The Württemberg (official name until 1907: Rotenberg) is a hill on the territory of the
German
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**Ge ...
city of
Stuttgart, capital of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
. Its peak lies above
vineyard
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s 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
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the Swab ...
, overlooking the
Neckar valley with the
Daimler-Benz
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industrial plant and the
Mercedes-Museum.
The name of the hill is probably derived from ''Wirdeberg'', a hill in
Luxembourg
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, the possible origin of the Württemberg family. Other theories claim it came from
Celto-
Romanic sources (''Wirodunum''). It is homonymous to the name of the area and historic territory of
Württemberg
Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart.
Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württ ...
, which is now a part of the state of Baden-Württemberg.
In 1083,
Burg Wirtemberg was erected on the hill, family seat of the
rulers of Württemberg
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. In 1824,
Württemberg Mausoleum was built on the site of the former castle by King
Wilhelm I of Württemberg
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for his second wife,
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (russian: Екатерина Павловна; 21 May 1788 S 10 May 1788– 9 January 1819) later Queen Catharina Pavlovna of Württemberg, was the fourth daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia and D ...
, who had died in 1819 at the early age of 30. The architect was
Giovanni Salucci
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Life and work
In 1783 Giovanni Salucci began studying architecture at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. He received his firs ...
. The hill was renamed Württemberg from Rotenberg in 1907 by
Wilhelm II
, house = Hohenzollern
, father = Frederick III, German Emperor
, mother = Victoria, Princess Royal
, religion = Lutheranism (Prussian United)
, signature = Wilhelm II, German Emperor Signature-.svg
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor ...
, the last King of Württemberg.
Geography of Stuttgart
Mountains and hills of Baden-Württemberg
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