Specialists are right to ask why they should move to a small town on the upper Danube. Here is the answer in numbers — and every number has a source.
Housing is the largest item in almost every household budget. That is exactly where the gap between Tuttlingen and the conurbations of southern Germany is widest — and it makes itself felt every single month.
For specialists, that is the real advantage of the location: move here and you are not moving to a single employer, you are moving into a labour market.
The district is home to around 400 internationally oriented medical technology companies, more than 90 % of them small and medium-sized businesses.
Gottfried Jetter established standardised manufacturing of surgical instruments here in Tuttlingen — some 150 years of accumulated craft.
The MedicalMountains cluster initiative, with around 260 member organisations, brings regulatory affairs, research and training together in one place.
Population projections have the district growing by around +8.5 % to roughly 153,700 residents by 2040 — and staying younger than the regional average.
Tuttlingen sits on the Stuttgart–Singen–Zurich intercity line. That is why weekend commuting and international meetings work perfectly well from here.
Four direct trains a day into Switzerland. Zurich is quicker to reach by rail than Stuttgart — an advantage almost nobody expects.
Around 126 km via the A81 motorway. By train it takes about 1 hr 32, with roughly 250 services a week.
Zurich Airport is about 1 hr 14 away by car, Stuttgart Airport about 1 hr 32 — for international customer meetings as much as for holidays.
Konstanz is around 44 km away. An evening by the lake is an hour's drive here, not a day trip.
28 active railway stops in the district, eight of them within the town itself. Commuting in from the surrounding villages works without a second car.
Around 37,000 people live in the town — the commute, the nursery, the shops and the sports club are usually a few minutes apart.
The Upper Danube Nature Park begins practically at the edge of town. What would be a weekend excursion from a big city is an after-work ride here.
1,496 km² of rock, forest and river valley, established in 1980. The Schaufelsen is considered the most imposing rock massif in Germany outside the Alps — around 80,000 cyclists ride the Danube Cycle Path each year.
The Honberg castle ruins, the TuWass thermal baths, the Danube park, several museums. The Honberg-Sommer festival in summer, and the Southside Festival just down the road.
The town lies between 634 and 927 metres; the Lemberg, in the same district, reaches 1,016 metres. Hiking, cycling and winter sport are on the doorstep rather than three hours' drive away.
A move rarely falls through because of the job — it falls through because the rest of the family cannot find a place. In Tuttlingen the answer to that is unusually good.
The Tuttlingen campus of Furtwangen University (open since 2009) offers degree courses in medical technology, mechatronics, materials science and manufacturing engineering. Around 100 companies from the region help fund it with some €2.5 million a year — the campus motto is "Powered by Industry".
Two grammar schools, two secondary schools, several primary schools and vocational colleges — all within the town, with no long journeys.
If your partner also comes from engineering or medical technology, job-hunting here is more of an advantage than a risk — around 400 companies in the sector are within reach.
Visitor parking is directly in front of the building. Let us know before you come and we will keep a space free for you.
Average advertised rents in 2026 were around €11.06/m² in Tuttlingen, €16.33/m² in Stuttgart and €19.68/m² in Munich — roughly 32 % and 44 % less respectively. For buying a house the gap is wider still: €2,785/m² against €5,946/m² in Stuttgart.
The market is far more relaxed than in the conurbations — advertised rents in Tuttlingen have recently edged down, while Stuttgart and Munich have carried on rising. If you join us, we are happy to help you get your bearings locally.
Surprisingly little, for a town this size: an hourly intercity stop on the Stuttgart–Singen–Zurich line, four direct trains a day to Zurich (about 1 hr 22), the A81 a few minutes away, and two international airports within a little over an hour.
The Upper Danube Nature Park, the Danube Cycle Path, the Honberg castle ruins, the thermal baths, Lake Constance about an hour away and the Black Forest behind you. The Honberg-Sommer festival in summer, plus the Southside Festival nearby.
That is the real question with any relocation — and the reason Tuttlingen is a comparatively safe place to do it: around 400 medical technology companies in the district mean your qualifications are not tied to a single employer.
Our open positions, our apprenticeships — or a phone call, if you have questions about the area first.
