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Stuttgart-Nord is an inner city borough in the north of
Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
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Geography

Stuttgart-Nord extends from the Doggenburg to the highest point, the Gähkopf (409 m above sea level) to the
Bismarckturm A Bismarck tower (german: Bismarckturm) is a specific type of monument built according to a more or less standard model across Germany to honour its first chancellor, Otto von Bismarck (d. 1898). A total of 234 of these towers were inventoried b ...
, on the
Killesberg The Killesbergpark (Höhenpark Killesberg) is an urban public park of half a square kilometre (123 acres) in Stuttgart, Germany. It is just north of the state capital, where Killesberg is a quarter of the borough of ''Stuttgart-Nord'' (North). ...
and the Pragsattel to
Rosenstein Park The Rosenstein Park (german: Rosensteinpark) in Stuttgart is the largest English garden in southwest Germany. Its creation took place from 1824 to 1840 on the orders of King William I of Württemberg after plans of his gardener Johann Bosch on t ...
and the Pragfriedhof. The Pragsattel located at the lowest point of a ridge from Killesberg to Burgholzhof. One finds in Stuttgart-Nord numerous good residential areas and viewpoints on the Stuttgart city center. Noteworthy streets are: Am Bismarckturm, Am Gähkopf, Caesar Flaischlen Street, Eduard-Pfeiffer-Straße, Feuerbacher Heide, Lenzhalde, Robert-Bosch-Straße and Schottstraße.


History

Stuttgart-North was created when Stuttgart was divided into districts in 1956. The western boundary of this new district extended from the Doggenburg to Weißenhof and Killesberg. When the districts were reorganised on January 1, 2001, Stuttgart-North was split into 11 subdistricts.


References

{{Authority control Districts of Stuttgart