Bad Cannstatt | |
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Coordinates: 48°48′20.16″N 9°12′50.76″E / 48.8056000°N 9.2141000°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Stuttgart |
District | Urban district |
City | Stuttgart |
Subdivisions | 19 Boroughs |
Area | |
• Total | 15.713 km2 (6.067 sq mi) |
Elevation | 205 m (673 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)
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• Total | 70,600 |
• Density | 4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
Postal codes | 70331–70378 |
Dialling codes | 0711 |
Vehicle registration | S |
Website | Stuttgart website |
Bad Cannstatt, also called Cannstatt (until July 23, 1933) [2] or Kannstadt (until 1900), is one of the outer stadtbezirke, or city boroughs, of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Bad Cannstatt is the oldest and most populous of Stuttgart's boroughs, and one of the most historically significant towns in the area of Stuttgart. [a] The town is home to the Cannstatter Wasen and Cannstatter Volksfest beer festivals, the MHPArena ( VfB Stuttgart), the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, and the Porsche-Arena.
Bad Cannstatt's name originates from a Castra stativa, Cannstatt Castrum, the massive Roman Castra that was erected on the hilly ridge in AD 90 to protect the valuable river crossing and local trade. [4] [5] In the past, Bad Cannstatt has been known as simply Cannstatt or Kannstatt, [6] Cannstadt, Canstatt, Kanstatt, and Condistat. [7] Its name was changed to include "Bad" ( German: Bath) to mention the town's spas on 23 July 1933.
Bad Cannstatt lies on the Neckar at the convergence of various regional trails. [7] The area was inhabited by the Seelberg mammoth hunters during the last glacial period. [8] The town was founded during the Roman period, records survive of Roman knowledge of the area's springs. [6] The nearby Sielberg is notable for its caverns and fossils. [7]
In 746 Carloman, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, called a council at Cannstatt, arrested and executed virtually all nobles of the Alemanni. This marks the transfer of power from the Alemanni to the emerging Carolingians. [9] The present name first appeared as the seat of a court held by Charlemagne in the 8th century while trying the rebellious dukes of Alemannia and Bavaria.
Cannstatt was the capital of the county of Württemberg into the 14th [6] or 15th century; [7] the Rotenberg was the location of the ruling house's ancestral castle. [6] Cannstatt subsequently formed part of the duchy, electorate, and kingdom of Württemberg. It lay about 2.5 miles (4 km) from Stuttgart proper, [7] although it has since grown to include Bad Cannstatt. In the 13th or 14th century, Louis the Bavarian expanded its rights and privileges to equality with Esslingen. Its 15th-century cathedral was dedicated to St Uffo. [7] In 1755, the Great Lisbon earthquake caused the town hall to subside about 3 feet (1 m). [10] During the wars which followed the French Revolution, the town was the site on 21 July 1796 of a French victory over the Austrian Empire. [6]
In the 19th century, it boasted an attractive town hall, a royal theater, a market house, the Wilhelma and Rosenstein palaces, and extensive industry including wool-spinning, dyeing, steelmaking, and construction of machinery. There were then about 40 mineral springs, which were considered beneficial for " dyspepsia and weakness of the nervous system", [7] as well as "diseases of the throat". [6] Cannstatt was the site of Gottlieb Daimler's invention of the first petroleum-fueled automobile in 1886 [11] and housed an automotive factory before the First World War. Around that time, it also had notable railway and chemical works and a brewery. Cannstatt was incorporated into Stuttgart in 1904. [6]
Of the 19 surviving mineral springs, 11 are recognized as state wells.[ clarification needed] In the world, it is now second to only Újbuda in Budapest, Hungary, in scale. [12] The Mombach spring is the only one that releases its water without pressure in large quantities; its outflow is used in the adjacent baths and the Wilhelma spa.[ citation needed]
Famous people associated with Bad-Cannstatt include:
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