Editing Stuttgart (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:Stuttgart-Untertuerkheim-DC-Zentrale.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of [[Mercedes-Benz Group]] in Stuttgart]]
[[File:Porsche headquarter Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen Werk II.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of [[Porsche]] in Stuttgart]]
The Stuttgart area is known for its [[high-tech]] industry. Companies include [[Mercedes-Benz Group]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact |url=https://www.daimler.com/contact/ |access-date=13 October 2013 |publisher=[[Daimler AG]] |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017183240/http://www.daimler.com/contact |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Porsche]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Historie |url=https://www.porscheengineering.com/peg/de/about/history/ |access-date=14 October 2018 |work=Porsche Engineering |publisher=[[Porsche]] |archive-date=17 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917105324/https://www.porscheengineering.com/peg/de/about/history/ |url-status=live }},</ref> [[Robert Bosch GmbH]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bosch |url=https://www.bosch.com/ |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-date=4 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404103849/https://www.bosch.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[McKesson Europe]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[IBM]], and [[Sika AG]] – all of whom have their world or European headquarters here.

Stuttgart is home to Germany's ninth biggest exhibition center, [[Stuttgart Trade Fair]], which lies on the city outskirts next to [[Stuttgart Airport]]. Hundreds of [[Small and medium enterprises|SMEs]] are still based in Stuttgart (often termed ''[[Mittelstand]]''), many still in family ownership with strong ties to the automotive, electronics, engineering and high-tech industry.

=== The cradle of the automobile ===
The automobile and motorcycle were purported to have been invented in Stuttgart (by [[Karl Benz]] and subsequently industrialized in 1887 by [[Gottlieb Daimler]] and [[Wilhelm Maybach]] at the [[Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft|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'.<ref name=Amondson/> Today, [[Mercedes-Benz]] and Porsche both have their headquarters in Stuttgart, as well as automotive parts giants Bosch and [[Mahle GmbH|Mahle]]. A number of auto-enthusiast magazines are published in Stuttgart.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/travel/07journeys.html |title=Stuttgart, Germany; Motor Stadt (Psst! This Isn't Michigan) |last=Chen |first=Aric |date=7 January 2007 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-date=1 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701075913/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E2D61F31F934A35752C0A9619C8B63 |url-status=live }}{{unreliable source?|date=February 2015}}</ref>

=== Science and research and development ===
The region currently has Germany's highest density of scientific, academic and research organisations. No other region in Germany registers so many patents and designs as Stuttgart.<ref name="Where Business Meets the Future"/> 45% of [[Baden-Württemberg|Baden-Württemberg's]] R&D capacities are concentrated in the Swabian capital.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Die Bedeutung von Stuttgart als Hochschulstandort |url=https://www.statistik-bw.de/Service/Veroeff/Monatshefte/20160404 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.statistik-bw.de}}</ref> More than 11% of all German R&D costs are invested in the Stuttgart region (approximately 4.3&nbsp;billion euros per year). In addition to several universities and colleges (e.g. [[University of Stuttgart]], [[University of Hohenheim]], [[Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology]]<ref name="EBStutt"/> and several Stuttgart [[University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart|Universities of Applied Sciences]]), the area is home to six [[Fraunhofer Society|Fraunhofer]] institutes, four institutes of collaborative industrial research at local universities, two [[Max Planck Society|Max-Planck institutes]] and a major establishment of the [[German Aerospace Center|German Aerospace Centre (DLR)]].
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[[File:Koenigsbau Stuttgart 20060901.jpg|thumb|The '[[:de:Königsbau|Königsbau]]' on [[Schlossplatz, Stuttgart|Schlossplatz]], former home to the [[Börse Stuttgart|Stuttgart Stock Exchange]]]]

=== Financial services ===
The [[Börse Stuttgart|Stuttgart Stock Exchange]] is the second largest in Germany (after [[Frankfurt Stock Exchange|Frankfurt]]). Many leading companies in the financial services sector are headquartered in Stuttgart with around 100 credit institutes in total (e.g. [[Landesbank Baden-Württemberg|LBBW Bank]], Wüstenrot & Württembergische, [[Allianz]] Life Assurance).
[[File:Kriegsberg.jpg|thumb|''Kriegsberg'' vineyard in the city center]]

=== A history of wine and beer ===
Stuttgart is the only city in Germany where wine grapes are grown within the urban area, mainly in the districts of Rotenberg, Uhlbach and Untertürkheim.

Wine-growing in the area dates back to 1108 when, according to State archives, [[Blaubeuren Abbey]] was given vineyards in Stuttgart as a gift from 'Monk Ulrich'. In the 17th century the city was the third largest German wine-growing community in the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Wine remained Stuttgart's leading source of income well into the 19th century.

Stuttgart is still one of Germany's largest wine-growing cities with more than 400 hectares of vine area, thanks in main to its location at the center of Germany's fourth largest wine region, the [[Württemberg (wine region)|Württemberg wine growing area]] which covers {{cvt|11522|ha}} and is one of only 13 official areas captured under German [[wine law]]. The continuing importance of wine to the local economy is marked every year at the annual wine festival ('Weindorf').

Stuttgart also has several famous breweries such as [[Stuttgarter Hofbräu]], [[Dinkelacker]], and [[Schwaben Bräu]].