The Württemberg (official name until 1907: Rotenberg) is a hill on the territory of the

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city of

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

, capital of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...

. Its peak lies above

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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 German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

, overlooking the

Neckar The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar ...

valley with the

Daimler-Benz Mercedes-Benz Group AG (formerly Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler, and Daimler) is a Germany, German Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive company headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is o ...

industrial plant and the Mercedes-Museum. The name of the hill is probably derived from ''Wirdeberg'', a hill in

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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 Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...

, 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 A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale, line gauge, or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device. Usually, the inst ...

. 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 Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (; – 9 January 1819) was Queen of Württemberg from 30 October 1816 until her death in 1819 as the wife of William I of Württemberg. Catherine was born as the fourth daughter of Paul I of Russia, Emperor P ...

, who had died in 1819 at the early age of 30. The architect was Giovanni Salucci. The hill was renamed Württemberg from Rotenberg in 1907 by

Wilhelm II Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until Abdication of Wilhelm II, his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as th ...

, the last King of Württemberg.

References

Geography of Stuttgart Mountains and hills of Baden-Württemberg {{BadenWurttemberg-geo-stub