Visiting scheme Stuttgart Region

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Visiting scheme Stuttgart Region

• 15. November 2007

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The Stuttgart Region in Europe
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The Greater Stuttgart Region
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The Region Mixed Facts and Fígures

• Population 2.7 million from 170 countries
• Area 3.654 km²
• Municipalities 179
• People in employment 1,3 million
• Members of the Regional Assembly 93
• Hours of sunshine 1820 per year
• Wine production 42 million liters per year
• Michelin stars 13
• Historic palaces and castles 68
• Liters of mineral water per day 40 million
• Awards of Excellence by EC 3

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The Region within Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Region Stuttgart
GDP
Population
Area
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The New Mercedes Museum!
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The Automotive Region. Where it all began...
1886 and the Name of Jellineks Daughter...
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Automobile OEMs in the Stuttgart Region
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Economic data of the Stuttgart Region

• 155.000 companies
• Gross domestic product 95 billion Euro
• Unemployment rate 6,4
• Overseas Sales (Manufacturing) 46 billion Euro
• Most important industries Automotive,
  Toolmaking, Engineering, Electrical, IT, Media,
  Biomedicine.
• Headquarter of corporate groups such as
  DaimlerChrysler, Porsche, Bosch, Festo, Trumpf,
  Behr, Alcatel-SEL, Dürr, Stihl, Celesio, Schuler,
  Allianz Life etc.
• Extremely high research-density and
  -intensityRD expenditure in the Stuttgart
  Region makes 5,8 of the GDP!

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The Future Mapof Germany
Study, 2006
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Examples Automotive Sector
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Examples Tools and Production-Technology
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Examples Electronics- and Computer Sector
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Development of Settlement Areas in the Region
1850
1950

• increasing floorspace per inhabitant (national
  1960 - 19 m² 2000 - 40 m²)
• decreasing number of people per household
  (Region 1960 - 2,76 2000 - 2,15)
• increasing floorspace per job
• (Region 1970 - 50 m² 2000 - 75 m²)
• increasing traffic (private oeconomic)

1995
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Development of Inhabitants and Settlement
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Decentral Concentration along Axes
Besigheim
Backnang
Bietigheim- Bissingen
Vaihingen/Enz
Ludwigsburg
Kornwestheim
Winnenden
Korntal-Münchingen
Ditzingen
Waiblingen
Fellbach
Weinstadt
Leonberg
Schorndorf
Stuttgart
Esslingen
Sindelfingen
Leinfelden- Echterdingen
Ostfildern
Göppingen
Böblingen
Kirchheim/ Teck
Filderstadt
Geislingen a.d. Steige
Nürtingen
Herrenberg
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Road network problems
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Statistics Baden Württemberg
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Transport infrastructure in the Stuttgart Region
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Thank you for your kind attention!

• Holger Bach
• holger.bach_at_region-stuttgart.de
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