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Württemberg (/ ˈ w ɜːr t ə m b ɜːr ɡ, ˈ v ɜːr t-/ WURT-əm-burg, VURT-; [1] German: [ˈvʏʁtəmbɛʁk] ⓘ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia.
The name Baden-Württemberg was only intended as a temporary name, but ended up the official name of the state because no other name could be agreed upon. In May 1954, the Baden-Württemberg Landtag (legislature) decided on adoption of the following coat of arms : three black lions on a golden shield, framed by a deer and a griffin .
Baden-Württemberg is formed from the historical territories of Württemberg, Baden and Prussian Hohenzollern. [14] Baden spans along the flat right bank of the river Rhine from north-west to the south (Lake Constance) of the present state, whereas Württemberg and Hohenzollern lay more inland and hillier, including areas such as the Swabian Jura mountain range.
Württemberg: after Württemberg Castle, which stood on the Württemberg, a hill in Stuttgart, formerly Wirtemberg, further origin uncertain (-berg means "mountain") Bavaria (German Bayern ): the state of Bavaria developed out of the tribe of the Baiuvarii , who probably gained their name from the land of Bohemia
The County of Württemberg was a historical territory with origins in the realm of the House of Württemberg, the heart of the old Duchy of Swabia. Its capital was Stuttgart. From the 12th century until 1495, it was a county within the Holy Roman Empire. [1] It later became a duchy and, after the breakup of the Holy Roman Empire, a kingdom.
The name Germany and the other similar-sounding names above are all derived from the Latin Germania, of the 3rd century BC, a word simply describing fertile land behind the limes (frontier). It was likely the Gauls who first called the people who crossed east of the Rhine Germani (which the Romans adopted) as the original Germanic tribes did ...
The Prussians occupied northern Württemberg and negotiated a peace in August 1866. Württemberg paid an indemnity of 8,000,000 gulden, and concluded a secret offensive and defensive treaty with its conqueror. [4] Württemberg was a party to the 1864 Geneva Convention and the St Petersburg Declaration of 1868.
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