Kingdom of Württemberg

The Kingdom of Württemberg (German: Königreich Württemberg) was a state in Germany that existed from 1805 to 1918, located in the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which existed from 1495 to 1805. Prior to 1495, Württemberg was a County in the former Duchy of Swabia, which had dissolved after the death of Duke Conradin in 1268.

The borders of the Kingdom of Württemberg, as defined in 1813, lay between 47°34' and 49°35' north and 8°15' and 10°30' east. The greatest distance north to south comprised 225 km and the greatest east to west was 160 km. The border had a total length of 1800 km and the total area of the state was 19,508 km².

The kingdom had borders with Bavaria on the east and south, with Baden in the north and west. In the southwest it held a short border with the Prussian province of Hohenzollern and Lake Constance.

History

Frederick II

Once a Duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, on 1 January 1806, Duke Frederick II assumed the title of king Frederick I. He abrogated the constitution and united old and new Württemberg. Subsequently, he placed the property of the church under the control of the kingdom, whose boundaries were also greatly extended by the process of "mediatisation".

Württemberg (disambiguation)

Württemberg or Württemberger may refer to:

Württemberg (hill)

The Württemberg (official name until 1907: Rotenberg) is a hill on the territory of the German city of Stuttgart, capital of Baden-Württemberg. Its peak lies above vineyards at 411 m above sea level, on the eastern edge of the Stuttgart cauldron valley, in the Rotenberg quarter of Stuttgart's district of Untertürkheim, overlooking the Neckar valley with the Daimler-Benz industrial plant and the Mercedes-Museum.

It is homonymous to the name of the area and historic territory of Württemberg, which is now a part of the state of Baden-Württemberg.

Short history

In 1083, Burg Wirtemberg was erected on the hill, family seat of the rulers of Württemberg.

In 1824, Württemberg Mausoleum was built on the site of the former castle by King Wilhelm I of Württemberg for his second wife, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, who had died in 1819 at the early age of 30. The architect was GIOVANNI BATTISTA SALUCCI.

The hill was renamed Württemberg from Rotenberg in 1907 by Wilhelm II, the last King of Württemberg.