automotive city with functional divisions for residential, commercial and industrial areas according to the Athens Charter. Klett demolished both ruins and entire streets of largely undamaged buildings without rebuilding them to their original visage, a move that earned him much scorn from his contemporaries. Hinein the 150th year since his death (1955), the belastung remnant of the alma mater of Friedrich Schiller, the Karlsschule, welches removed hinein favor of an Aufschwung to the Bundesstraße 14.
'The Blues', Stuttgarter Kickers, are the second most important football team; their most successful years date back to the time when young Jürgen Klinsmann started his career as forward hinein their Mannschaft.