The city, as a stud farm for war horses for his cavalry, was founded in 950 by the Swabian prince Liudolf, son of the Roman Emperor Otto I. The first building of the Old Castle was built in 1089, the city grew and was founded in 1320. The fate of Stuttgart changed with the arrival of the Württemberg dynasty, who in the 15th century made it the capital of their county, duchy, and kingdom, which lasted until 1918.
Stuttgart prospered despite setbacks in the Thirty Years' War and devastating Allied air raids during World War II.
