Stuttgart

STUTTGART

1. General Information:

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,497 (June 2008) while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million (2008). The city lies at the centre of a heavily populated area, circled by a ring of smaller towns. This inner urban area called Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million making ‘greater Stuttgart’ the fourth biggest city region in Germany. Stuttgart is spread across a variety of hills, valleys and parks – unusual for German cities and often a cause of surprise to visitors who primarily associate the city with its industrial reputation as the ‘Cradle of the automobile’.

Population: 590.000

Location: Germany

Official website: www.stuttgart.de

Website of the crime prevention service: www.stuttgart.de/kriminalpraevention

Twinned with: St Helens (England, United Kingdom), Cardiff (Wales, United Kingdom), St.Louis (Missouri, USA), Strasbourg (France), Mumbai (India), Menzel Brouguiba (Tunesia), Cairo (Eqypt), Lodz (Poland), Brno (Czech Republic), Samara (Russian Federation); furthermore Stuttgart is engaged in city friendships with Ogaki (Japan), Nanjing (Peoples Republic of China), Shavei Zion (Israel)

2. The city in our network:

The city and the EFUS:

Member since 2008

Member of the Executive Committee since 2008

Participated in:

• Partner AUDITS project: Methodological tools for drafting local security policies in Europe, 2013-2015

·  French-German Seminar on local integrated policies in the subject of drugs, September 2007
·  ”Democracy, Cities and Drugs II” Project, 2008-2010
·  Host of the Meeting of the Executive Committee February 2009
·  ”Safer Drinking Scenes” Project, 2009-2012

Attended:

• International Conference “Security, Democracy ad Cities: the Futur of prevention”, Aubervilliers & Sant Denis, December 2012
• General Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, 7th June 2012

3. Project Files (Best Practice):

House of Juvenile Law

4.   Further information

Interview with Dr. Martin Schairer, Vice-Mayor in charge of Justice, Safety and Public Order in the city of Stuttgart

Brochure on Stuttgart’s Partnership for Safety and Security

Brochure on Stuttgart Safety Survey and the feeling of Safety