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In the American occupation zone, the state of Württemberg-Baden was founded; in the French occupation zone, the southern part of former Baden became the new state of Baden while the southern part of Württemberg and Hohenzollern were fused into Württemberg-Hohenzollern.
Mar 12, 2024 · Materials for the historic state of Baden, the Kingdom of Wüttemberg (1806-1918), and Baden-Wüttemberg, now combined in the state of Baden-Wüttemberg. The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog.
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Formed under post-World War II occupational rule and confirmed by referendum in December 1951, Baden-Württemberg consists of three former states: Württemberg-Baden (in the American zone) and Südwürttemberg-Hohenzollern and Südbaden (both in the French zone). The merger of these states took effect in 1952.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Baden-Württemberg is the only Federal State created as the result of a referendum. In 1952, the States of Württemberg-Baden, Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern merged to form a single cohesive State in Germany’s southwest. A historical stroke of fortune – as former German President Theodor Heuss emphasized.
Article History. Württemberg, 1810. Württemberg, former German state, successively a countship, a duchy, a kingdom, and a republic before its partition after World War II. Its territory approximated the central and eastern areas of present-day Baden-Württemberg Land (state), of Germany.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
After World War II, the Allies established three states in the territory of modern-day Baden-Württemberg: (South) Baden, Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. [j] Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern were occupied by France , while Württemberg-Baden was occupied by the United States .
The current 'Land' Baden-Wuerttemberg combines the historical states of Baden, Hohenzollern and Wuerttemberg, it is the only one of Germany's federal states to have evolved on the basis of a referendum (in Dec. 1951). BW is divided in four Administrative Districts (Regierungsbezirke): Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, and Tübingen.