Stuttgart Attractions
View of New Palace and Schlossplatz © Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH
Palace Square (Schlossplatz)
The symbolic heart of Stuttgart, the Schlossplatz or Palace
Square, is a popular meeting point for locals and travellers alike,
the beautifully baroque New Palace providing a majestic backdrop.
The former residence of kings, the New Palace was built between
1746 and 1806 and is now a base for the state government of Baden-
Wurttemberg. If the New Palace feels a bit French it's
because the Duke Carl Eugen of
Wurttemberg wanted to
create a Versailles in Stuttgart. The König Wilhelm Jubilee
Column, rising in the fore, was erected in 1841 in honour of King
Wilhelm's silver jubilee (25 years of reign), and the statue of
Concordia, the Roman goddess of harmony at the pinnacle, added in
1863. The two fountains were built at the same time, the eight
cherubs each representing one of Württemberg's rivers.
Transport: Stuttgart's underground stops directly beneath Schlossplatz
