Please note when travelling to the airport: On 18 and 19 April, the tram U6 will not run to the airport due to a strike. Passengers are requested to use the S-Bahn and buses when travelling to the airport.
| 24.12.1928 | Manfred Rommel born in Stuttgart |
| 1956 | Passed the German State Examination in Law |
| 1971 | Appointed State Secretary of the Finance Department of Baden-Württemberg |
| 1974 | Elected mayor of Stuttgart |
| 1977 | Permitted the terrorists Gudrun Ensslin, Andreas Baader and Jan Carl Raspe to be buried together in the face of public protest |
| Named president of the Association of German Cities | |
| 1978 | Oversaw the establishment of the suburban railway system in Stuttgart (Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart (VVS)) |
| 1983 | Initiated the building of Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, an indoor arena |
| 1993 | Secured the World Championships in Athletics for Stuttgart |
| Reorganized Stuttgart’s budget resulting in a major reduction of the city’s debt | |
| 1994 | Voted for Stuttgart 21, a railway and urban development project |
| Formed Verband Region Stuttgart | |
| 1996 | Modernized the runway at Stuttgart’s airport |
| Named Stuttgart’s citizen of honour | |
| 2009 | Deutsch-Türkisches Forum Stuttgart awards the Manfred-Rommel-Prize for the first time |
| 7.11.2013 | Manfred Rommel dies in Stuttgart (age 84) |
| 2018 | First applications accepted for the Manfred-Rommel-Scholarship by Stuttgart |
Manfred-Rommel-Prize Manfred-Rommel-Scholarship
