Kingdom of Württemberg

**Württemberg** [], formerly known as **Wirtemberg**, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia. It was originally a Duchy but was raised to a Kingdom in 1806.

King William abdicated on 30 November 1918, following Germany's defeat in the First World War, ending a dynasty that had lasted 837 years. The kingdom was replaced with the Free People's State of Württemberg. After World War II, Württemberg was divided between the American and French occupation zones and became part of two new states: Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. These two states merged with South Baden in 1952 to become the modern German state of Baden-Württemberg within the Federal Republic of Germany.

## Geography

The borders of the Kingdom of Württemberg, as defined in 1813, lay between 47°34' and 49°35' north and 8°15' and 10°30' east. The greatest distance north to south was  and the greatest east to west was . The border had a total length of  and the total area of the state was .

The kingdom had borders with Bavaria on the east and south, with Baden in the north, west, and south. The southern part surrounded the Prussian province of Hohenzollern on most of its sides and touched on Lake Constance.

## Infobox (former country)

- **conventional long name**: Württemberg
- **common name**: Württemberg
- **era**: Middle Ages
- **status**: Vassal
- **empire**: Holy Roman Empire
- **government type**: Monarchy
- **year start**: 1495
- **year end**: 1918
- **event pre**: County founded
by Konrad I, Count of Württemberg, Conrad I
- **date pre**:  
before 1081
- **event start**: Treaty of Nürtingen
divides county
- **date start**:  
1442
- **event1**: Treaty of Münsingen
reunites county
- **date event1**:  
1482
- **event2**: Raised to duchy
- **date event2**: 1495
- **event3**: German Mediatisation, Raised to Prince-Elector, electorate
- **date event3**: 1803
- **event4**: Raised to monarchy, kingdom
- **date event4**: 1806
- **event end**: German revolutions, Monarchy overthrown
- **date end**: November 9, 1918
- **p1**: Duchy of Swabia
- **image p1**:
- **s1**: Free People's State of Württemberg
- **flag s1**: Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg
- **image flag**: Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg
- **flag type**: Flag of the Kingdom of Württemberg
- **image coat**: Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1817-1921.svg
- **symbol type**: Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Württemberg
- **image map**: Wurttemberg in the German Reich (1871).svg
- **image map caption**: Württemberg, shown within the German Empire (1871–1918)
- **capital**: Stuttgart
- **common languages**: Swabian German
- **religion**: Lutheranism, Lutheran
- **leader1**: Konrad I, Count of Württemberg, Conrad I
- **year leader1**: _ca_ 1089–1122 (first count)
- **leader2**:  
Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg, Eberhard I (V)
- **year leader2**: 1457–96
(first duke from 1495)
- **leader3**:  
Frederick I of Württemberg, Frederick I (III)
- **year leader3**: 1797–1816
(first king from 1806)
- **leader4**:  
William II of Württemberg, William II
- **year leader4**: 1891–1918
(last king, died 1921)
- **title leader**: King
- **house1**: _Standesherren_
- **house2**: _Abgeordnetenhaus_