History of Baden-Württemberg
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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.
Old Castle (Stuttgart)
The former Württemberg Castle in an 18th-century print
Arms of the counts of Württemberg
Christoph I of Baden, by Hans Baldung Grien, 1515
Baden-Württemberg
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Baden-Württemberg, commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a landlocked state in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of the country's western border with France. With more
History of Baden-Württemberg
…system that changed to absolutism in the 18th century. Recognised as a kingdom in 1806–1918, its territory now forms part of the modern German state of Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 states of Germany, a relatively young federal state that has only existed since 1952. The coat of arms represents the state's several…
Stuttgart center with the Schlossplatz
Karlsruhe
Heidelberg with the Neckar river and the vast Heidelberg Schloss (upper picture part)
Freiburg with the Freiburg Minster