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The history of Baden-Württemberg covers the area included in the historical state of Baden, the former Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg, part of the region of Swabia since the 9th century.
Article History. Schlossplatz with the Jubilee Column and (left) Neues Schloss (New Castle), Stuttgart, Ger. Baden-Württemberg, Land (state) in southwestern Germany. Baden-Württemberg is bordered by the states of Rhineland-Palatinate to the northwest, Hessen to the north, and Bavaria to the east and by the countries of Switzerland to the ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
What is now Baden-Württemberg was formerly the historical territories of Baden, Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg became a state of West Germany in April 1952 through the merger of South Baden, Württemberg-Baden, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern.
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.
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.
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History. Originally part of the old Duchy of Swabia, its history can be summarized in the following periods: County of Württemberg (1083–1495) Duchy of Württemberg (1495–1803) Electorate of Württemberg (1803–1806) Kingdom of Württemberg (1806–1918) Free People's State of Württemberg (1918–1945)
The history of Baden-Württemberg covers the area included in the historical state of Baden, the former Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg, part of the region of Swabia since the 9th century.
