▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁until ▁ 1 ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 4 : ▁Er ich ▁St oll ▁▁ 1 ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁until ▁ 2 5 ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 8 : ▁Ber nd ▁Stein acher ▁( 1 9 5 6 – 2 0 0 8 ) ▁▁ 1 ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁until ▁ 1 ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 3 : ▁Je ann ette ▁Wo pper er ▁ ▁since ▁ 1 9 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 4 : ▁Nicola ▁Sch elling ▁ ▁In frastr ucture ▁ ▁The ▁Stuttgart ▁Region ▁is ▁accessed ▁through ▁a ▁dense ▁ro aden etwork ▁of ▁controlled ▁access ▁high ways ▁( Aut ob ahn ), ▁federal ▁Highway ▁( B undes stra ßen ), ▁district ▁roads ▁( K re is str assen ). ▁The ▁Bundes stra ßen , ▁en hanced ▁to ▁four ▁to ▁six ▁lan es ▁run ▁in ▁a ▁star ▁pattern ▁towards ▁the ▁states ▁capital . ▁There ▁are ▁only ▁few ▁efficient ▁tang ential ▁Con ne ctions . ▁The ▁two ▁Aut ob ah ns ▁A ▁ 8 ▁and ▁A ▁ 8 1 ▁meet ▁in ▁the ▁Region ▁at ▁the ▁Leon berg ▁triangle , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁used ▁Aut ob ahn ▁j unction s ▁in ▁Germany . ▁Stutt g arter ▁Haupt bahn hof , ▁the ▁main ▁railway ▁station ▁is ▁hub ▁for ▁the ▁long - distance , ▁regional ▁and ▁S - B ahn - Ver kehr . ▁Within ▁a ▁radius ▁of ▁ 1 0 0   km ▁you ▁thereby ▁can ▁reach ▁about ▁ 1