Baden-Wurttemberg : Germany

Extremely diverse landscapes - state-of-the-art industry.

Baden-Wijrttemberg has some of the Federal Republic’s most scenic countryside. The Black Forest is one of the most popular recreation areas in Germany. Lake Constance, the exceedingly varied valleys of the Rhine, Danube and Neckar rivers, the rugged Swabian Jura, the gentle Markgrafler Land and the striking hilly Kaiserstuhl region in’the Upper Rhine Plain (famous for its wine) are popular holiday resort areas. Every year more tourists come to Baden-Wurttemberg than the state has inhabitants. At the same time, Baden-Wurttemberg is an important business and industrial location; global companies such as Daimler-Benz, Bosch and Porsche have their headquarters here. The stale’s economic strength is manifest, for instance, inthe fact that the volume of its exports is nearly equal to that of Switzerland.

This is attributable not only to the productivity of large-scale industry: Hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses manufacture highly specialized products which are in demand all over the world. The people of Baden-Wurttemberg are born tinkerers - their ingenuity is legend. Thanks to the state’s mild climate, cultivation of special crops such as ornamental plants, hops and tobacco is also possible in addition to traditional agriculture.