Kingdom of Württemberg
Württemberg | |||||||||
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 Flag of the Kingdom of Württemberg
 Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Württemberg
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.svg) Württemberg, shown within the German Empire (1871–1918) | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) | ||||||||
| Capital | Stuttgart | ||||||||
| Common languages | Swabian German | ||||||||
| Religion | Lutheran | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• ca 1089–1122 (first count) | Conrad I | ||||||||
• 1457–96 (first duke from 1495) | Eberhard I (V) | ||||||||
• 1797–1816 (first king from 1806) | Frederick I (III) | ||||||||
• 1891–1918 (last king, died 1921) | William II | ||||||||
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| Abgeordnetenhaus | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
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| 1442 1495 | |||||||||
| 1482 | |||||||||
• Raised to duchy | 1495 | ||||||||
| 1803 | |||||||||
• Raised to kingdom | 1806 | ||||||||
| November 9, 1918 1918 | |||||||||
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Württemberg [ˈvʏɐtɛmˌbeɐk], formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia. It was originally a Duchy but was raised to a Kingdom in 1806.
King William abdicated on 30 November 1918, following Germany's defeat in the First World War, ending a dynasty that had lasted 837 years. The kingdom was replaced with the Free People's State of Württemberg. After World War II, Württemberg was divided between the American and French occupation zones and became part of two new states: Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. These two states merged with South Baden in 1952 to become the modern German state of Baden-Württemberg within the Federal Republic of Germany.[1]
Geography
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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 was 225 kilometres (140 mi) and the greatest east to west was 160 km (99 mi). The border had a total length of 1,800 km (1,100 mi) and the total area of the state was 19,508 km2 (7,532 sq mi).
The kingdom had borders with Bavaria on the east and south, with Baden in the north, west, and south. The southern part surrounded the Prussian province of Hohenzollern on most of its sides and touched on Lake Constance.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "25. April 1952 – Die Entstehung des Landes Baden-Württemberg". Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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