True Crime Stuttgart

What's the walk about?

Welcome to Stuttgart, the prosperous Swabian capital of palace gardens, grand opera and royal squares. But behind its tidy facades lies a darker chronicle: water cannons in a city park, a night of riots, a Gestapo headquarters, an antisemitic show trial and a deadly fire, all on streets that thousands of people cross every day. Our journey begins here in the Schlossgarten beside the main station, where one autumn day in 2010 a protest over trees ended under water cannons.

What you'll see

1. 1

   Water Cannons on Black Thursday - Mittlerer Schlossgarten

   park

2. 2

   Shots for the Prima Donna - Schicksalsbrunnen

   fountain

3. 3

   The Night of the Riot - Eckensee

   lake

4. 4

   The Knife in the Fan Zone - Schlossplatz

   square

5. 5

   The Gestapo Hotel - Hotel Silber

   memorial

6. 6

   The Show Trial of Süß Oppenheimer - Marktplatz

   square

7. 7

   The Robber Poet on the Run - Königstraße 29

   street

8. 8

   The Night the Stairwell Burned - Geißstraße 7

   building