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Rotenberg is a village which is a part of the Untertürkheim district of the City of Stuttgart, Germany. The area overlooks Untertürkheim and the Neckar valley and lies on the north and east slopes of the hill known as Württemberg (previously Wirtemberg). On this hill the first castle of the Counts of Württemberg was built in 1083 by Conrad ...
Near by. The sepulchral chapel on Württemberg hill (Grabkapelle auf dem Württemberg ) was erected by King Wilhelm I in memory of his beloved wife Katharina, who died at a young age. Offering spectacular views over Stuttgart, this monument to eternal love is considered Baden-Württemberg’s most romantic spot.
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Grabkapelle Rotenberg. Stuttgart, Germany, Europe. Stuttgart. When King Wilhelm I of Württemberg’s beloved wife Katharina Pavlovna, daughter of a Russian tsar, died at the age of 30 in 1819, the king tore down the family castle and built this burial chapel. The king was also interred in the neoclassical Russian Orthodox chapel decades later.
Geschichte. Das Dorf Rotenberg (früher auch „Rothenberg“) wird 1248 zum ersten Mal urkundlich erwähnt und gehörte zum Kernbestandteil Altwürttembergs.Jahrhunderte prägte die wehrhafte Burg Wirtemberg, die Stammburg der Württemberger, das Bild zwischen der freien Reichsstadt Esslingen am Neckar und der Residenzstadt Stuttgart, ehe sie im Jahre 1819 auf Beschluss des damaligen Königs ...
- 570 Einwohner/km²
- 719 (31. Mai 2020)
- 1. Mai 1931
- 1,262 km²
70327 Stuttgart, Germany +49(0)711.33 71 49 info@grabkapelle-rotenberg.de
Rotenberg is a village which is a part of the Untertürkheim district of the City of Stuttgart, Germany. The area overlooks Untertürkheim and the Neckar valley and lies on the north and east slopes of the hill known as Württemberg. On this hill the first castle of the Counts of Württemberg was built in 1083 by Conrad of Beutelsbach who subsequently became Konrad I, Count of Württemberg and ...
King Wilhelm I, the visionary ruler of Württemberg, played a pivotal role in the creation of the Grabkapelle Rotenberg. Inspired by his travels to Italy, where he marveled at the grandeur of mausoleums and chapels, he envisioned a similar tribute to his beloved wife, Queen Olga.
