The state of Baden-Württemberg, located in Southwestern Germany, is well known for the Black Forest – traditional villages within a vast green mountainous landscape – and for the Wilhelma Park, in the capital, Stuttgart.
Baden-Württemberg comprises 35 districts (Landkreise) and 9 independent cities (Stadtkreise), and is home to important enterprise headquarters such as Daimler AG, Porsche, Robert Bosch GmbH, Carl Zeiss AG, and SAP SE (Europe’s largest software enterprise).
Baden-Württemberg is a wise holiday destination for the particularity of the cities and exceptional countryside locations, for example the Upper Neckar valley, the Swabian Forest, Lake Constance, and The Upper Rhine Valley. Discover this state’s treasures via livestream.
Population: over 10 million
Capital: Stuttgart
Other major cities: Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Freiburg and Heidelberg.
Main attractions: Mannheim Palace, Heidelberg, Lichtenstein Castle, Hohenzollern, Ulm, Freiburg im Breisgau, Schwäbisch Hall, Karlsruhe Palace, Baden-Baden, Black Forest.
Nearest airports: Stuttgart Airport (STR - Flughafen Stuttgart); Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB - Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden); Mannheim City Airport (MHG - City-Airport Mannheim)
