Economic Region

Excellently located in the heart of Baden-Wuerttemberg at the country's centre lines Stuttgart - Pforzheim - Karlsruhe and Stuttgart - Bodensee - Zürich. Thus, the Northern Black Forest is part of one of the most powerful metropolitan regions in Europe. more

Although it has a large number of multinationals, Baden-Württemberg's economy is basically dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises. A great number of enterprises are considered innovative. Although poor in workable natural resources (formerly lead, zinc, iron, silver, copper and salts) and still rural in many areas, the region is heavily industrialized. more

Germany is the largest national economy in Europe, the third largest by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in the world, and ranked fifth by purchasing power parity (PPP). Growth in 2007 was 2.4 %. more