City history at a glance

Source: Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, “City history at a glance.”

Extracted Findings

Stuttgart traces its origin to the ducal horse stud “Stuotgarten”, founded around 950.
The city officially became the capital of Baden-Wuerttemberg in 1952, when the state was founded.
The city describes itself today as the center of a metropolitan region with over 2.7 million inhabitants.
The same page frames Stuttgart as an important business and technology center and media location.
The city states that residents from over 180 nations live in Stuttgart.
It reports that about 45 percent of roughly 615,000 inhabitants have a migration background.
Key city-history institutions include the Stuttgart City Archives and StadtPalais - Museum fuer Stuttgart.
The City Archive and city surveyor’s office maintain a digital city encyclopedia and historical mapping resources.

Quality score: 5. Official municipal history source with dated update.