Stuttgart-Nord extends from the Doggenburg to the highest point, the Gähkopf (409 m above sea level) to the Bismarckturm, on the Killesberg and the Pragsattel to Rosenstein Park and the Pragfriedhof.

The Pragsattel located at the lowest point of a ridge from Killesberg to Burgholzhof.

One finds in Stuttgart-Nord numerous good residential areas and viewpoints on the Stuttgart city center.

The western boundary of this new district extended from the Doggenburg to Weißenhof and Killesberg.

When the districts were reorganised on January 1, 2001, Stuttgart-North was split into 11 subdistricts.