Stuttgart and Related Topics

Monument of Eberhard I in the Altes Schloss in Stuttgart

Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg

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Eberhard I of Württemberg (11 December 1445 – 24 February 1496).

Coat of arms adopted by Eberhard I in 1495 on the occasion of the elevation of Württemberg to a duchy

He moved the capital to Stuttgart.

Killesbergpark

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Blumenbeete auf dem Höhenpark Killesberg, Stuttgart

The Killesbergpark (Höhenpark Killesberg) is an urban public park of half a square kilometre (123 acres) in Stuttgart, Germany.

Later design of the RAF's insignia showing a red star and a Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun

Red Army Faction

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West German far-left militant organization founded in 1970.

Benno Ohnesorg shot outside the Berlin Opera during a protest of the state visit of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Burial site of Baader, Raspe and Ensslin

After the arrest of the protagonists of the first generation of the RAF, they were held in solitary confinement in the newly constructed high security Stammheim Prison north of Stuttgart.

Carl Benz

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German engine designer and automotive engineer.

Karl Benz, in 1869 at the age of 25 (Zenodot Verlagsges. mbH)

Replica of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen built in 1885

An official license to operate the Benz Patent-Motorwagen on the public roads was issued by Großherzoglich Badisches Bezirksamt on 1 August 1888

Official signpost of Bertha Benz Memorial Route, commemorating the world's first long-distance journey with a Benz Patent-Motorwagen Number 3 in 1888

The Benz Patent-Motorwagen Number 3 of 1888, used by Bertha Benz for the first long-distance journey by automobile (more than 106 km or sixty miles)

Karl Benz introduced the Velo in 1894, becoming the first large scale production automobile

Bertha Benz with her husband Karl Benz in a Benz Victoria, model 1894

First internal combustion-engined bus in history: the Benz Omnibus, built in 1895 for the Netphener bus company

Benz "Velo" model presentation in London 1898

1909 Blitzen Benz – built by Benz & Cie., which held the land speed record

Karl and Bertha Benz c. 1926 (collection of Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft mbH)

Last home of Karl and Bertha Benz, now the location of the Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz Foundation in Ladenburg, in Baden-Württemberg

The Carl Benz monument in Mannheim (2015)

The Carl Benz monument in Mannheim, in the evening (2015)

Although Gottlieb Daimler died in March 1900—and there is no evidence that Benz and Daimler knew each other nor that they knew about each other's early achievements—eventually, competition with Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG) in Stuttgart began to challenge the leadership of Benz & Cie.

The medieval Württemberg Castle on the hill, in a 1700s print

Württemberg (hill)

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The Württemberg (official name until 1907: Rotenberg) is a hill on the territory of the German city of Stuttgart, capital of Baden-Württemberg.

Skyline of Tokyo, the capital and financial centre of Japan

Capital city

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Municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government.

The Roman Forum was surrounded by many government buildings as the capital of ancient Rome

The L'Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States

The Australian Parliament opened in the small town of Canberra in 1927 as a compromise between the largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne.

The Supreme Court, the seat of Switzerland's judiciary, is in Lausanne, although the executive and legislature are located in Bern.

Parliament House, Singapore. As a city-state, Singapore requires no specific capital.

The Blue Palace, the official residence of Montenegro's president, is in Cetinje, although the executive and legislature are located in Podgorica.

Mariehamn, capital city of Åland, a demilitarized archipelago with self-governance

As the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing has served as the political center of China for most of the past eight centuries.

Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, was the final part of the empire to fall to the Ottoman Turks due to its strong defences.

Countries whose capital is on the coast
Countries whose capital is not on the coast
Countries without a coast

Countries that currently have multiple capital cities
[[List of countries with multiple capitals#More than one capital in the past|Countries that have previously had multiple capital cities, but now only have one capital city]]

In the Federal Republic of Germany, each of its constituent states (or Länder, plural of Land) has its own capital city, such as Dresden, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, and Munich, as do all of the republics of the Russian Federation.

Free People's State of Württemberg

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State in Württemberg, Germany, during the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.

The Free People's State of Württemberg (red) within the Weimar Republic

The attempt of some agitators to cause disturbances by a general strike was frustrated by the action of railway officials in paralysing communications with the capital, Stuttgart.

World War II RAF photograph of the devastated Stuttgart city center.

A report on Stuttgart

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