The cities of Nürtingen and Geislingen are located about 40 kilometers apart from each other between Stuttgart, the capital of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the northwest and Ulm to the southeast. The Greater Stuttgart Area - with its industrial giants such as Mercedes, Bosch, Porsche, HP and IBM - is known as one of the most booming regions in Germany and one of Europe's leading technology regions. Baden-Württemberg is also a very safe place to live.