Editing Stuttgart (section)

=== Science and research and development ===
The region currently has Germany's highest density of scientific, academic and research organisations. No other region in Germany registers so many patents and designs as Stuttgart.<ref name="Where Business Meets the Future"/> 45% of [[Baden-Württemberg|Baden-Württemberg's]] R&D capacities are concentrated in the Swabian capital.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Die Bedeutung von Stuttgart als Hochschulstandort |url=https://www.statistik-bw.de/Service/Veroeff/Monatshefte/20160404 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.statistik-bw.de}}</ref> More than 11% of all German R&D costs are invested in the Stuttgart region (approximately 4.3&nbsp;billion euros per year). In addition to several universities and colleges (e.g. [[University of Stuttgart]], [[University of Hohenheim]], [[Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology]]<ref name="EBStutt"/> and several Stuttgart [[University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart|Universities of Applied Sciences]]), the area is home to six [[Fraunhofer Society|Fraunhofer]] institutes, four institutes of collaborative industrial research at local universities, two [[Max Planck Society|Max-Planck institutes]] and a major establishment of the [[German Aerospace Center|German Aerospace Centre (DLR)]].
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[[File:Koenigsbau Stuttgart 20060901.jpg|thumb|The '[[:de:Königsbau|Königsbau]]' on [[Schlossplatz, Stuttgart|Schlossplatz]], former home to the [[Börse Stuttgart|Stuttgart Stock Exchange]]]]