Reference magazine
Exciting reports, current topics and interviews directly from the construction sites. Our project magazine informs you about the latest and most important topics concerning the rail project. It's not just about the new building and its figures. It's also about the people who are making it a reality; people who have been waiting for it for a long time because they are convinced of its chances.
All issues from 2012 until today here for download
Reference Issue 40 | April 2024
INTERVIEW The balance sheet of Group representative Thorsten Krenz
TOPIC Stocktaking around the new Stuttgart rail hub
INTERVIEW Interesting plans for the future Rosenstein district
Reference Issue 39 | November 2023
REPORTAGE The Seele company and the first light eyes for Stuttgart 21
ESSAY How the bark beetle provides special protection for old oak trees
TOPIC Stories from construction: long-distance and weekly commuters tell their stories
Reference Issue 38 | July 2023
INTERVIEW A Swiss traffic expert looks enviously to Stuttgart
REPORTAGE How nature benefits from compensatory measures
TOPIC Digital future technology makes its way into the region's rail network
Cover Issue 37 | April 2023
INTERVIEW State Secretary Michael Theurer
about the railroad of today and tomorrow
PORTRAIT In the future Maker City in Stuttgart
it already goes to the implementation
REPORTAGE Full speed ahead for the new
Traffic hub on the Filder
TOPIC Merklingen - a municipality
gets completely new perspectives
Cover Issue 36 | December 2022
INTERVIEW Deutsche Bahn CEO Dr. Richard Lutz on the mobility of the future
REPORTAGE On three different routes from Wendlingen to Ulm
PORTRAIT Ten years at the Filstal Bridge: an engineer tells the story
Reference Issue 35 | July 2022
TOPIC Time travel with a construction site guide who convinces with conviction
PORTRAIT The foreman of the project partner Verband Region Stuttgart
INTERVIEW Project manager Olaf Drescher looks back on an eventful career
REPORTAGE Two eras in one project: diesel locomotive "Ludmilla" and test ICE
Cover Issue 34 | April 2022
TOPIC The district of the future on the railroad tracks of the past
PORTRAIT With the power of experience and the foundation of family: Walter Wittke
INTERVIEW Stuttgart's housing prospects from Mayor Pätzold's perspective
REPORTAGE Bruno Steinle and the first trains on the high-speed line to Ulm
Cover Issue 33 | November 2021
TOPIC One year to go until the Wendlingen-Ulm high-speed line is launched
PORTRAIT The Seele company and the striking light eyes for S21
INTERVIEW State Transport Minister Hermann on new mobility
REPORTAGE How specialists go under a bridge at the port
Cover Issue 32 | July 2021
TOPIC The fascination of the superlative Filstal bridge
INTERVIEW Mister S-Bahn Jürgen Wurmthaler about Stuttgart 21
REPORTAGE Encounter of a special kind with the Neckar River
PORTRAIT Michael Pradel has the big picture in mind
Cover Issue 31 | April 2021
REPORTAGE Triad of formwork, steel and concrete - a chalice support is created
TOPIC Modern technology enables train traffic at a different level
REPORTAGE 345 meter long Neckar bridge opened for bicycle traffic
DOUBLE INTERVIEW Architect and city leader discuss Stuttgart 21
Cover Issue 30 | November 2020
REPORTAGE Between railroad romanticism and the future of mobility
TOPIC How the S-Bahn benefits from the Stuttgart 21 project
INTERVIEW Olaf Drescher on a milestone in the transport revolution
PORTRAIT Special angles of a large project up close
Cover Issue 29 | August 2020
REPORTAGE The great rail laying on the Swabian Alb
TOPIC A traffic hub for the country is being built at the airport
INTERVIEW Walter Schoefer on the prospects for the airport
PORTRAIT André Reinhardt is master of the Stuttgart 21 tunnels
Cover Issue 28 | April 2020
TOPIC From the station tower to the building pit: an exhibition moves
REPORTAGE The north end of the future main station
INTERVIEW State Secretary Bilger on major projects and Stuttgart 21
PORTRAIT Günter Osthoff, civil engineer with passion
Cover Issue 27 | November 2019
REPORTAGE Busy construction site between airport and Wendlingen
INTERVIEW Regional President Thomas Bopp on Stuttgart 21
REPORTAGE Theater project under the chalice pillars at the main station
TOPIC At the Filder Tunnel SUSE has finished its work
Cover Issue 26 | August 2019
PORTRAIT The pioneering work of the iron weavers from the Bosporus
TOPIC 25 years ago the idea of Stuttgart 21 was born
INTERVIEW Georg Brunnhuber takes stock at the end of his term of office
REPORTAGE The Albvorland Tunnel is well on schedule
Cover Issue 25 | April 2019
REPORTAGE On the Alb the masts for the railroad line are mounted
PORTRAIT For 20 years, the lawyer Peter Schütz has been looking after Stuttgart 21
REPORTAGE How a goblet support becomes a model case
TOPIC The Bonatz Building is transformed into a new traffic cathedral
Cover Issue 24 | December 2018
REPORTAGE A workplace high above the Filstal bridge
INTERVIEW The new ombudsman of the city of Stuttgart
TOPIC Elaborate construction: the goblet supports for Stuttgart 21
PORTRAIT Stefan Kielbassa delivered on time
Cover Issue 23 | August 2018
REPORTAGE Resounding success in the Boßlertunnel on the Alb
PORTRAIT A zeppelin flies over Stuttgart 21
TOPIC The railroad boss as a guest at the ceremony in the valley basin
INTERVIEW 20th anniversary of the Tower Forum at the main station
Cover Issue 22 | March 2018
REPORTAGE The new Neckar Bridge at Rosenstein Park
TOPIC The two city tunnels - main arteries of Stuttgart 21
INTERVIEW Olaf Drescher completes the management team
PORTRAIT Four faces of the construction sites between Stuttgart and Ulm
Cover Issue 21 | November 2017
Anniversary issue of the project magazine
PORTRAIT Stephan Godel is the master of concrete
REPORTAGE Outstanding in the best sense of the word: the Filstal Bridge
TOPIC Renaturation starts at the Steinbühl Tunnel
Cover Issue 20 | July 2017
PORTRAIT How the goblet supports shape the main station
INTERVIEW Railroad board member Ronald Pofalla on Stuttgart
TOPIC The new SSB stop Staatsgalerie
REPORTAGE Two tunnel boring giants in Kirchheim/Teck
Cover Issue 19 | March 2017
REPORTAGE Fascination Stuttgart 21: young professionals help to build
INTERVIEW Railroad Board Member Huber on the future offensive
PORTRAIT Tunneling engineer Walter Wittke and his son Martin
TOPIC How the high-speed line is changing the region around Ulm
Cover Issue 18 | November 2016
REPORTAGE Foundation stone laid for station of the future
INTERVIEW Prime Minister Kretschmann on Stuttgart 21
REPORTAGE At the highest and lowest point of the rail project
TOPIC Construction site run five years after the referendum
Reference Issue 17 | July 2016
PORTRAIT Whom the mountain calls: Martin Herrenknecht
TOPIC Bridge construction for Stuttgart 21
INTERVIEW Economic Development Manager Walter Rogg
REPORTAGE Käthchen in the boßlertunnel
Cover Issue 16 | April 2016
TOPIC Species protection at Stuttgart 21: relocation of lizards
INTERVIEW Ulm's new mayor Gunter Czisch on the rail project
REPORTAGE 30,000 visitors at the construction site open days
PORTRAIT The "Magistrale for Europe" initiative thinks big
Cover Issue 15 | December 2015
REPORTAGE Christoph Ingenhoven and the cup supports for Stuttgart 21
INTERVIEW What Mayor Fritz Kuhn thinks of the project
TOPIC Breakthrough at Steinbühl Tunnel after only 28 months of construction time
PORTRAIT Europe's largest rock tiller stirs up plenty of dust
Cover Issue 14 | September 2015
TOPIC Looking down the tube at Stuttgart 21
REPORTAGE Made-to-measure concrete: the segments for the tunnel
INTERVIEW SPD Parliamentary Group Leader Claus Schmiedel on Political Lessons Learned
PORTRAIT The project managers Michael Pradel and Günter Osthoff
Cover Issue 13 | June 2015
REPORTAGE The Gaeubahn and the Stuttgart 21 project
TOPIC The church congress in the Swabian state capital
INTERVIEW Manfred Leger on the current construction progress
ESSAY Why congestion-plagued Stuttgart needs fast rail
Cover Issue 12 | March 2015
REPORTAGE Ton for ton: the logistics of the Stuttgart 21 project
PORTRAIT The earthly deputies of St. Barbara
INTERVIEW The IHK presidents from Stuttgart and Ulm in conversation
TOPIC The ecological relocation of the Lindach river in the Alb foreland
Cover Issue 11 | December 2014
REPORTAGE Stuttgart's main station between pits and tracks
TOPIC Prognos study on the southern axis raises eyebrows
INTERVIEW DB CEO Rüdiger Grube on the mobility of tomorrow
PORTRAIT Episode 3 of the series about the engineers of the project
Cover Issue 10 | September 2014
REPORTAGE The miners from the Alpine Republic
INTERVIEW Former Minister of Transport Ulrich Müller on Stuttgart 21
TOPIC Historic opportunity for urban development in the state capital
PORTRAIT Series about the engineers of the project, episode 2
Reference Issue 9 | July 2014
REPORTAGE Ready to go on the Fildern: the XXL drilling machine
TOPIC The region around Ulm is building on Stuttgart 21
REPORTAGE From the everyday life of the station mission
PORTRAIT Series about the engineers of the project
Cover Issue 8 | April 2014
PORTRAIT Gerhard Heimerl, the planner behind Stuttgart 21
INTERVIEW State Secretary Murawski on species protection
REPORTAGE By bus to the construction sites Page 26
TOPIC Ecological compensation on the Alb: 120,000 plants
Cover Issue 7 | December 2013
REPORTAGE The new hub on the Filder
TOPIC Alliance for a barrier-free Stuttgart 21
INTERVIEW Martin Randelhoff on the traffic of the future
PORTRAIT President of the State Parliament Guido Wolf
Cover Issue 6 | October 2013
REPORTAGE The fireworks of the miners
INTERVIEW Wolfgang Schuster on sustainability
TOPIC The locomotive workshop makes way for Stuttgart 21
PORTRAIT The politician Oswald Metzger
Cover Issue 5 | July 2013
REPORTAGE The tunnel construction site at the Albaufstieg
INTERVIEW Peter Ramsauer on Stuttgart 21
PORTRAIT Airport CEO Georg Fundel
ESSAY A student looks to the near future
Cover Issue 4 | March 2013
REPORTAGE Stuttgart 21 the Viennese way
PORTRAIT Christoph Ingenhoven, architect in demand
TOPIC The new exhibition world in the Turmforum
INTERVIEW The Minister for the Environment: Franz Untersteller
Cover Issue 3 | December 2012
PORTRAIT The drilling giant for Stuttgart 21
REPORTAGE Once Paris and back
ESSAY Good sides, bad sides
INTERVIEW EU Coordinator Balázs
Cover Issue 2 | September 2012
REPORTAGE Stuttgart 21 and the bridges into the country
ESSAY The lonely planner
INTERVIEW The patrons and the major project
PORTRAIT A hotel stands over it
Reference Issue 1 | May 2012
REPORTAGE In the test tunnel for Stuttgart 21
ESSAY The spirit of the great project
INTERVIEW Ingo Rust and Volker Kefer
PORTRAIT The construction site mole