Sights

On the place of todays Old Palace there was a water castle protecting the stud "Stutengarten" already in the 10th century. This castle became ancestral seat of the Earls and Dukes of Württemberg in the 14th century.

In 1553 the modification to the Renaissance palace began, which forms are unchanged by the greatest possible extent and how it has been rebuilt after World War II. The castle soon achieved the reputation as the most beatuiful Renaissance court in Germany, the gorgeaus arcade courtyard is a romantic coulisse for concerts today.

Homepage Old Palace

King Wilhelm I. founded a market hall, which could be seen as ultra-modern in the 19th century. Population grew fast, so it soon became too small, an in 1911 the construction of today's market hall in the art nouveau began.

This building still exists, even though it has been heavily damaged in World War II and a fire has broken out in 1993. Since 1974 the market hall is a listed building, in 2009 the beautiful Ceres fountain has been rebuilt.

The market hall deserves a place in "Feel the City" as well - it is a sight at your fingertips. On an area of 5.000 square meters 37 marketeers offer their fresh goods in top quality from all over the world.

Homepage Markthalle Stuttgart
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The State Theatres were constructed as Royal Court Theatres in the years 1909 to 1912 as a double theatre with two stages (Grosses Haus and Kleines Haus), and have been renamed the Landestheater after the end of the Kingdom of Wuerttemberg. The Grosses Haus is one of the view public buildings in the city centre and Germany's only bigger opera building at all to outlast World War II.

In the years 1982 to 1984 the interior rooms have been refurbished and restored to their original state. Especially the ceiling painting in the auditorium and the busts in the foyer of the first floor are worth your attention.

The opera house has 1,404 seats and is home to the Opera Stuttgart and the world famous Stuttgart Ballet.

Homepage Staatstheater Stuttgart

Duke Carl Eugen von Wuerttemberg self contributed a lot to the construction of the representative Rococo Palace, which is situated in the western periphery of Stuttgart on a hill with a magnificent view. From the northern main gate he had let the Solitude Alley built as a straightaway connection to the Ludwigsburg Residential Palace in a distance of 13 kilometers. The alley is preserved nearly completely today.

The palace was also home to the Karlschule, founded by Carl Eugen in 1770, a prestigious school for sons of prominent families. The most famous student was Friedrich Schiller, whose father had been the head of the duke's palace gardens here.

The extremely high expenses for building and subsistence forced Carl Eugen to move the holding of court to Hohenheim Palace in 1775 already.

Today the outbuildings are home to the Academy Solitude Palace, developing young artists. Furthermore the Graevenitz Museums shows pieces of the Stuttgart sculptor.

Homepage Solitude Palace

As first of its kind the television tower (with 217 meters the hightes building in Stuttgart) was taken in operation in Februar 1956 already. Since that it has been copied and developed further all over the world - from Frankfurt, Dortmund to Johannesburg and the Chines Wuhan.

An elevator takes you to the observatory in the height of 152,4 meters in 36 seconds only, so you can enjoy a unique view of Stuttgart, the vineyards of the Neckar valley to the Swabian Alb and the Black Forrest.

Notwithstanding the name only radio programs are broadcasted since 2006.

Homepage Television Tower Stuttgart