Childcare

You can use the online tool “KiTS”, which is offered by the City of Stuttgart, to find childcare services [de] in Stuttgart for children up to 14 years of age. Using “KiTS”, more than 500 municipal and independent providers can be listed according to criteria such as city district, age of the child, and types of childcare service. If the daycare center is operated by a municipal provider or by the Catholic or Evangelical Church, it is also possible to send a requirement message directly to the daycare facility, for a maximum of 10 selected childcare services. As a rule, daycare centers take in new children at the beginning of a kindergarten year - a kindergarten year is from 1 September to 31 August. If you are looking for a place for the new kindergarten year, starting from 1 September, it is important that you have registered your child by 15 February of the current year.

Please note: The City of Stuttgart provides information on the deductibility of childcare costs [de] on its website.

The umbrella organization of the parent-child groups [de] in Stuttgart provides information about the numerous parent-child initiatives in Stuttgart.

The City of Böblingen uses an electronic pre-registration procedure [de] for the allocation of places in all municipal and in some independent and church daycare centers. The kindergarten year begins after the summer break, in late August / early September. Positive answers will be sent out starting from late February.

The City of Esslingen gives an overview of childcare services [de] on its website. Under “Downloads”, you can find important information on daycare centers in Esslingen, (pre-)registration, fees, and the house rules.

There is a single application procedure [de] for more than 70 daycare centers in Ludwigsburg that are operated by various institutions / providers. Parents should register their children no earlier than one year before the desired admission. For the allocation of places beginning in mid-March, applications by 15 February will be considered.

In Stuttgart, childminding [de] is publicly funded and promoted. The youth welfare office has commissioned two independent organizations to advise and support parents in their search for a childminder, and to continue with their advice and assistance after a suitable childminder has been found:

• Caritas – Childminders exchange [de]
• Tagesmütter und Pflegeeltern Stuttgart e.V. (registered association of childminders in the Stuttgart area)[de]

You can find more information in the brochure “Childminding in Stuttgart”[de].

Please note: The City of Stuttgart provides information on the deductibility of childcare costs [de] on its website.

As part of the TAKKI program, the city of Böblingen subsidizes daycare for small children under three years of age. The Verein Tages- und Pflegeeltern e.V. Kreis Böblingen [de](registered association of childminders and foster parents in the Böblingen district) gives advice on this topic.

In Esslingen, the Tageselternverein Kreis Esslingen e. V. [de] (registered association of childminders in the Esslingen district) gives personal advice and finds a suitable and qualified daycare professional for your child. The childminder will look after your child either in their own home or on other suitable premises (Neckarzwerge Childminding and Zwergenhaus Childminding). In addition, the childminders’ association can also find you a nanny, who will look after your children in your own home.

The City of Ludwigsburg supports the care of young children by childminders[de]. The advice center of the City of Ludwigsburg provides information about childcare services for young children.

In addition, there are the “Kindernester“ [de] (“children's nests”) in Ludwigsburg, where childminders look after toddlers on premises specially designed for this purpose.

The Landesverband Kindertagespflege Baden-Wuerttemberg e.V. [de] (registered state association for childminding in Baden-Wuerttemberg) informs parents, childminders, businesses, and municipalities about publicly funded childcare in the federal state.

Emergency childcare is a free offer by the University of Stuttgart for its employees and students on two days per semester in the event that regular childcare has been canceled at short notice. It usually takes place in daycare facilities. Exceptions, i.e. additional childcare or emergency childcare at home (for example in case of illness of the child or evening events), are possible if there is a compulsory event or an urgent, official interest.

You can find more information in the leaflet “Emergency childcare service in the event of a short-term bottleneck”[de].

Parents of sick children please also note the leaflet “Emergency childcare service when your child is sick”[de].

Generally, institutions of the University of Stuttgart can book flexible childcare during events, further training, and recruitment procedures at their own expense via the cooperation agreement. There is an annual quota for events relating to the university as a whole.

You can find more information in the leaflet “Childcare during events, further training, and recruitment procedures”[de].

Flexible childcare for other purposes at one’s own expense is an additional service in cases where the immediate reconciliation of work, university studies, and family life is not the key issue.

The program is aimed at children and young people aged 5 to 7 and 8 to14 who enjoy both exercise and adventures in nature. Only full weeks can be booked, not individual days. In the event of bad weather, excursions will be organized, the additional costs will be announced in good time. 

If too few children register, it may not be possible for the vacation care to take place. Therefore, please note the closing date for registration. 

Further information and the opportunity to register your child can be found on the University Sports website. If you have any questions about registration or the vacation program, please contact 

Sebastian Meindl 
Nature Sports Coordinator at University Sports

Period: June 16-18
Time: probably from 9:00 to 17:00 (changes possible until the start of registration)
Address: Allmandring 28f, 70569 Stuttgart
Costs per child: The exact childcare costs will be announced at the start of registration. We are currently assuming that we can offer a vacation week for less than 100 euros per child.
Registration deadline: to be announced 
Registration at: registration possible from the beginning of February

The provider sets a minimum number of participants. If there are too few registrations, the provider reserves the right to cancel the offer in good time. There is also a maximum number of subsidized places; if this number is exceeded, you can be placed on the waiting list.

Period: August, 4-8, August, 11-15, September 8-12
Time: probably from 9:00 to 17:00 (changes possible until the start of registration)
Address: Allmandring 28f, 70569 Stuttgart
Costs per child: The exact childcare costs will be announced at the start of registration. We currently assume that we can offer a vacation week for less than 100 euros per child.
Registration deadline: to be announced 
Registration at: registration possible from the beginning of February

The provider sets a minimum number of participants. If there are too few registrations, the provider reserves the right to cancel the offer in good time. There is also a maximum number of subsidized places; if this number is exceeded, you can be placed on the waiting list.

Period: August, 4-8
Time: probably from 9:00 to 17:00 (changes possible until the start of registration)
Address: Allmandring 28f, 70569 Stuttgart
Costs per child: The exact childcare costs will be announced at the start of registration. With current planning, we assume that we can offer a vacation week for less than 120 euros per child.
Registration deadline: to be announced 
Registration at: registration possible from the beginning of February

The provider sets a minimum number of participants. If there are too few registrations, the provider reserves the right to cancel the offer in good time. There is also a maximum number of subsidized places; if this number is exceeded, you can be placed on the waiting list.

• As the vacation programs are subsidized, the prices quoted for vacation childcare apply exclusively to children of full-time employees (including visiting academics) and students of the University of Stuttgart and only if the employment relationship or enrollment at the University of Stuttgart still exists at the time of the vacation childcare. If you do not belong to this target group (e.g. as a lecturer or because your employment ends before the date of the vacation care), participation in the offers is generally possible, but only at a higher price. If you are in doubt whether your child can participate in the above conditions, please contact us before registering your child.
• Due to the Income Tax Act, some childcare services for children aged 6 and over (e.g. vacation care, flexible emergency care, family-related additional costs for business trips) can only be subsidized tax-free up to a total amount of 600 euros (per employee, not per child!) per calendar year and only if the care is necessary for compelling and work-related reasons.
  The programs can therefore only be booked by you at the “internal” rate if you have not/not yet reached the limit of 600 euros and there is a compelling professional reason. If you do not or no longer meet one of these reasons, please register for a “non-subsidized place”.
  Classification: If you only make use of vacation childcare (and no other flexible childcare services), you can book up to 6 weeks of childcare. If you are unsure or have any questions, please contact Uni & Family.
• If you are a member of a Cluster of Excellence, Collaborative Research Center, Research Training Group, Priority Program (SPP) or a research group, please indicate this in the “Remarks/Consortium” field together with the name of the program/consortium when registering.

If your children aged 6 to 12 years (siblings from 4 years) would like to take part in the “Stuttgart Research Holidays”, please register them online using the link provided with the respective offer. The registration, organization and implementation is carried out by Konzept-e GmbH. Konzept-e GmbH is responsible for the associated data processing.

This sample weekly program [de] gives you an impression of the wide range of activities from which the children can choose. 

If too few children register, it may not be possible for the vacation care to take place. Therefore, please note the closing date for registration. 

If you have any questions about the registration or how the research vacation is organized, please contact

Benjamin Janson
Phone +49 711 656 96048
e-mail

Period: April, 22-25
Time: from 8 am to 5:30 pm
Address: Freie Element-i Grundschule Stuttgart, Breitwiesenstraße 8, 70565 Stuttgart
Costs per child: Childcare costs €63.00 plus catering costs €35.00
Registration deadline: February, 14

The provider sets a minimum number of participants. If there are too few registrations, the provider reserves the right to cancel the offer in good time. There is also a maximum number of subsidized places; if this number is exceeded, you can be placed on the waiting list.

Period: June, 16-20 (June, 19 is a holiday)
Time: from 8 am to 5:30 pm
Address: Freie Element-i Grundschule Stuttgart, Breitwiesenstraße 8, 70565 Stuttgart
Costs per child: Childcare costs €63.00 plus catering costs €35.00
Registration deadline: April, 30

The provider sets a minimum number of participants. If there are too few registrations, the provider reserves the right to cancel the offer in good time. There is also a maximum number of subsidized places; if this number is exceeded, you can be placed on the waiting list.

Period: August, 4-8, August, 11-15, August, 18-22
Time: from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Address: element-i Kinderhaus "Junges Gemüse", Melunerstr. 41, 70569 Stuttgart 
Costs per child: Childcare costs per vacation week €74.00 plus catering costs per vacation week €45.00
Registration deadline: May, 15

The provider sets a minimum number of participants. If there are too few registrations, the provider reserves the right to cancel the offer in good time. There is also a maximum number of subsidized places; if this number is exceeded, you can be placed on the waiting list.

Period: October, 27-30
Time: from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Address: Freie Element-i Grundschule Stuttgart, Breitwiesenstraße 8, 70565 Stuttgart
Costs per child: Childcare costs €63.00 plus catering costs €35.00
Registration deadline: August, 31

• As the vacation programs are subsidized, the prices quoted for vacation childcare apply exclusively to children of full-time employees (including visiting academics) and students of the University of Stuttgart and only if the employment relationship or enrollment at the University of Stuttgart still exists at the time of the vacation childcare. If you do not belong to this target group (e.g. as a lecturer or because your employment ends before the date of the vacation care), participation in the offers is generally possible, but only at a higher price. If you are in doubt whether your child can participate in the above conditions, please contact us before registering your child.
• Due to the Income Tax Act, some childcare services for children aged 6 and over (e.g. vacation care, flexible emergency care, family-related additional costs for business trips) can only be subsidized tax-free up to a total amount of 600 euros (per employee, not per child!) per calendar year and only if the care is necessary for compelling and work-related reasons.
  The programs can therefore only be booked by you at the “internal” rate if you have not/not yet reached the limit of 600 euros and there is a compelling professional reason. If you do not or no longer meet one of these reasons, please register for a “non-subsidized place”.
  Classification: If you only make use of vacation childcare (and no other flexible childcare services), you can book up to 6 weeks of childcare. If you are unsure or have any questions, please contact Uni & Family.
• If you are a member of a Cluster of Excellence, Collaborative Research Center, Research Training Group, Priority Program (SPP) or a research group, please indicate this in the “Remarks/Consortium” field together with the name of the program/consortium when registering.

On the website “Vacation care and summer camps”[de], you can find an overview of vacation care services in Stuttgart. In addition, the City of Stuttgart lists numerous vacation programs for children aged 6 to 12 years on the portal “Ferien in Stuttgart” [de] (“vacation in Stuttgart”).

Vacation programs in Stuttgart include:

• Vacation program for children offered by the Volkshochschule Stuttgart [de] (Adult Education Center Stuttgart)
• Vacation care for children at Haus der Familie [de] (Easter, summer, and fall breaks)
• Kids Week [de] offered by the Förderverein Kinderfreundliches Stuttgart e.V. (registered association for the support of children in Stuttgart) in the Easter and fall breaks - the University of Stuttgart is involved as a co-organizer
• KinderSpielStadt Stutengarten [de] (summer break)
• “Ferienwaldheim” day camps [de] (Easter, Pentecost, summer, and fall breaks)
• Summercamp International School Degerloch (summer break)

The City of Sindelfingen informs about vacation care and summer day camps [de].

The City of Esslingen presents an overview of the vacation care services in Esslingen [de]. The Stadtjugendring Esslingen e.V. (registered umbrella association of urban youth organizations in Esslingen) and the Kreisjugendring Esslingen e.V. (registered umbrella association of youth organizations in the Esslingen district) give an overview of vacation care programs on the portal “Ferien in Esslingen” [de] (“vacation in Esslingen”). During the summer break, some kindergartens provide a single, shared vacation care service; please register your child with the Office for Training, Education and Care [de].

There is an annual brochure about childcare in Filderstadt. Information about vacation care can be obtained from the Office for Family, Schools and Associations, Constanze Traub, phone: 0711/7003-210.

The City of Ludwigsburg informs about the “Ferienspass” (“vacation fun”) program [de].